The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-10
Articles of Incorporation of the Mayhew Free Gold Mining COmpanY.

do adept this irstrumontas Articles of h. corporation Of said corporation. We do therefore certify:
 FIRsr-That the names of the incorPora- tors are those which arc hercuntO subscribed; viz: Felix Mayhew. George F. Hodges, George F. 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, Tuna County. in the Territory Of Arizona.
 Meetings of the stockholders Of the corpor- aticn shall be held at said Yuma, at the office of the corporation.
 Meetings of the directors Of the corporation may be 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 Le held by the written consent of all of the directors, or if the acts of the directors at the meeting be approved by written endorsement of such approval by the absent directors upon the minutes of the proceedings that may be had at such meeting. or endorsed upon the copy of said minutes fled in the office of the Secretary of the corporation and certified to by ths Secretary as such copy.
 SEcOHD-The general uatare Of the 5osi- ness proposed to be transacted by the coz poTation is as follows:
 Toin any lawful way acquire, own hold, ,hire rent, pledge, mortgage, sell, improve, loan, operate, and generally deal in, manage, and make profit from, mines mining property, ,l- I, ia oloa afriq and other power plants, transportation lines, railroads and tIamways, telephone and tele- graph lines, real estate, stocks, bonds, evi- dences cf debt, and other personal property ofevery character and description. To incur debts, and to execute it's promises to pay tbe same with interest. To vote upon, and as- sent to or dissent from, all propositions sub mitted to it as a stCckholder or bondholder Of any corporation. To guaranty and be come liable for, S1e performance of, Obliga- tions and payment of debts. To pledge CT mortgage its property for such purpose. To act as agent or trustee in any lawful man. ner. Through its Board Of Directors to do any and all of its business as one party, with any of its directors, stockholders, or officers, as other parties, freely, and in the same manner, as though they were not such diTcc- tors, officers or stockholders. But it is to be generally classed as a mining corporation, and such is to be its principal business.
 1t Is also Co have and exercise the powers now authorized by Section 7G5 of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona, which section is as follows:
 Among the powers Of sIsch bodies corgor- aie shall be the following;
 l. To have perpetual Saccessie9.
 ?. To sue and be sued by the c0Fp9yatc name.
 8. To have common seal and after Bic same at pleasure.
 To render tEc shares or interest oi stockholders trcn, 'rrablc and prescribe thc mode of makinS euh transfers.
 ,. To exempt the private property of mem scrs from ]. ability for corporate debts.
 6 To make contracts, acquire and trans fer property. possessing the same powers in such respects as private individuals nov enjoy
 :. Te establish bylaws and make al rules and regulations deemed eXpedient fol the management Of their affairs not incon sistcnt with the constitution and laws of tht United States and laws Of this territory"
 TTIED-Thc amount of it's capital stock i.
 
 vidcd into one million shares of a par valu, Of One Dollar each. The time when, and thc conditions upon which, it shall be paid in ar, as follows:
 The corporation proposes in pursuance of ar agreeme 1t heretofore made for it's benefit tC make a contract as soon as organized, fo inc purchase Of certain mining properties il which Frank AmivIsca and A. E. Soderinar ROW have an interest. The corporation is tt agree to pay for the mines and mining prop critics it's entire capital stock fully paid, anC One Hundred Thousand Dollars in addition thereto, the stock to be paid immedatel' and the One Hundred Thousand Dollars il 5nstallmcnts.
 FoURTH-The corporate life shall commenc' en the 27th day of June, I9C7, 10 termnatt with the expiration of twenty-five year from that date.
 FIFFH-The affairs Of the corporation are tt be conducted by Board Of Directors to con sist of five persons; the number of director to be increased at any time by the afIirma tive vote in favor thereof of persons repre- sehtng a least two-thrdS Of its entire capi tal stock. The persons who arc to serve a first directors are here appointed and are a follows FeFix Mayhew, George f. Hodges George +. Barker, William l.. Percey and W s. Wyight. They arc to serve for a period O two years and until their successors shal A3se been elected after the expiration of tw, yeayS; the directors to be elected annually a the annpal meeting of the stockholders to b held at such times as may be fixed by th hy laws Of the corporation. All vacancies il she Board O. Directors, excepting when file, at the annual election by stock holders. shal se fIlsd by the Board of Directors, by a ma Sority vote of its members.
 SIxTH-The highest amount ef indebted ness or liability 10 which the corporation st any tinse 10 subject Itself is One Hundre snd Fifty TIoUsand Dollars
 SEVENTH-Thc private property eG tn ockh0lders is to be exempt from corporal debts. No stock holder shalt be liable for an debt created hy the corporation or by if Beard of Directors, officers oraSents.
 Tine capital stock, when issued as berei provided shall stand as fully paid. IL sha not thereafter 5c subject to assessment eF an Kind. nfhc Board of Directors shall orde She sale of any Of the capital stock of thi corporation and the same shall be sold aD inc certificate thereof issued and the same sold In exchange for property OF services an as fully paid, Gle same shall stand as full paid in the ahscncc of actual fraud on th part of the purchaser ofsaid stock and th Board Of Directors in the contract Of sale an purchase.
 Dated this 27th day Of June. l91;
 FELIX MATHEW.
 GEO. F. HODGES.