The Arizona sentinel., 1907-04-10
Articles of Incorporation
 of Tine Bertrand Copper Company

citizens of the United States do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona, and to that end We certify follows, to-wit:
 The names of the incorporators: :are:
 George c. Haldenan, Rcnry L. Musser and Theodore G. Fitch.
 The name Of said corporation shall be: The Bertrand Copper Company
 The principal place of business of the corpora ton within the Territory of Arizona shall be at the town of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona where the annual meeting shall be held.
 The directors may meet and do business in the city of Los Angeles, California, or in such other place in this, any other country, as they may from time to time determine.
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 The general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol- lows, to-wit:
 To make contracts. to purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or other wise dispose of, pledge. mortgage ard deal in all kinds of mines and mining stock. mining claims, mineral lands. water rights, pumping plants furnaces, smelting or teaching plants and concentration works, and own, buy and sell. any and all kinds of mining machinery, or inventions, or patents referring to, or in any | way connected with the reduction of ores and the extraction of the values therefrom; and to work mines, explore, operate and, develop the same, either in the Territory of Arizona Mexico or elsewhere.
 To own, buy and sell capital stock of other corporations, and to exchange the capital stock of this corporation for that of other corpora tions, to consolidate with other corporations upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may decide; to own and operate stores for the sale of merchandise of every nature and description. to loan money, and borrow upon such security as the directors may decide: to buy water rights and water power. and utilize the same for the use of the corporation, or for l sale to others; to own and operate saw mills, 1 cyanide plants or such ot1cr mechanical appli- anceS may be necessary. and to dc any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct Z general mining, mer- chandising and financial business, as well as to construct and operate railroads to facilitate mining operations and to stock and bond the same as the Directors may determine.
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 The authorized amount of capital stock Of this corporationIshall be Five Million Dollars (S5, ,003 o00.0O) divided into one million shares of par value of $500 each. Said capital stock shall be paid in this corpor- ation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of any mine mining property lands, patents or the stock of other companies, for the uses and purposes of the corporation in pay ment therefor, and the shares of the capital stock Of this corporation may be issued in pay mcnt of such property, money or stock of other corporations and become thereby fully paid up and non-assessable, and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of such property so bought and paid for in stock shall be con elusive.
 The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation Fl the office of the County Recorder of Yuma Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be con- ducted bv a Board of Three Directors, and the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors, who sh;sli hold office until their Snc ceSSorS are duly elected and qualified:
 George c. Haldeman, Henry L. Musser and Theodore G. Fitch
 The Board of Directors shail have rOwer te appoint ar executive committee frora among it's members consisting of t1Eee persons, and to grant to said executive ccrlnfltee full power to conduct the affairs of the company and report their proceedings from time to time to the Board
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 The Board Of Directors by resolution may in- crease it's members to eleven CID Directors.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness CT lia- bilty, direct or contingent to which this cor poration shall at ans time be subject shall not exceed One Million Dollars (S1.OOO.OOOO0}.
 In witness whereof, the incorporasors have hereunto set their hands and seals this 3lst day Of December, 1906
 GEORGE c. HALDEMAN, (Seal).
 HENRY L. MUSSER (SeaD. THEODORE G.. FITCH, (Seal). STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. "
 On this 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, before me, James B. Hobbs, Notary Public in and TOT said County of Los Angeles, State Of California residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared George C.. Haldeman, Henry L. Musser and Theodore G.. Fitch. known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within and annexed instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
 In witness whereof, have hereuntO set my
 hand and affixed my official seal in (SEAL) said County, the day and year in
 this certificate first above written
 JAMES E. HOBBS Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ~
 COUNTY OF YUMA. fss
 I, J. M. Polhamus, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpora- tion of The Bertrand Copper Company, filed for record in my office on the 3rd day of Janu- ary, A. D., 1907, and ss appears of record in Book Two of Articles of Incorporation records of Yuma County.
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of | (SEAL) office this 3rd day of January, A. D.. J. M POLHAMUS , County Recorder Yuma County 1St ub Jan 9, 1907