Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1910-05-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
WALLAPAI KING MINING CON-
PANY.

fAlNIs
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned. have this day vol
UNFAIRLY associated ourselves together for the
purpose Of forming corporation under and
pursuant to the laws Of the Territory Of Ari-
iona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt
Articles Of incorpOrpOratlon as follows:
WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
ARTICLE l.
That the name Of said corporation shall be
WALLAPAI KING MINING COMPANY, and the
names of the incorporators are; A. NJ. smith,
A II. Smith. L. L. Smith. Calvin Cuzlnno and
E b. Smith.
ARTICLE H.
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 anc develop he same. and TO
extract any and al minerals, oils and gas there
from, ana deal in the produc S aud by-products
thereof. to sell or otherwise dispose OF all OF
said minerals. oils, gas. products and oy,pro-
ducts, and to carry on general mining, milling
and smelling business: to construct, acquire
and maintain wells, reservoirs. pipe lines, water
works, ditchts, 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-
St-uct. pun chase. lease or otherwise acquire,
and to sell or otherwise dispose OF all kinds OF
| smelling machinery ore reducing and milling
machinery, buildings, structures, mills, smeit-
ers, boarding houses, ware houses, electrical
and steam plants, wagon roads. wagons and
other conveyances, Of every kind and descrip-
/ ton oil rehnerles, 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 RE hit TO exchange any or all Of
| the property of this corporation, for any such
stock OF bonds Of other corporations, and par
/ ticularly to acquire, own, hold and dispose Of
/ the stocks and bonds Of other corporations or
/ CaniZeG for purposes similar to or including
/ the purposes above mentioned; ana to vote any
stock owned by il the same as a natural person
/ might do; to issue bonds. notes debentureS ana
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 Directors: to act as agent, trustee, broker.
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.
ARTICLEI w.
The authorized amount OF capital stock of
| this Corporation shall be One Million (Sl. OOO
OOO) Dollars. divided into one million q ,OOOOOOl
shares of the par value OF One (Sl.OO Dollar
A. he ard of
msy by resolution direct, said capital stock
shall be paid into this Corporation. either in
cash or by sale and transfer 10 it Of real or per
sOnal property, contracts, services, or any 9th
eT 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.
ARTICLE
The time OF the commencement Of this Cor
pOr.tion shall be the date OF the filing Of GER
titled COPY 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.
ARTICLE VI
The affairs Of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by a Board of Directors, and the follow
ing named shall constitute the Board of Direc-
A. NJ. SmitN, A. H. Smith L. L. Smith. Cal
/ vim CuZnno and f. 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 fill vacancies occurring
/ in the Board from any cause, and to appoint
an Executive Committee and vest said com
mittee with such powers as they may de-
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 (SlO0OOOJ Dollars, which amount
does not exceed two-thirds the amount Of the
capital stock.
AR rICLE 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
our hands and seals this 4th day of April, 1910.
A NJ. SMITH, (SealD