The Arizona sentinel., 1907-03-13
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 of The Bertrand Copper Company.

Know all men by these presents:
 That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed citizens of the United States, do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end we certify
 follows, to-wit:
 The names of the incorpOratorssare
 George C. Haldeman, Henry 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 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-wit:
 To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or other wise dispose of, pledge. mortgage and deal in
 
 claims, mineral lands. water rights, pumping plants, furnaces, smeltiBg 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 sale to others; to own and operate saw mills, cyanide plants CT 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- 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.
 The authorized amount of capital stock Of this corporationlshall be Five Million Dollars (s5, ,OOO OOO.OO), divided into one million shares of par value ot $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, fI, e. 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 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.
 The time of the commencement of this cor 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- ducted by Board of Three Directors, and the IOllOWIuS persons snail constitute the BO3TQ or Directors who shall hold office until their sue cessors are duly elected and qualified:
 Geor SC c. Haldeman, Henry L.. Musser and Theodore G. Fitch
 The Board of Directors shall have power to appoint an executive committee from among it's members. consisting of three persons, and to 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 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility, direct or contingent, to which this cor pOration shall at anJ time be subject shall not exceed One Million Dollars (SEOO0, 0,OO0.0O).
 In witness whereof, the incorporators 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, lss COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. ] "
 On this 31st day of December, in the year of