The Arizona sentinel., 1907-08-07
Articles of Incorporation of the Mayhew Free Gold Mining Company.

the laws of the Territory of Arizona, in the United States of America. To that end we do adopt this instrument as Articles of h. corporation of said corporation. We do therefore certify:
 FIRsr-That the names of the incorrora- tors are those which arc hereunto subscribed; viz: Felix Mayhew. George F. Hodges, George II. Barker and w. s. Wright.
 The name Of the corporation is fixed as ''Mayhew Free Gold Mining Company"
 The principal place Of business of the cor poration shall be the Town of Yuma, Yuma County. in the Territory of Arizona.
 Meetings of the stock holders of the corpor- ation shall be held at said Yuma, at the office of the corporation.
 Meetings of the directors Of the corporation may be held at such place within or without the Territory or Arizona as may be authoriz- cd by the bylaws of the corporation. If at any time the directors shall meet at any place not fixed by the bylaws, the acts of such directors shall be valid acts Of the Board of Directors if such meeting be held by the written consent of all of the directors, if the acts of the directors at the meeting be approved by written endorsement Of such approval by the absent directors upon the minutes Of the proceedings that may be had at such meeting. or endorsed upon the copy of said minutes filed in the office or the Secretary of the corporation and certified to by the Secretary as such copy.
 SEcoSD-The general nature Of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by the cor pOralion is as follows:
 To in any lawful way acquire oWn, hold hire. rent, pledge, mortgage, sell, improve, fOan, operate, and generally deal in, manage, and make profit from, mines, mining property, reduction mills, hotels, hydraulic, electric and other power plants. transportation lines, railroads and tramways, telephone and tele- graph lines real estate, stocks, bonds, evil dences Of debt, and other personal property of every character and description. To incur debts, and to execute its promises to pay the same with interest. To vote upon, and as- sent to or dissent from, all propositions sub- mitted to it as a stockholdcr or bOndholder of any corporation. To guaranty and be- come liable for, tue performance of, Obliga- tions and payment of debts. To pledge or mortgage it's property for such purpose. To act as agent or trustee, in any lawful man. ner. Through its Board of Directors to do any and all Of it's business as one party, with any of its directors, stockholders, or officers, other parties, as freely, and in the same manner, as though they were not such direc- tors, officers or stock holders. But it is to be generally classed as a mining corporation, and such is to be its principal business.
 1t Is also to have and exercise the powers now authorized by Section 765 of the Revised Statutes Of the Territory of Arizona, which section is as follows:
 Among the powers of such bodies corpor- ate shall be the following:
 l. To have perpetual succession.
 ?. To sue and be sued by the eorponate name.
 3. To have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.
 To render the shares or interest of stockholders transferable and prescribe the mode Of making such transfers
 ,. To exempt the private property of mem- bers from l. ability for corporate debts.
 To make contracts, acquire and trans fer property. possessing the same powers in such respects as private individuals new enjoy.
 :. To establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations deemed expedient for the management Of their affairs not incon- sistent with the consultation and laws Of the Emitted States and laws Of this territory"
 THIRD-The amount Of its capital stock is authorized at One Million Dollars, to be di- vided into one million shares of par value of One Dollar each. The time when, and the conditions Hpon which, it shall be paid in are as follows:
 The corporation proposes in pursuance Of an agreeme Tt heretofore made for its benefit, to make a contract, as soon as organized, for the purchase Of certain mining properties in which Frank AmivIsca and A. F.. Soderman Dcw have an interest The corporation is to agree to pay for the mines and mining prop critics it's entire capital stock fully paid, and One Hundred Thousand Dollars in addition thereto, the stock to be paid immediately and the One Hundred Thousand Dollars in Enstallments.
 FOURTH-The corporate life shall commence sn the 27th day of June, 1907, to terminate with the expiration of twenty-five years From that date..
 FIFTIr-Tbe affairs of the corporation are to be conducted by Board Of Directors to con. sist of five persons; the number of directors to be increased at any time by the afirmas- five vote in favor thereof Of persons repre- senting d. least two-thirds Of its entire capi- gal stock. The persons who are to serve as first directors are here appointed and are as
 
 George H. Barker, William l.. Percey and w <. Wright. They are 10 serve for a period of two years and until their successors shall have been elected after the expiration of two years; the directors to be elected annually at She annnal meeting Of the stockholders to be beld at sHeh times as may be fixed by the by laws Of the corporation. All vacancies in the Board of Directors. excepting when filled 2t the annual election by stockholders. shall be filled i1y the Board Of Directors, by a ma 3ority vote of it's members
 SIXTH-The highest amount Of indebted or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject Itself is One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
 SEyENTR-The private property of the stockholders is to be exempt from corporate debts. No stockholder shall be liable for any debt created by the corporation or by its Board of Directors officers or agents.
 The capital stock, when issued as beYcin provided shall stand as fully paid It shall moi thereafter be subject to assessment of any kind. If inc Board of Directors shall order the sale of any Of the capital stock of this corporation and the same shall he sold and the certificate thereof issued and the same be sold in exchange for property or services and sls fully paid. tine same shall stand as fully paid in the absence of actual fraud on the part of the purchaser of said stock and the Board of Directors in the contract of sale and purchase.
 Dated this 27th day of June Ig0I.
 FELIX MATHEW.
 GEO. r. HODGES.
 GEORGE H. BARKER