The Arizona sentinel., 1908-06-24
Articles of Incorporation of Rouse Gold and Copper Com

hOuSe NOio ana copper NOul pvny.
 Know All Men Ky These Presents: That ve 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 purpoee do adopt tho followt 7g charter:
 Article l.
 The name Of this corporation shall be Rouse Gold and Copper CoErany.
 Article
 This Connpanv shall keep an office at Bousc, 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 princt- pal office and place of business at the City or Los Angeles in the County of Los Angeles, State Of California, and at such other places sthe ard of Directors may determine, at any and all of which places meetings or the stock holders and Board Of Directors may bc held in accordance with tbe Bylaws of this Corporation.
 Article 3.
 The purposes for which this corporation is formed arc:
 I. To locate, huy. 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 for the purpose of working, milling, assaying, concentrating, s,neltinE 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 itH metals and products of metals.
 II. To build and maintain, own, acquire and operate dams. waterways, wells, reser- voirs wagon roads and tramways in connec- tion with any and all town sites, milis' SInelters 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 10 improve, lands, franchises, rights of way and other real estate of every kind and na' ture whatsoever, and any and all interests Of every kind in and to such properties. IV. To engage in the business of buying and selling liquid fuel oils, petroleum. min- qral 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 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 herein before specified as tue main and principal purpose for which this corporation is organized, and also as incident and au<il iary to each of the other purposes hereinbe' fore specified, and generally 10 engage in any and all kinds of business that natural per son might or could in the Uniled States or Ill any other part of the world.
 Article l.
 The amount of capital stock of this corpor ation is sI OOO.OGOOO. divided into lO0O00 shares of the par value Of sioO0 each, and said capi tai stock shall be paid up at1he date of issn 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 ol managing officers as to the value thereo shall be conclusive.
 Article 5.
 The highest amount Of indebtedness or IT. ability tc which this corporation shall sub feet Itself at any one time shall not exceed S5ooO0O.O0.
 Article 6.
 The private property Of the stockholders O. this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from all liability fnr th' debts or obligations of this corporation.
 Article :.
 The canital stock of this corporation shal be and is hereby made forever non-assessabl' by this corporation for any purpose.
 Article 6.
 The commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing Of these Arti cIes accoi ding to law, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter with privilege of renewal for like periods per petualy.
 Article 9.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con ducted by a Board of Directors composed o nine stockholders, to be first elected on tn first day of May, 1908, and on May list of eacl year thereafter, and until such Directors ar elected, C. A. Markwell, Eugene c. Webster Thomas Patch, G. Nj. Ottis j. C. Denton, l E. Ferguson. John Clarbough, Russ Aver and Samuel Ii. French shall act as such b rectorS.
 In Witness Whereof, we have bercunt Set our hands and seals this 20th day Of 4 pri IpOS.
 Eugene C. Webster CSea
 C. 4. Markwel (Sea
 Russ Avery tSea
 G. M. Ottis (Sea State of California, .
 County of Los Angeles. "
 On this goth day of April, l90S before m G. l.. Whitman, Notary Public in and fC the County of Los Angeles, State of California residing therein, duly commissioned an sworn, personally appeared Eugene (. We ster. C. 4. Markwell, Russ Avery and G. Ottis, known to be tho persons whose nam are subscribed to the foregoing instrumen and they acknowledged to me that they Q trutcd the same for the purposes and consi eration therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof l have hcrcunto E my hand and affix my official seal the di and year first above written.
 ISaall G. I. Whitman. Notary Public in and for the County of J.
 Angeles, State or C illfornia.
 My commission expires August list, le' Territory of Arizona, County of Yuma. Ss- l. !. NJ. Polhamus, County Recorder in and [ the County of Yuma Territory of Arizona hereby certify, that the foregoing is full, tr and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpol tion of the Bousc Gold aud Copper Compsu ss flied for record in my ofice on the @7th d of AuriI A. D. 1908 and as appears of record