The Arizona sentinel., 1907-01-23

George c. Haldenan, Henry L. Musser and Theodore G. Fitch.

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 l 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 l The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation Is as fol- 1 lows, to-wit:
 | To make contracts to purchase lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or other wise dispose Uf pledge mortgage and deal in all kinds of mines and mining stock, mining claims, mineral lands. water rights, pumping | plants, furnaces, smelling or Teaching plants and concentration works, and own, buy and | sell, any and all kinds of mining machinery, Of | 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 1 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 decidei to buy water rights and water power, and utilize the same for the use of the corporation, or for sale to othersi to own and operate saw mills, cyanide plants or such other mechanical a2pli- 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 corporation:Shall be Five Million Dollars (s5 OOO. .00OOO), divided into one million shares of par value of S500 each.
 Said capital stock shall be paid in this corpor- ation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer 1 to it of any mine or mining property lands, patents, orthe stock of other companies, for the uses and purposes of the corporation in pay mcnt 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 she Directors as to the value of such property so bought ana paid for in stock shall be con- elusive.
 The time of the corrmehcement of this cor 1oll 1xot d fho of Articles Of Incorporation in the office Of the County Recorder of Yuma, Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (e5) years. The affairs of the corporation shall Dc con- ducted by Board of Three Directors, and the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors, who shall hold office until their sue cessors are duly elected and qualified:
 George c. HalAem3n, 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 condGct 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 its members to eleven G1J Directors. TX. The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility, direct or contingent to which this cor poration shall at ans time be subject shall not exceed One Million Dollars (sl.oOo, o,OOo.OO).
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 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corpor- ate debts ofany kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof the incorporators have hereunto set their hands and seals this s1st day of December 1906.
 GEORGE c. HALDEMAeI, (Seal).
 HENRY L. MUSSER, tSeaD.
 THEODORE G. FITCH, CSeal. STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. ('1I
 On this 3lst day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, before me, James B. Hobbs, a Notary Public in and TOT said County of Los Angeles, State or California, residing therein, duly commissioned aud 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 B. HOBBS, Notary Public in and for Los Angeles County State of California.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ca
 COUNTY OF YUMA %
 I, U. Nj. 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 appears of record in Book Two of Articles of Incorporation records of Yuma County.
 E In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
 hand and affixed my official seal of (SEAL) office this 3rd day of January, A. D.,
 1907.
 T. II. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder Yuma County. ISt pub. Jan 9, 1907.
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