The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-28
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Metals Prospecting and Mining Company.

Company.
 Know all men by these presents That we, whose names hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a 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 Y. es Benjamin, J. W. Darlington and George H. Bailey.
 The name of this corporation shall be The. Metals Prospecting and Mining Company
 III. ;el.~ The principal place of business shall be at Yuma. in Yuma county. Territory of Ariz9na,. with branch office at Los Angeles in the slate of California, and such other place or 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 es.ate. and to imprnve the same; 10 acquire, own, hold, exchange, sell or other wise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate all kinGs 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 andop- crate mills, smelters. cyanide plants, and sam Rlins works and to build, own. buy and operate tramways and railroads connecting it's mills, smelters works and mines with some nsvigabies- stream, body of water, or existing railrQad; to- do general merchandising business in all it's branches; to acquire own, Tease, bond-zs.3l, handle and control letters patent and invenSs tions, and shares of stocks and bonds in and of other corporations; to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds. mortgages and deeds of'trusts7 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 do; and to do any and all other business necessary to the proper conduct of the affairs of the cor porat1on not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 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-assessablc.
 VI A | 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
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 The affairs of this corporation shall be eo1--- ducted by Board Of seven Directors who shall be stockholders in the corporation. The off, cers of the corporation shall be a 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: J. w. Dorring- 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-. | vice president shall be stockholders in the cor poration. The Board of Directors shall be elected annually at stockholders meeting held on the second Wednesday in October.
 VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness CT liabil- ity, direct or contingent. to which the corpora ton is at any time subject shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
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 The private property of the stockholders of. this corporation shall be exempt from all cor porate debts,
 | In witness whereof the said parties have heres- unto set their hands this sth day of February, | A. D. 1906. V. c. Benjamin. l George H. Bailey. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA os se..s l County of Yuma. | On this Sth day of February A. D. 1906. be- fore me, C. [. Brown a notary public in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, personally appeared V c. Benjamin, J. W. Darlington and George H. Bailey, personally known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to- the foregoing articles of incorporation and they each duly acknowledged to me that they executed tho same for the uses and purposes thorein expressed.
 In witness whereof have hereunto sctrny hand, and affixed my notarial seal at Yuma | rc..I, in Yuma County, Arizona Territory,
 the day and year in this certificate first | above written. 7- | L. Brown, l Notary Public in and for Yuma | County, Arizona Territory. My notarial commission will expire Noven- | Der 18th, 1902
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