Mohave County miner., 1906-03-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Ora Plata Company.
OF THE

Know ALL MES BY THESE PREsENTs:-
That we. whose hands are heIeuutO atlNed.
do hereby associate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming a corporation under the
laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that
end make the following statements
First The names of the cOrporators are.
John w. Gerritt. and John Boyle. yr., and the
name of the corporation shall be ORA PLATA
COMPANY. The principal place within the
Territory of Arizona in which the busine>t OF
said corporation is to be transacted is kingman.
Mohave County. Arizona. and the COZ pOratiOu
may establish bTaHch on,ces either within
without the Territory OF Arizona where meet
ings of the Board of Directors may be held.
Second: The general nature of the business
proposed t. be transacted by this corporation
l. a follows. to-wIt: To make contracts; to
pur, hase. lease. bond. locate or otherwise ac-
quTe- n. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose
OF. pie MOI tgage. hypOthecate and deal in
real e~t4,c and any and all kinds OF pei sOnal
property. mines, miIing claims. oil lands coal
lands. mineral lands. oil gas. coal. shale. as
phaltdm. petroleum. asbestos. salt. water and
water rights. mills. smelters. aud machinery.
and TO work. mine. explore operate and develop
the same; and in general tn do all things nee
essary TO the proper conduct OF the business OF
this corporation ia the territory and elsewhere.
not inconsistent with the laws OF the United
States and the Territory OF Arizona.
Third: The authorized amount of capital
sto,.;, of this corporation shall be Five Hundred
I thousand Dollars ,S5JlUJJUJ. divided into five
hundred Thousand shares Of the par value Of
One Dollar .Si.OO each At sue. time as the
Board oil Directors may DN RESOLUTION ulTGCl.
SAID capital stock shall be paid into this cor
puratiou either in cash or b. sale and transfer
TO il OF real or personal property Tor the uses
and purposes OF said corporation. in payment
10, which shares of the capital stock OF said
corporation may he issued. and the capital
stock so issuet shall Ihereupon and theI eby
become and be July paid up and nOn-assesS-
able. and in the a sence of actual fraud in the
transaction the Judgment of the Directors as TO
the whole of the properly purchased shall be
conclusive.
Fourth. The time of the commencement of
this Coz pOratiOu shall be the date OF the filing
OF a certified copy OF thee Articles of IncoI-
pOratiOu according 10 law. AID the termination
thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of five directors but
W itch number may be changed at any regular
o . regularly called stockholders meeting by 4
majority vote of the stockholders OF record.
and the following named snail constitute the
Board of DIret tors until their SUCCESSORS are
elected: John ". Gerritt. John I. FaNorite.
Geo W. Mark. Flank NJ Allen and John
Boyle. Jr. Thereafter the Board of Directors
shall be elected from among the stockholders
on the first Tues1ay i'll Dec, M Der OF each year
The officers OF said cOrphrdIio until their suc-
cessors are elected shall be: Frank NJ. Allen.
President: John w. Gerritt. Nice-PreS lent.
and John Boyle. Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
Sixth: The highest Indebtedness or liza ility.
direct or contingent to which this cooperation
is at any time subject shall be On. Humid e
Thousand Dollars. $1,000 90 which amount
does not exceed twO-thIrds the amount OF the
capital STOCK.
seventh: The private property Of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
In witness we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this y day o. December. 1915
JOHN W. GERRITT. tSeall
JOHN BOYLE, JK-. lSeall
TERRIroRY OF ARIzuNA.LSS
County Of Mohave.
On this the 2Otn dsy of December, in the year
| igO5. before me. l.. + Thompson Notary Pub
| lie in and for the Territory and unity aturt
/ said. residing therein. duly commissioned and
sworn. personally appeared J. ". Gerritt.
known L. To BE- the person described in,
1 whose name is subscribed To and who execute
| the annexed instrument and acknowledged that
| he executed the same tor the purposes and con
sideration- therein expressed
! In witness whereof. l have hereunto set my
| hand and affixed my official seal OF my oitice
| in the Territory AMI County the day aud year
! last above written. -
[Nutarial Seal E.. F. THOMPSON.
! Notary Public.
My commission expires July In. 1913.
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