Mohave County miner., 1906-02-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Mocking Bird Mining Company.

da , and Charles Metcalfe all of the County of Mohave Territory oi Arizona, nave thls day the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions of Chapter Two, Title XIII, Of the Revised statutes of 1901, of the Territory of Arizona, and all amendments thereto to trans act the business hereinafter mentioned aud de- scrIbed and we do hereby adopt, publish and declare the following to be the Articles Of h. corporation of such Corporation, to-wit:
 ARTICLE 1.
 The name of this Corporation shall be THE ROCKING BIRD MINING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of said Cor poration within the Territory of Arizona shall be the town of kingman, in said County Of Mohave. and the principal place or business outside of the said Territory of Arizona shall be al the City of Camden. in the State of New Jersey where meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held; branch offices may be established at other places within the United States or in foreign countries, as shall be designated by the Board of Directors or as the interests of the Corpora ton shall hereafter demand.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business for which this Corporation is formed and by 1t to be con- ducted is as follows to wit:
 (a) To purchase lease bond, locate and oth- erwise acquire mineral claims mineral lands. mines mill-siteS and real estate in the Terri tory of Arizona, or in any other state or Terri tory of the United States of Ame rlca. and to pay for the same in money, or in fully paid up shares of the Corporation. or otherwise; and to sell lease, bond. or otherwise dispose Of the same or any Of them;
 (b) To work explore and operate mines and other property of this corporation, or of other companies or parties;
 (c5 To own operate and control reduction works and rehnerieS, SmelterS, mills, or other methods for the reduction. treating and hand ling of ores and mineral products, and to buy, sell dispose of and deal in ores. metals and mineral products and substances, either in q manufactured state "r otherwise;
 (dJ To carry on the business Of inn keepers, boarding houses. machine works and power plants general merchandise and assaying; (el To construct, maintain. control and operate trails, rOadwayS. tramwayS, railroads, bridges. reservoirs, water course>. aqueducts, pipe lines, power lines, electrical works, tele- graph and telephone lines and warehouses, or any and all works and cOnvenienceS directly or in iirectly con 1ucive to any of the objects of the Corporation or otherwise;
 CD To acquire manage, operate and farm agricultural lands. canals. and irrgating ditches, and to deal in the products oi the same and any and all other personal property;
 (g) To locate purchase or otherwise acquire lands and lay out tOwnsiIeS. and to build. buy. sell, rent. lease. own, operate. control and man age property in any town or city;
 (h) To lend and borrow money. to buy. sell. acquire and dispose Of and deal in corporate stock and securetieS or negotiable paper;
 G To borrow or raise money for any pur pose of the company and to secure payment of the same, with interest. or for any ether pur
 
 liver trust deeds and mortgages or to charge by undertaking all or any part of the property of the company or it's uncalled capital stock. and to CT cate. Issue. make. draw. accept and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debenture or debentures, stocks promiSSory notes, bills of exchange. bills of lading, warrants. Obliga- tions and other negotiable and transferable in struments;
 GJ To do and perform any and all such oth. CT and further acts and things necessary and proper to be done and performed, or as may be incidental attainment of the above specified objects, or any of them.
 ARrICLEIV.
 The Capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars. (sl. l.OOOOO0) divided iu to One Million G,0OO.O00) shares, of the par value of One Dollar, (Sl.OU each; said stock shall be fully paid up and forever non asSe,sable and snail be paid into the Treasury hereof forth with upon the completion of the organization Of said Corporation. or at the first meeting of the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE V.
 The time of the commencement of this Cor poration shall be the third TuesCay in the month of January. l9U6, to-wit: January 18th. lyU6. and the term Of its eXis tence shall be Twenty-Five years thereafter, terminating on the Third Tuesday in the month of January. lg3l; provided. however. that the said Corpora tiOn may be continued in existence for like period of twenty-five years, and may be re newed for such term from time to time as pro. vided by the laws Of the said Territory of Ari- Lona.
 
 The business of the Corporation shall be con- ducted and controlled and its affairs conducted by a Board of Directors to be elected annually; the annual election of such Board of Directors shall be held on the Third Tuesday in January, in each and every year; the first Board of Di. rectors shall be composed of Three members, aud may be increased to Seven members at the nrst regular meeting of said Board which shall be held at kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, on Tuesday, January 10th, 1906, or as soon thereafter as the organization of the said Cor. pnration shall be perfected; The names, place of residence and respective official positions of those who shall constitute the Said first Board of Directors. are as follows. to-wit:
 Ross H. Blakely, of Kingman, Arizona, Pres ident.
 Charles Metcalfe, of Kingman, Arizona, Sec retary.
 J. D. Jordan, of Singman, Arizona, Treasurer The business to be transacted at said first meeting SO to be held by the above named Board Of Directors shall be the election of the seven members who shall constitute the Board of Directors and who shall be elected for the term of one year. or until the next regular an. nual meeting succeeding the date of their cleo tion; and said first meeting shall have the power to transact such other business as may be necessary for the purpose of perfecting the organization of the said Corporation: a set of Bylaws may be adopted at said first meeting or at any SuqSequent meeting of the Board of Directors, which said Bylaws shall prescribe the duties ana powers of such Board the man ner, times and places of all special elections ol meetings and shall specify and set forth the rules and regulations for the management and control or the affairs or the corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia bility to which this Cor pOration shall at any time subject itself is limited to the sum of Ont Thousand Dollars, Gl,OOO). The private prop erty of it's officers and shareholders shall b, and is exempt from liability for any cOrporat, debts of whatsoever nature or character.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 These Articles Of Incorporation may be al tered, amended or corrected by majority vot, of the Board of Directors at it's first regular meeting, and thereafter in accordance with tn,