The Arizona sentinel., 1908-06-10
Articles of Incorporation of
 Bouse Gold and Copper Com

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 Know All Men By These Presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming acorpOration under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona, and for that purpose do adopt the following charter:
 Articlel.
 The name Of this corporation shall be Blouse tiold and Copper Company.
 Ar,icle2
 This Company shall keep an office at Blouse County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, but thls Corporation is organized to carry on business in all states, districts and territories Of the United States and will have a princi- pal office and place of business at the City of Los Angeles. in the County Of Los Angeles, State Of California, and at such other places as the ard of Directors may determine. at any and all of which places meetings Of the stockholders and Board of Directors may be held in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation.
 Article 3.
 The purposes for which this corporation is formed are:
 l. To locate, buy. lease or otherwise acquire and to sell or cucumber mines, mining claims. mineral rights, mining property and town and mill sites, and operate and develop the same; to acquire, bnild, own and operate mills, crushers, concentrating machinery and manufacturing plants fer the purpose of working, milling, assaying, concentrating, smelling and reducing all kinds of ores and mineral substances, and extracting minerals thereirOm by any and ulI processes, and to work and manufacture any and all metals and products of metals.
 II. To build and maintain, OVID, acquire and operate dams, waterways, wells, rcser- voirs, wagon roads and tramways in connec- tiOn with any and all town sites, mills, smelters or mining property owned con- trolled by this corporation.
 III. To buy, lease or otherwise acquire, and to sell, cucumber or otherwise dispose of and to improve, lands, franchises, rights Of way and other real estate of every kind and na- ture whatsoever, and any and ail interests of every kind in and to such properties. ". To engage in the business of buying and selling liquid fuel oils. petroleum. min cral gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bituminOus rock and other mineral and hydro-carbon substances and products of all such substan ces, and in boring for, pumping, producing,
 
 piping, carrying. handling, storing, and in ali ways dealing in and with any and all such substances.
 V. To buy, sell, acquire, hold and hypoth- ecate shares of stock. bonds and other eviden- ces Of indebtedness of any incorporated com pany or companies.
 VI. To do and perform each and all of the acts hereinbefore specified as the main and FDr !, is organized, and also as incident and auEil- iary to each of the other purposes hereinbe- fore specified, and generally to engage in any and all kinGs of business that natural per son might or could in the United States or in any other part of the world.
 Article I.
 The amount Of capital stock Of this corpor- ation is Sl 0GOOOG.Oo. divided into 100000 shares of the par value CT 5000 each, and said capi- tal stock shall be paid up at the date of issu- ance, or at such time as the Board of Direc- tors may designate, in money, property, labor, or any other valuable right or thing, and the judgment of the Board of Directors or managing officers as to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 Article ,.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or li- ability to which this corporation shall sub ject itself at any one time shall not exceed S5OOOOO.OO.
 Article 6.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be andis hereby made forever exempt from all liability for the debts or obligations of this corporation.
 Artioln7
 The canital stock Of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever non-assessable by this corporation for any purpose.
 Articles The commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Arti- eles according to law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal for like periods per petually.
 Article g.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted by a Board Of Directors composed of nine stock holders, to be first elected on the first day of May, 1908, and on May lst of each year thereafter, and until such Directors are elected, C. A. Markwell, Eugene c. Webster, Thomas Patch, G. NJ. Ottis. J. c. Denton, D. t. Ferguson. John Clarbough. Russ Avery and Samuel H. French shall act as such Di- reetorS.
 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2Oth day of A pril' 1908.
 Eugene C. Webster (SeaD
 C. X. Markwell (ScaD
 Russ Avery (SeaD
 G. M. Ottis (ScaD State of California, County Of Los Angeles. % On this 2Oth day Of April, IgOS, before ue. G. l.. Whitman. Notary Public in and for the C"unty Of Los Angeles, Sta.e of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Eugene C. Web ster, C. A. MGrllwel, Russ Avery and G. M UttiS, known to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged to me that they ex- ecuted Ihe same for the purposes and cOnsid cration therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
 ISeall G. I. Whitman, Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State Of California.
 My commission expires August Ist, 1908 Territory of Arizona, County of Yuma. ss.- I, J. M. PolhamuS, County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma Territory of Arizona. do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a full true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpora- tion of the Bouse Gold and Copper Company, as fled for record in my office on the 27th day of April, A. D. 1908, and as appears of record in book Of Articles-Pagc- ct seq. Rec o-d. oF Nt1rTa Corrtv oforpSaid