Mohave County miner., 1910-04-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
WALLAPAI KING MINING COM
PANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned. have this day vol
UNFAIRLY associated ourselves together for the
purpose Of forming q corporation under and
pursuant to the laws Of the Territory Of Ari-
iona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt
Articles Of incorporation as follows:
WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
ARTICLE /.
That the name OF said corporation shall be
WALLAPAI KING MINING COMPANY, and the
A. H. Smith. L. L. Smith, Calvin CuzInno and
E. B. Smith.
ARTICLE II.
The principal place OF business OF this cor
poratiOn within the Territory of Arizona shall
be at Kingman, Mohave County, and the prin-
cipal place or places OF transacting business
outside of Arizona shall be at the City OF Los
Angeles. County OF Los Angeles, State Of Cali.
fOrnia where meetings Of stockholders and d.
rectors may be held, and all business trans
acted.
ARTICLE III
That the purposes for which IL is formed, are:
l. To make contracts Of every kind; to pur-
chase, lease, option, locate, appropriate or 9th
erwise acquire, own, exchange, sell, or other
wise dispose OF, pleoge, mortgage, hypothecate
and deal in mines, mining claims, mineral
lands, coal lands oil lands, timber lands, real
estate, water and water rights, and to work.
explore, operate and develop the same. and to
from, ana deal in the products and by-products
thereof, to sell or otherwise dispose OF all Of
said minerals oils, gas. products and by-pro-
ducts, and to carry on general mining, milling
and smelling business: to construct, acquire
and maintain wells. reservoirs. pipe lines, water
works, ditches dams and bridges; to exercise
in general all rights Of eminent domain to
buy, sell ana otherwise dispose Of so much Of
the water and water rights, property rights
and franchises thus acquired, controlled or
appropriated, as may be required by this cor
pOration; to acquire, lease and lay out town
sites and milling sites; TO manufacture, con-
struct. purchase. lease or otherwise acquire,
and to sell or otherwise dispose Of all kinds Of
smelling machinery, ore reducing and milling
ers, boarding houses, ware houses, electrical
and steam plants, wagon roads, wagons and
ton. oil refnerles, saw mills and power plants;
to do a general real estate manufacturing and
mercantile business; to own, handle and control
copyrights. letters patent and inventions; to
acquire, own, hold and dispose OF shares OF its
own capital stock and that Of other corpora
lions and also the bonds Of other corporations.
including the right to exchange any or all Of
the property of this corporation, for any such
stock or bonds Of other corporations, and par
ticularly to acquire, own, hold and dispose Of
the stocks and bonds Of other corporations or
ganized for purposes similar to or including
the purposes above mentioned; ana to vote any
stock owned by ii the same as a natural person
might do; to issue bonds, notes, debentures and
other evidences Of Indebtedness and to secure
the payment of the same by mortgage. deed of
trust or otherwise; and to dispose Of its bonds
or stock at any price agreed upon by the Board
OF DlrecLOrS. 10 act as agent, trustee, DrOker,
or in any other hduciary capacity. to borrow
and loan money; and in general to do and per
form such acts and things and transact such
business. not inconsistent with law. in any
part of the world as the Board OF Directors may
deem to the advantage Of the corporation.
ARTICLE ".
The authorized amount Of capital stock OF
this Corporation shall be One Million $1,000
O00) Dollars divided into one million Q,0OO,OOOl
shares Of the par value Of One (sl.OOl Dollar
each At such time as the Board Of Directors
may by resolution direct, said capital stock
shall be paid into this Corporation. either in
cash or by sale and transfer TO 1t OF real or per-
sonal property. contracts, services, or any 9th
er valuable right OF thing for the uses and pur.
poses OF said Corporation, in payment for
which shares Of the capital stock Of said Cor
poration may be issued and the capital stock
so issued shall thereupon and thereby become
and be fully paid up and worcestershire, and IN
the absence OF actual fraud in the transaction
the judgment Of the Directors as to the value
OF the property purchased shall be conclusive.
ARTICLEv
The time Of the commencement Of this Cor
por.tion shall be the date OF the filing Of q GER
titled CODY OF these Articles OF Incorporation
in the ONCE OF the Auditor OF the Territory OF
Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five years thereafter with the privilege
Of renewal as provided by law.
ARTIcLEvI
The affairs OF this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by Board Of Directors, and the follow
ing named shall constitute the Board OF D1rec-
tors until their successors are elected:
A. NJ. Smith, A. h. Smith. L. L. Smith. Cal.
vim Cuzinno and E. B. Smith.
Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be
elected from among the Stockholders at the
annual Stockholders meeting to be held on
the first Monday in April OF each year,
ARTICLE VII.
The Board OF Directors shall have power to
adopt and amend Bylaws for the government
Of the corporation. TO I'LL vacancies occurring
in the Board from any cause, and to appoint
an Executive Committee and vest said com
vufN NhPU q
termine.
ARTICLE VIII.
The highest amount of Indebtedness, direct
or contingent, to which the corporation shall
be subject at any one time shall be One Hun
bred Thousand (slOO. 0OO) Dollars, which amount
does not exceed two-thirds the amount Of the
capital stock.
ARTICLE TX.
The private property of the stockholders and
officers of the corporation shall be exempt
from all corporate debts of any kind whatso-
ever,
In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set
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