The Arizona sentinel., 1907-02-13
Articles of Incorporation
 of The Bertrand Copper Company

know all men by these preSentS;..-- That we, whose hands are hereunto aAlxed. citizens of the United States, do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of i forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end we certify follows, to-wit:
 The names of the iRoorporators are:
 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. t0 purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or other wise dispose of. pledge. mortgage and deal in all kinds of mines and mining stock, mining claims, mineral lands. water rights pumping plants, furnaces, smelting or leaching 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 1 the extraction of the values therefrom; and to york mines, explore, operate and develop the same, either in the Territory of Arizona, Mexico or elsewhere.
 To own, buy and sch capital stock of other corporations, and to exchange the capital stock of this corporation for that of other corpora tiens, 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. toloan 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 or such other mechanical a9pli- |Tances as may be necessary, and to do any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct a general mining, nier- chandfsing 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.
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 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation:shall be Five Million Dollars (S5,oO0, 0O0.0O), divided into one million shares of a par value of $5.00- 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, patents, or the stock of other companies, for 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 (25l years.
 The affairs Of the corporation shall be con- ducted bv q Board of Three Directors. and the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors. who shall hold office until their sue cessors arc duly elected and qualified: George C. Haldeoan, Henry L. Musser and Theodore c. Fitch.
 The Board of Directors shall have power to appoint an executive committee from among its 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,
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 The highest amount Oi indebtedness or lia- bility, direct or contingent, to which this cor poration shall at anj time be subject shall not exceed One Million Dollars (sLOOO.OOOQO).
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 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shah be exempt from corpor- ate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof. the incorporators have hereunto set their hGnds and seals this 31st day of December, 1906
 GEORGE c. HALDEMAN, (Scal).
 HENRY L. MUSSER, (SeaD.
 THEODORE G. FITCH, (Seal). STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Los ANGELES On this 31st 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 of California. residing therein duly commissioned and 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 i'm alrp lafI,r t0 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, ss
 COUNTY OF YUMA. I,J. M. Polhamus, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby l certify that the within and foregoing is true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpora- tion of The Bertrand Copper Company as filed | for record in my office on the Srd day of Janu- ary, A. D., 1867, and as appears of record in Book Two of Articles of Incorporation records l of Yuma County.
 In witness whereof I have hereuneo set my |
 hand and affixed my official seal of | (SEAL) office this 3rd day of January A. D..
 1907.
 T. M POLHAMCS.
 County Recorder Yuma County. 1st ub. Jan. 9. l9o7.
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