The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-21
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Metals Prospecting and Mining Company.

Company.
 Know all men by these presents, That we. whose names arc hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and we do hereby for such purpose declare and adopt the following arti- cles of incorporation:
 The names of the incorporators are V, c. Benjamin, J. w. Darlington and George II. Bailey.
 The name of this corporation shall be The Metals Prospecting and Mining Company.
 III.
 The principal place of business shall be at Yuma. in Yuma county, Territory of Arizona, with O branch office at Los Angeles, in the state of California, and such other place CT places as the Board of Directors may deem advisable. where meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. and any other business of the corpora tion consistent with the laws of the Territory of Arizona be transacted.
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 The general nature of the business of this corporation to be transacted is to locate, lease, bond purchase, or otherwise acquire, own, hold. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge. mortgage and hypothecate mines and mining claims, and operate, develop and work the same; to acquire, own, hold exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mortgage. hy pothecate real s,ate. and to improve the same; to acquire, own. hold, exchange, sell or other- wise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate all kinds of personal property; to acquire, own, erect and operate power plants of all descrip- tions; to purchase, build, own, lease, mortgage and bond pipelines and reservoirs: to con- Struct own, lease. bond mortgage, buy and op- crate mills smelterS, cyanide plants, and sam bling works, and to build, own, buy and operate tramways and railroads connecting it's mills. smelters works and mines with some navigable stream, body of water or existing railroad; to do a general merchandising business in all it's branches; to acquire own, lease, bond. sell, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions, and shares of stocks and bonds in and of other corporations; to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same. And to exercise in respect to all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights, powers and privileges of individ- ual owners thereof including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it, to the same extent that natural person might or could doi and to do any and all other business necessary to the proper conduct of the affairs of the cor poration not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona
 V.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be three million dollars divided into three million shares of the par value of one dollar each. Said capital stock shall be paid for in full as issued and shall be non-asseSsable.
 VI
 The time of the commencement of this corpo- ration shall be the day of filing these articles according to law and the termination shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 VII.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted by Board Of seven Directors who shall be stockholders in the corporation. The off cers of the corporation shall be 0 President. Vice President. Secretary Treasurer. and such other officers as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, and the following named per sons shall constitute the Board of Directors un- til their successors, duly elected and qualified, shall take their places, to-wit: ]. w. porTing- ton, George H. Bailey, V. c. Benjamin, C. L. Brown, Henry M. Gandolfo w. S. Jones, and Thomas Childs. The Board of Directors shall elect annually the president, vice president. sec retary and treasurer, and the president and vice president shall be stockholders in the cor poration. The Board of Directors shall be elected annually Ut stockholders' meeting held on the second Wednesday in October. VIII. The highest amount of indebtedness or liabil- ity, direct or contingent to which the corpora tion is at any time subject shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. K The private property of the stockholders Of this corporation shall be exempt from all cor porate debts.
 In witness whereof the said parties have here l unto set their hands this sth day of February, A. D. 1906. V.C- Benjamin. George H. Bailey, J. W. Darlington ] TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County Of Yuma.
 i On this sth day of February A. D. 1906, be- fore me C. l.. Brown a notary public in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, personally appeared V C. Benjamin, J. W. Darlington and l George H. Bailey, personally known to me 10 be the persons whose names are subscribed to | the foregoing articles of incorporation, and they each duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed.
 | In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal, at Yuma, | ,c.,, in Yuma County, Arizona Territory. the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 C. L. Brown, Notary Public in and for Yuma County, Arizona Territory.
 My notarial commission will expire Novcm- her ISth l0OA