The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-17
Articles of Incorporation of the Mayhew Free Gold Mining Company.
Company.

 do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpoSe Of creating a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, in the United States of America. To that end we do adopt this instrument as Articles of In corporation of said corporation. We do therefore certify:
 FIRST-That the names of the incorpora- tors are those which arc hereunto subscribed; viz: Felix Mayhcw, George r. Hodges George H. 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 he held at such place within or without the Territory Of Arizona as may be authoriZ- ed 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, or If the acis of the directors at the meeting bc approved by written endorsement Of such approval by tie absent directors upon inc minntes of the proceedings that may lte h'tti Ht such meeting, or endorsed upon; She copy of said nlinutcs filed in the office Of the Secretary Of the corporation and certified to by ;be Secretary as saeh copy.
 SEcoxn-Tlfe general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by the cor poration is as follows:
 Toin 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 tFamwayS, telephone and tcfe graph lines real estate, stocks, bonds, eVl flenccs of debt, and other personal property of every character and description. To fncul debts, and to execute it's promises to pay tho same with interest. To vote upon, and as sent to' or dissent from, all propositions sub nittcd to it as a stockholder or bondholdc of any corporation. To guaranty and be come liable for, the performance of, obllga tions and payment Of debts. To pledge O mortgage ts property for such purpose. T' act as agent or trustee, in any lawful man ner. Through its Board Of Directors 10 d seny and all of its business as one party, witt any of it's directors, stockholders, or officers as other parties, as freely, and in the sam manner, as though they were not such diret tors, officers or stockholders. But it is to b generally classed as a mining corporation and such is to be it's principal business.
 It Is also to have and exercise the power ROW authorized by Section fG5 of the Revise Statutes of the Territory of Arizana, whic section is as follows;
 Among tbe powers Of such bodies corpo ate shall be the following:
 ]. To have perpetual succession.
 g. To sue and be sued by the eaEPeEai name.
 3. To have common seal and alter th same at pleasure.
 To render tAe shares or interest stockholders tTa, sirrable and prescribe u mode Of making such transfers.
 ,. To exempt the private property Of men bers from l. ability for corporate debts.
 6 To make contracts, acquire and tran fer property. possessing the same powers such respects as private individuals no enjoy.
 :. To establish bylaws and make g rules and regulations deemed cXpedient f the management Of their affairs not inco sistent with the constitution and laws of u United States and laws of this territory"
 THIRD-Thc amount of it's capital stock authorized at Ono Million Dollars, to be ( vidcd into one million shares of a par wall of One Dollar each. The time when, and u conditions upon which, it shall be paid in a as follows:
 The corporation proposes in pursuance of {; agreement heretofore made for its benefit, make contract, as soon as organized, [ the purchase of certain mining properties which Frank Amivlsca and A. E. Soderm; BOW have an interest The corporation is agree to pay for the mines and mining pro erties- it's entire capital stock fully paid, al one Hundred Thousand Dollars in additi thereto, the stock to be paid immediate and the One Hundred Thousand Dollars mStallments.
 FoURTH-The corporate life shall common on the 27th day of June, l907, 10 terInina with the expiration of twenty-five yea from that date.
 FIFTH-The affairs of the corporation are De conducted by Board of Directors to ct sist of five persons; the number of direct' to be increased at any time by the affirm tiyc vote in favor thereof of persons rep Sentins at least twO-thirdS of its entire ca Sal stock. The persons who are to serve first directors are here appointed and are follows: Felix Mayhew, George F. Hodg George II. Barker. William l.. Percey and x. Wright They are to serve for period swo years aHd until their successors sh bave been elected after the ex xpiration of [ years; the directors to be elected annually She annual meeting Of the stockholders to AeI8 at such tiFaes may be fixed by hy laws of the corporation. All vacancies She Board of Directors. excepting when fiji at Ihc aBHHaI election by stock ckhOlders, sl De GIIed by the Board of Directors, by a 5orily yota oFits members.
 SIxFH-The highest amoHnt eg thtSebt Ress or liability to which the eOIpoEltjo at any time to subject Itself is One HHnd and Fifty Thousand Dollars
 SEvENTH-Tbe private properly 0s stock holders is Co be exempt from coEpol debts. No stoclShoIdcr shall be liable for debt created by tue corporation or by Board Of Directors, officers oragcDts.
 Tbe capital stock, when issued as hs' provided shall stand as fully paid. It sl not thereafter lee subject to assessment of kind. fine Board of Directors shall oJ the sale Of any of the capital stock Of corporation and inc same shall he sold the certificate thereof issued and the sam sold in exchange for property or services SIS fully paid, the same shall stand fl paid in the absence of actual fraud on
 part of the purchaser Of said stock and Board of Directors in the contract Of sale purchase.
 Dated this 27th day Of June l90T.