Mohave County miner., 1907-04-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION The Arizona Turquoise Mines
 Company.

Company. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That
 we, George Bell, Mary F. Bell and k. J. Pitkin
 of Denver, Colorado, have associated ourselves | together for the purpose of forming a corpora | ton under the laws of the Territory of Arizo-
 ma, anu 10 that end we do hereby certify and | declare:
 The name of this corporation shall be '.The
 Arizona Turquoise Mines Company" | II
 1 This company shall have and maintain an ofnce at Chloride, in Mohave County, Arizona, | but they may have and maintain offices at Den | yer, Colorado, and such other places either | within or without the Territory Of Arizona as
 may be established by the board of directors,
 at which any and all meetings of the directors l ana stockholders may be helu, and any and all
 business of the company be transacted. | III
 The general nature OI the business proposed
 to be transacted by this corporation, and It's | corporate objects and purposes are, to acquire | Dy purchase, location, lease or otherwise. min
 ing claims, real estate and rights appurtenant
 thereto; to develop, improve ana operate mines | ana mining claims containing turquoise gems, | precious and Semi-preciUuS stones and other
 minerals and to sell, lease, mortgage or other
 wise dispose of the same to cut and mount
 Salu products and engage generally in the bus | mess of d lapdary; 10 mine, buy, sell and deal l Ill turquoise, gems, precious ana Semi-pI eciouS
 stones and Jewtlry and to engage generally iu | | qulre, hold and sell patents and patent rights | ana stock ln other cOrl loratiOnS, and to do all
 things necessary or convenient to the proper | inconsistent with the laws of the United States | or the Territory of Arizona
 W
 k The capital stock of this corporation shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars (S5O,OCUUO), divided in | to nve thousand shares of the par value of IL n dollars lSlO OOJ each which shall be paid up in | luli at the date or the issuance thereof, and
 shall forever be full paid and forever non-as- SeSSaDle Tor any purpose WnatSOeyer; and said StOck may be paid for el her in cash or by the sale and transfer to the corporation of real or | personal property for the uses and purposes of sald corporatlon in the discretion or the board | of directors, and the judgment of the board of directors as to the value of such property as
 may be transferred to and purchased by said corporation Tn exchange for its capital stock, | or any part thereof, shall be conclusive.
 The time of the commencement of this cor. poration shall be the date of the fling in the | office of the Territorial Auditor of Arizona a copy of these Articles of IncOI pUraton certified | to by the County Recorder of the county where said articles are recorded; and the termination | or this cOrpoi atiOn shall be twenty five tarS 1 thereafter with the privilege of renewal as | provided by law.
 The affairs of this corporation snail be con- ducted by board of directors consisting of three directors who shall be elected annually | from among the stockholders on the second Thursday in February In each and every year.
 The directors for the first year of said com pany'S existence shall be George Bell and Mary r. Bel of Denver. Colorado, and Frank l.. Mo Cracken of Los Angeles, Calii ornia.
 The officers of said company for the first year Of its existence shall be George Bell pres | ident and easurer, Mary P. Bell vice presi-
 dent and Frank L. McCracken, secretary. The highest amount of indebtedness or lia | billty this corp ration may at any time incur shall not exceed the sum of Thirty Thousand dollars (S30,0O0OU
 There shall be no personal liability whatever | for the debts of this corporation upon the part | of any stockholder, officer or director of this | company and the private property of the
 stockholders, directors and officers of this com | pany shall forever remain exempt from any | and all debts or obligations of this company of
 whatsoever kind or character
 In Witness Whereof We the incorporatorS above named have hereuntO set our hands and
 seals this 18th day of February, A. D. l9O7. GEORGE BELL, (SeaD MARY P. BELL, (Seal) R. J. PITkiN. (Seal)
 City and County of Denver. Ss.
 l, William A. Moore, Notary Public in and
 for the City and County of Denver, in said State of Colorado, residing therein
 and duly commissioned and sworn, do here | by certify that George Bell. Mary P. Bell
 and R. J. Pitkin who are personally known to
 me to be the persons whose names are sub | scribed to the foregoing Articles of Incorpora.
 tion appeared before me this day in person and
 acknowledged that they signed ana executed | the same as their free and voluntary act and | deed for the uses and purposes therein set | forth
 In Witness Whereof. have hereunto set my
 hand and affixed my nOtarial seal at my office
 in said City and County of Denver. Colorado, | this 18th day of February A D. 1907 | My commission expires April 2. 1907. (Notarial SeaD WILLIAM A. MOORE | Notary Public. Filed and recorded at request of Cranston. | Pltkin X Moore February 23rd. A. D. 1907, at | 9 o'clock a. m. in Book 3, pages 11-ll4 of Incor
 poration Records of Mohaye County, Arizona | Territory.
 | THOMAS MCNEELY, | County Recorder. | Filed in the office of the Territorial Auditor | of the Territory of Arizona this day of March, | A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m., at request Of Cranston. Ptkin X Moore, whose postoffice ad-
 dress is 439 Equitable Bldg. Denver, Colorado. JOHN H. PAGE, | Territorial Auditor. First insertion March l6-April 20. |