The Arizona sentinel., 1908-07-08
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 corporation under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose do adopt the followi 1g charter:
 Article 1.
 The name of this corporation shall be Rouse Gold and Copper Company.
 Article2
 This Company shall keep an office at Bouse, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, but thls Cooperation is organized to carry on business in all states, districts and territories of the United States, and will have 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 8.
 The purposes for which this corporation is formed are:
  and to sell or cucumber mines, mining claims. mineral rights, mining property and town and mill siles, and operate and develop the same; to acquire, bnild own and operate mills, cushers, concentrating machinery and manufacturing plants for the purpose of working, milling, assaying, concentrating, SmeIting and reducing all kinds of ores and mineral substances and extracting minerals therefrom by any and all processes, and to work and manufacture any and all metals and products of metals.
 H. To build and maintain, owD, acquire and operate dams, waterways, wells, reser- voirs wagon roads and tramways in connec- ton with any and ail town sites, mills. smelters or mining property owned or 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. IV. To engage in the business of buying and selling liquid fuel oils, petroleum. min eral 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, refining. distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying. handling, storing, and in all ways dealing in and with any and all such substances.
 V. To buy, scll 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 principal purpose for which this corporation is organized, and also as incident and auyil- iary to each of the other purposes hereinbe- fore specified, and generally to engage in any and all kinGs Of business that a natural per son might or could in the United States or in any other part of the world.
 Article 1.
 The amount of capital stock Of this corpor- ation is s, ,0OC 0O0Oo, divided into GOO shares of the par value of 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 Drec- 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 B.
 The highest amount of findebtedpess or li- ability tc which this corporation shall sub iect itself at any one time shall not exceed S5O0,OOOOO
 Article 6.
 The private property ofthe stockholders Of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from all liability for the debts or obligations of this corporation.
 Article7 z.
 The canital stock of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever non-asseSSable by this corporation for any purpose.
 Article 8.
 The commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Arti- cles accol ding to law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with Privilege Of renewal for like periods per petually.
 Article 9.
 The affairs Of this corporation shall be con- ducted by Board of Directors composed of nine stockholders, 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, I E. Ferguson. John Clarbough, Russ Avery and Samuel II. French shall act as such Di- TectOrs.
 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2Oth day of April ISDS.
 Eugene c. Webster (SeaD
 c. A. MarkwelI (SeaD
 Russ Avery (SeaD
 Ottis (Spnl State Of California, ~
 County of Los Angeles.
 On this 2Oth day of April, 1908, before me, c. l.. Whitman, a Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State Of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Eugene C. Web ster, C. A. Markwell, Russ Avery and G. NJ. Ottis, known to be the persons whose names are subscribed 10 the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged to me that they ex- ecutcd the same for the purposes and consid cratiOn therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affi xed my official seal the day and year first above written.
 IScalJ c. l.. Whitman, Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State Of California.
 My commission expires August list, l90s Territory Of Arizona, County of Yuma. ss.- | J. M Polhamus, County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. do hereby certify, that the foregoing is full, true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpora- tion of the Bouse Gold and Copper Company as filed for record in my office on the 27th day of April. A. D. 1908 and as appears of record in book ? Of Articcs-- Page ct seq. Rec