Williams news., 1909-08-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -OF THE Hint Gold Timing and Milling
 Company

purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the TerritJry of ArizonH, and to that end we make the following statement:
 l. The name of this corporation shall be the Mint Gold Mining and Milling Company. The names of the incorporators are John Casad, George Montgomery. Otto Lebsch, Frank D. Shea, George S. Patten and D. A. Byrne all of Williams, Coconino County
 The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of this corpora tion is to be transacted, is Williams. but the Board of Directors may establish branch offices either within or outside the Territory of Ari- zona at which any and all the business of the Company may be transacted.
 2. The general nature of the business to be transacted by this Corporation is: To make contracts, to do general mining and milling business. to purchase. lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire mines, mining claims, min eral lands, real estate and personal property, including bonds and shares of the capital stock of other corporations, to sell, exchange. pledge mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of same, to buy and sell min erals and metals of all kinds, to engage in gen. eral merchandising, to acquire, own, buy and sell town sites and lots, to acquire, own and operate tramways and transportation lines of every description from its properties, to con- meet with other transportation lines to develop mineral and other lAnds water and water rights for it's own or the use of others, to own and op- crate reduction works and any and all business in connection herewith, to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same. to exercise in respect thereto all the rights powers and privileges of individual owners, including the right to vote any shares held by it to the same extent that ,oft inhf do eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation. g. The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be one million two hundred and ty thousand dollars ($1, ,25O 0OO OO) divided into one million two hundred and fifty thousand Q,25o.oOo) shares of the par value of one dollar $100) each. At such tim e as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid in, either in cash or by sale and transfer of real r personal property to this corporation for its uses and purposes, in payment for which the shares of the capital stock may be issued. and the stock so isssued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and non assessable, and the judgement of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 4. The time of commencement of this corpo- ration shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Territorial Auditor. and the ter imitation thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 5. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of not less than five nor more than nine Directors who shall be elected annually by the stockholders on the second Monday in August of each year. Until their successors are elected and qualified, the fol- lowing named shall constitute such Board and the officers of the corporation, Frank D. Shea. President; George Montgomery, Vice President; D. A. Byrne, Treasurer and Secretary; John Casad, Otto Lebsch and George S. Patten. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by the remaining members of the Board, by election from among the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall have full power to adopt By Laws for the government of this corporation.
 6. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be one half million dollars ($5OO, ,0OO).
 7. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from cor porate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentieth day of July, 1909.
 
 GEO. MONTGOMERY, fSeal1
 D. A. BYRNE, tSeal1
 OTTO LEBSCH, tSeal1
 FRANK D. SHEA, iSeal1
 GEORGE s. PATTEN. [Seal1 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, -
 County of Coconino. 3D.
 Before me, Mcdonald Robinson, Notary Pub lie. in and for the County of Coconino, Terri tory of Arizona. on this day personally ap- peared, Frank D. Shea, George Montgomery, George S. Patten, Otto Lebsch, John Casad and D. A. Byrne, known to me to be the persons whose names subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and con- sideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office. this 2oth day of July, 1909.
 [SEALl MCDONALD ROBINSON.
 Notary Public. My commission expires March 27, 19l3
 First publication July 24, 1909.
 Last publication, August 2S, 1909.