The Arizona sentinel., 1907-01-09
George c. Haldeman, Henry L. Musser and Theodore G. Fitch.

Theodore G. Fitch.
 The name of said corporation shall be: 'The Bertrand Copper Company
 The principal place of business of the corpora tion 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, or 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-wt:
 To make contracts, to purchase lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or other wise dispose of, pledge. mortgage and 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  the same for the use of the corporation, or for sale to others; to own and operate saw mills, cyanide plants or such other mechanical appli- ances as may be necessary, and to do any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct general mining, mer- and financial business as well as to and operate railroads to facilitate mining operations and to stock and bond the same as the Directors may determine.
 ". The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Million Dollars 1 (S5, ,OO0 OOOOO), 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 or mining property. lands, | patents, or the stock of other companies, for | the uses and purposes of the corporation in pay l ment therefor and the shares of the capital | stock of this corporation may be issued in pay l ment 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 ana paid for in stock shall be con- | elusive.
 V. The time of the commencement of this cor l poration shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in 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- l 1uc5ed bv Board of Three Directors, and the | persons shall constitute the Board of ! who shall hold office until their sue | cessors are duly elected and qualifed George c. Haldeman, Henry l.. MuSser and | Theodore G. Fitch. The Board of Directors shall have power to l appoint an executive committee from among | It's members consisting of three persons, and to l grant to said executive committee full power to | conduct the affairs of the company and report | their proceedings from time to time to the | Board | 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 or lia- | blity, direct or contingent, to which this cor poration shall at anJ time be subject shall not | exceed One Million Dollars (sl.OO0,OoO.Oo).
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 The private property of the stockholders of | this corporation shall be exempt from corpor- ate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, the incorporatorS have | 1ereuntO set their hands and seals this 31st day of December 1908.
 GEORGE c. HALDEMAN, (Seal).
 HENRY L. MUSSER, (SeaD.
 THEODORE G. FITCH, (SeaD. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~ COUNTY OF Los ANGELES.
 On this 31st day of December, in the year of )ur Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, before me, James B. Hobbs, a Notary Public in md TOT said County of Los Angeles, State of California residing therein, duly commissioned md sworn, personally appeared George c. Henry L. Musser and Theodore e. Fitch, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within and annexed 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 B. HOBBS, Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County, State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF YUMA I'' l. J. M Polhamus, County Recorder in and for he County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is true md correct copy of the Articles of IncorpOra- ion of The Bertrand Copper Company, as filed or record in my of1ce on the 3rd day of Janu. try, 4. D., 1907, and as appears of record in Book Two of Articles of Incorporation records ,f Yuma County.
 In witness whereof I have hereunt0 set my
 hand and affixed my official seal of SEAL) office this Srd day of January, A. D.,
 1907.
 J. N. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder Yuma County st pub. Jan. 9, 1907.
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