The Arizona sentinel., 1906-06-06
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Tonopah Mutual Mining Com
Dan'y.


 the undersigned, William H. Fuller, John Luckcnbach and Clarence T. Torrey, all of the County of Los Angeles, State of Califor- mia, have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming corpora ton under the laws of the Territory of Arl- zona and hereby adopt the following Ar ticles of Incorporation:
 Article I. The name of this corporation shall be the "Tonopah Mutual Mining Company" and it's principal place of transactlng busi- ness shall be Yuma, Yuma County, Terri tory of Arizona, with q branch office at the | City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, | State of California where meetings of the | stockholders and of the Board of Directors | may be duly held, and the business of the | corporation carried on in accordance with | the laws of Arizona with the same effect as if | held, done or performed at Yuma, Arizona, | and with offices and agencies at TonOpah. | Nevada and such other places as may be | designated by the Board of Directors of said | corporation.
 Article ?. The nature of the business to be | transacted by said corporation is to pur- chase locate, acquire lease, own, hold, con- trol mine, operate, or seIl transfer, or dispose of mines, mining property, and mining rights; to purchase, acquire, own, hold, lease, con- tro, operate, sell, transfer or dispose of, water, water rights, ores, bullion, minerals, metals, or oils; to manufacture. build, pGr- chase, lease or acquire, own, control, operate or sell, mills, mill sites, chlOrinatiOn works smelterS, and all other mining machinery or appliances necessary thereto, and gas, cleo tric lights and power plants, and all patents, patent rights and licenses thereunto apper- taining; to refine ores; to purchase, to ac- ouire lease, own or sell real and personal property of every kind and description; to manufacture, buy and sell all kinds of mer- chandise; to borrow money; to issue and sell bonds secured by mortgage on any or all of it's corporate property; to purchase, acquire, own, preempt, and sell it's own stock and bonds and the stock Of other corporations, and to do and perform all things necessary to transact the affairs and business of the corporation, within and without the Terri | tory of Arizona, requisite and proper for the purpose of carrying out all or any of the busi- ness therein specified.
 Article 3. The amount of the capital stock cf said corporation shall be the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Q,50OOO0 Dollars, divided into One Million Five Hun- dred Thousand Q,5O0.OO0) shares of the par
 
 two hundred and fifty thousand Q,2s0,O00) shares shall be common stock and two hun- dred and fifty thousand (25O,OOO shares shall be preferred stock. The preferred shall be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of six per cent (6@S) per annum, payable seni-aunually, out of the earnings of the cor poration before any dividend is paid on the common stock. Such preferred stock may 1 I,o rafirad hv tho cornorafion at any time by the payment of the holders of the same the par value thereof with cumulative dividends. Which capital stock of .5200O0 shares, when issued, must Dc fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of same, shall be non-assessa- | bIe for any purpose whatever, and the same shall be issued at such times.and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and said directors are hereby au- thorized to issue any Or all of said stock fully paid and non-assessable, on condition Of the transfer to this corporation of property or rights in property of any description which said corporation is hereby authorized to ac- quire, own and deaf in. and each certificate of stock shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is non-aSseSsable.
 Article I. The time of the commencement
 
 filing of these Articles of Incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and the period for which it is organized and the ter imitation thereof shall be twenty-five years after the date of said filing, unless the same be renewed pursuant to the laws of Arizona before termination thereof.
 Article D. The highest amount of indebted ness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (25ON9O) Dollars.
 Article 6 The affairs ofthis corporation shall be conducted and managed by a board of five directors who shall be stockholders in the cor poration, and in said board shall be vested the corporate power of the corporation. The names of the persons who arc appointed to serve as directors for this corporation until the first annual election of officers and directors and until their successors are duly elected and qualified are as follows: William H. Fuller,
 Director and President; Geo. N. Fuller, Di- rector and ice-PrcSidcnt; John Luckenbach,
 Director, Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T. Torrey, Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller,
 Director The directors of this corporation
 shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders
 at the annual meeting, which shall be held , on the first Tuesday ill May each year, at 10
 o'clock a.. III.
 Article | The officers of this corporation
 shall be President. Vice-President, Secre' tary and Treasurer and such other officers
 and agents as the Board of Directors may
 deem necessary and may be created from
 time to time for the proper transaction of lta
 business; that until the first annual election
 of officers and until their successors are duls
 elected and qualified the following named
 persons shall constitute the officers and di
 rcctors viz: William H. Fuller, Director
 and President; Geo. N. Fuller, Director and
 Vice-Presdent; John Luckenbach, Director
 Secretary and Treasurer Clarence T. Torrey
 Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller, Director. . Article &. The officers and directors of tiIfs / corporation shall hold office for the term c s one year from their election, and until thel 2 successors are duly elected, unless directo shall cease to be a stockhoider, in which cas $ his office shall bc declared Hacan f. and suci 2 vacancy filled for the unexpired term by tn remaining members of the Board of Direct $ prs and which Board of Directors shall hay s the power to fil said vacancy, or any othe vacancy. in the Board of Directors of sait k corporation.
 x Article g. The private property of tn S stockholders of this corporation shall he eH S einpt from all corporate debts and liabilitie z of every kind, and the stockholders of thi 's corporation are hereby exempted from all Ii S ability for any Of the debts or liabilities c z this corporation.
 .s Article TO- The capital stock of this borpol S ation shall be non-assessable, and each cert