The Parker post., 1913-11-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS:
That, we, the undersigned, have
this day associated ourselves together
for the purpose of forming a cOrpOr-
alton under and pursuant to the laws
of the state of Arizona, and for that
purpose do hereby adopt Articles of
Incorporation as follows:
ARTICLE
The name OF the corporation shall
be "The Alabama Gold and Copper
Mining Company"
ARTICLE II
The principal place of business of
this corporation within the state OF
Arizona, shall be at Parker, Yuma
County, and the principal place OF
transacting business outside of Ariz-
ona shall be Union Springs, Alabama,
where meetings OF Stockholders and
Directors may be held and all busi-
ness transacted.
ARTICLE III
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted is to make
contracts; to purchase, lease, option,
locate, or otherwise acquire, own, ex-
change, sell, or otherwise dispose Of,
pledge, mortgage, hypOthecate and dea
in mines, mining claims, mineral lands
oil lands, timber lands, real estate,
water and water rights and to work,
explore and operate and develop the
same, and to extract any and all
minerals, ,oils and gases therefrom and
thereof; to purchase, lease or other
wise acquire, erect, own, operate or
sell ore reduction works, oil refiner-
ies,saW mills and power plants; to do
general real estate, manufacturing g
and mercantile business; to own
shares Of it's own capital stock and
that of other corporations ,and to vote
any stock owned by it the same as
a natural person might do; to- issue
bonds, notes, debentures and other
evidence Of Indebtedness and secure
the payment of the same by mort
act as agent, trustee, broker, or in
any other fiduciary capacity, and to
borrow and loan money, and in gen
eral to do and perform such acts and
things and to transact such business,
not inconsistent with laws, in any
part of the world as the Board of Di-
rectors may deem to the advantage OF
the corporation.
ARTICLE w
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this Corporation shall be
five hundred thousand dollars ($5OO,-
00O) divided into five hundred thous-
and shares of the par value of one
($1.0O) each
At such times as the Board of Di-
rectors may by resolution, direct,
said capital stock shall be paid into
this corporation, either in cash or
by the sale and transfer to it of real
or personal property, contracts, ser
vices, or any other valuable right or
thing for the uses and purposes of
said Corporation, in payment of which
shares of the capital stock of said
Corporation may be issued and the
capital stock so issued shall thereup-
on and thereby become and be fully
paid up and non-assessable, and in
the absence of actual fraud in the
transaction the judgment of the di-
rectors as to the value of the property
purchased shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE V
The time of the commencement of
this Corporation shall be the date
Of the filing of a certified copy of
Of the issuance to it of a certificate
of incorporation by the Arizona Cor
poration Commission, and the termi
nation thereof shall be twenty five
years thereafter, with the privilege
of renewal provided by law.
ARTICLE vi
The affairs of this Corporation
shall be conducted by a board of Di-
rectors, and the following named shall
constitute the Board of Directors un-
til their successors are elected. J. T.
Martin, R. H. Hayes, G. w. Andrews,
F. W. Rainer and J. w. Martin;
thereafter the Board of Directors shall
be. elected from among the Stockhold-
ers at the annual Stockholders meet
ing to be held on the third Monday
of March of each year.
ARTICLE VII
The Directors shall have power to
adopt and amend Bylaws, for the
government of the Corporation, to fill
vacancies occurring in the Board from