The Arizona sentinel., 1907-11-06
Articles of Incorporation of the
 Nicaragua Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned Alex. B. Downe, Chas. And erson and John Best, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose do adopt these articles of incorporation:
 Article 1.-The name of this corporation shall be The Nicaragua Mining Company, and its principal places Of transacting business shall be Yuma, Yuma County. Territory Of Arizona, and at Los Angeles. Los Angeles County, State Of California, and at Jerez, Nic- aragua, Central America at which last men talned places meetings incOrporators. stock holders and of the Board Of Directors may be held, and all corporate business may be trans acted with the same effect as if held, done or perform at Yuma, Arizon.
 Article 1.-The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this cOrpor- ation Is: To acquire, hold. maintain, use, de- velope operate, hypothecate, lease, locate, sell, exchange, and dispose of in any and every lawful manner. all kinds of mines, min- eral lands and claims; smelling, ore reducing, mining and milling machinery; water, water power and water-rights; tunnels, sluices, res ervoirs and ditches for mining, irrigation and transportation purposes; lands, mills, mill sites, tunnel-sites; goods. wares and merchan- disc; stock and bonds of this corporation and of other corporations and companies; patents. patent-rights, franchises. licenses; such board ing houses, warehouses, telephone and tCle- graph lines, wagon roads toll roads, wagons and other conveyances propelled by animal, steam, elecrtrc or other power, power plants
 l~a, convenient to the conduct of the general busi- ness of the corporation: To engage in any law ful business within the Territory of Arizona, State of California, Republic of Nicaragua, Central America, and at any other place or places.
 Article IIl.-The amount of the capital stock shall be One Million Dollars (sl ,000,0O0) divided into One Million Shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl OO) each; which capi- tai stock shall be paid in at the time of the is suance of certificates therefore, in money, ser vices or other property, and shall forever be non-aSseable for any purpose whatever, and the judgment of the Board Directors as to the value of any such services or property shall be conclusive.
 Article JV-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles, as filed with the County Recorder of Yuma County, in the office of the Territorial Audit or, of Arizona. and shall endure for twenty five (25) years thereafter, unless renewed pur- suant to the laws of said Territory.
 Article V-The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board Ofseven direct DTS, who shall be stock holders m the corpo- ration; and the following named persons are hereby appointed and elected as directors of this corporation for the ensuing year. and un- til their successors are elected aud qualify to- wit: Alex B. Downe, John Best, William Chippendale, Chas. Anderson, J. A. Newton, Percy Thorp, and Otto Weiss. The directors of this corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders at their regular annual meeting, which shall be held on the Second Wednesday in October of each year, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, at the office of the corporation in Los Angeles, State oI California, United States of America; pro vided however. that the Board of Directors may cause any regular annual meeting or any special meeting of the stockholders to be held in Yuma. Arizona Territory, or In JereZ, Republic of Nicaragua, Central America, by duly adopting resolution to that effect and | causing notice Of the time and place of such | meeting to be deposited in the Postof1ice at Los Angeles, California, directed to each | stcckhOlder at his last known address atleast | thirty days prior to the date of meeting. | Should a director cease to be a stockhOlder, | his office shall be declared vacant, and such | vacancy, and vancancies occurring on said | Board through any other cause, may be filled | for the euex pired term by the remaining | of the Board.
 Should the stock holders fail to hold regular annual meeting in any year on the day herein appointed, a new Board of Directors may be elected at a special meeting of the stock holders called for that purpose thereafter. Article VI-The highest amount Of indebt- edness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5OO, ,OOOOO).
 Article VIl-The private property of the l of this corporation shall be for ever exempt from all corporate debts and lla- 1iities
 Article VIlI-The Board of Directors of this corporation shall have power to establish by avs and to make rules and regulations for he management of the affairs Of the corpora
 
 avs, rules or regulations.
 Article IX-At all meetings of the stock holders where directors are elected, each Stockhold shall be entitled to cast as many votes as shall equal the number of shares of stock held by him, multiplied by the nbmber Df directoes to be elected, and he may ca st all 1f such votes for the same person, or devide or distribute them among any number of per sons. At all stockholders meetings, any may be represented by proxy, provided the authoriny of such proxy is in writing. and filed with the secretary of the corporation.
 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals on this 22nd day of Oct )ber, 1907
 Alex B. Downe lSealI |
 Chas. Anderson [Seall
 John Best [Seal STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. %
 Before me, S. F. Mac Earland, Notary Public in and for the County and State. on his day personally appeared Alex B. DOwne Chas. Anderson and John Best known to me o be the persons who subscribed t0 the fore ,oiDg instrument, and acknowledged to me hBt they executed the same for the purposes md considerations therein cxpr essed. Given under my hand and seal Of office this 2nd day Of October, A. D. 1907.
 (Seal] S. F. Mac Farland,
 Notary Public. My commission expires on the 11th day of A. D., 1907.
 First publication Oct. 30th, 1907.