The Arizona sentinel., 1906-07-11
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Tonopah Mutual Mining Com
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 the undersigned, William II. Fuller, John Lucl<enbach 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 Ari- | zona, and hereby adopt the following Ar ticles of Incorporation:
 Article 1.-The name ofthis corporation shall be the 'Tonopah Mutual Mining Company" and it's principal place of transacting busi- ness shall be Yuma, Yuma County, Terri tory of Arizona with branch office at the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, State of California. where meetings of thc stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be duly held, and the business of tic 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.
 Article2. 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 sell, transfer, or dispose of mines, mining property. and mining rights; to purchase, acquire, own, hold, lease, con- trol, operate, sell, transfer or dispose of, water, water rights, ores, bullion, minerals, metals, or oils; to manufacture. build, pur- chase, lease or acquire, own, control, operate, or sell, mills, mill sites, colonization works smelters, and all other mining machinery or appliances necessary thereto, and gas, elec- trio lights and power plants, and all patents, patent rights and licenses thereunto apper- taining; to refine ores; to purchase, to ac- quire, 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, acq ulre, own preempt, nd 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 B. The amount of the capital stock | of said corporation shall be the sum of One | Million Five Hundred Thousand O,500OO0 Dollars divided into One Million Five Hun dfcd Thousand q ,500.OO0) shares of the par value of One CD Dollar each One million two hundred and fifty thousand q ,250,000) shares shall be common stock and two hun dred and fifty thousand t250000) shares shall be preferred stock. The preferred shall be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of six per cent (696) per annum, payable sem-annually, out of the earnings of the cor poration before any dividend is paid on the common stock Such preferred stock may be retired by the corporation at any time by the payment of the holders of the same the par value thereof with cumulative dividends. Which capital stock of 3o0,000 shares, when issued must be fully paid in cash or property upon issuance of same, shall be -assessa- ble 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- thorzed 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 its face the number of shares represented thereby, and that tfle same is on-asSessable.
 Article f. The time of the commencement of thfS corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation for record Tn the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, and the period for which it is organized and the ter ihinatioir 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 j. 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
 (250,n9O Dollars.
 Article G. The affairs ofthis corporation shal
 be conducted and managed by a board of five
 directors, who shall be stockholders in the cor poration, and in said board shall b'
 vested the corporate power O
 the corporation. The names of th' persons who are appointed to serve as directors for this corporation until the frs annual election of officers and directors, ant
 until their successors are duly elected ant
 qualified are as follows: William H. Fuller
 Director and President; Geo. N Fuller, Di
 rector and Vice-Prcstfcnt John Luckenbach
 Director Secretary and Treasurer; Clarenc
 T. Torrey, Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller Director. The directors of this corporation
 shall hereafter be elected by the stockholder
 at the annual meeting, which shall be hel' , on the first Tuesday in May each year, at o'clock a m.
 Article :. The officers of this corporation
 shall be President. Vice President, Secre = tary and Treasurer and such other officer
 and agents as the Board of Directors ma
 deem necessary and may be created iron
 time to time for the proper transaction Of It
 business; thnt until the first annual eiectio
 of officers and until their successors are dul
 elected and qualified, the following name
 persons shall constitute the officers and
 rcctors viz: William H. Fuller, Directo
 and President; Geo. N Fuller, Director ar
 Vice Presidents; John Luckenbach Director
 Secretary and Treasurer; Clarence T. Tore,
 Director and Lynn J. N. Fuller, Director. = Article s. The officers and directors Of thi / corporation shall hold office for the term k one year from their election, and tfntiT thel S successors are duly elected unless directC < shall cease to De q stOcFholdef in which cas S his office shall be declared vacant. and sue vacancy filled for the uneXpired term by tn < rcIaaining members of the Board of Direc $ ols and which Board of Directors shall hay S fhe power to fill said vacancy, or any Otho S vacancy in the Bo1rd of Directors of sai S corporation.
 E Article G The private property of til S stockholders of this corporation shall he e S cmpt from all corporate debts and Iiabil1tit a of every kind, and the stockholders of thi .s corporation are hereby exempted from all Sa onv of thp dphfS or liabilities (