Mohave County miner., 1906-02-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIC
 OF THE Ora Plata Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs:-
 That we. whose hands hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose ot forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First. The names of the corporators are. John w. Gerritt. and John Boyle. Jr. and the name of the corporation shall be ORA PLATA COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the businest of said corporation is to be transacted is Kingman. Mohave County. Arizona. and the corporation may establish bra ch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meet ings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation k as follows. tO-wit: To make contracts: to purchase. lease. bond, locate or otherwise ac- quire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mol tgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines, mining claims, oil lands. coal lands. mineral lands. oil. gas. coal. shale. as phaltdu1. petroleum. asbestos, salt, water and water rights, mills, smelters. and machinery. and to work. mine explore. operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things nec- essary to the proper conduct Of the business of this corporation in the territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundi ed hOusand Dollars tS5OJOJO.UJl divided into five hundred thous nd shares of the par value of One Dollar .Sl..J each. At suc.- time as the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this cor poratiOn. either in cash or b, sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in payment fOi which shares of the capital stock ot said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and nOu-assess- able. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the whole of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing Of a certified copy o1 thee Articles of Incor- poratOn according 10 law and 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 which number may be chang.l at any regular or regularly called stockholders meeting by d ma jority vote of the stockholders of record. and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: John w. Gerritt. John T. Favorite. Geo. w. Mark. Frank NJ. Allen and John Boyle. Jr. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Tuesday in December of each year. The officers Ot said corporation until their sue cessors are elected shall be: Frank M. Allen. President; John w. Gerritt Vice-Presideut. and John Boyle. Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer. Sixth: The highest indebtedness or lia .ility. | direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be On Hundred Thousand Dollars. lSl0O,OO .0O 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 ? d7v Q. D .cember. I9l5.
 JOHN w. GERRITT. tSeall
 JOHN BOYLE, JR., lSeall TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. Ice
 County of Mohave. i"S' On this the 26tn day of December. in the year 1905 before me. E. F. Thompson. a Notary Pub i lie in and for the Territory and County afOre | said, residing therein. duly commissioned and | sworn. personally appeared J. W. Gerritt. | known tc me to be the person described in. | whose name is subscribed to and who execute the annexed instrument and acknowledged that | he executed the same for the purposes and con | alterations therein expressed. In witness whereof I have hereuuto set my hand and affixed my official seal of my office | in the Territory and County the day and year | last above written.
 INotarial sealI E.F. THOMPSON:
 My commission expires July I1th. 19Js. STATE OF MISSOURI. SS City of St Louis. ' On this 22nd day of December in t-e year | l9O5. before me. Emily M. Mittendorf. Notary | Public in and for the City and State aforesaid. | residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. | personally appeared John Boyle. Jr,. known | to to be the person described in whose | name is subscribed to and who executed the | luSlA dShhoNl lo hiC that he executed the same for the purpose and | considerations therein expressed. In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto set my | hand and affixed my official seal of my office | in St. LOuis Missouri. the day and year last | above written.
 EMILY NJ. MITTENDoRF.
 lNotarial Seall Notary Public.
 My commission expires March 2+. 19O6, Recorded at request of J. w. Gerritt Dec. . 26th. A. D. 1905 at 40 minutes past 10 o'clock a. m. in book ?. pages 357-33S-359 of Incorporation | Records of MOhave County. Arizona Territory, |
 THOS. MCNEELY.
 County Recorder.
 First insertion February 10. l9O6 Last insertion March r