Mohave County miner., 1914-12-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MINES SDEVELOPMENT CON- PANY OF ARIZONA.

articles of Incorporation:
 CD The name of this corporation is and shall THE MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF
 ARIZONA"
 @ The names and addresses of the neorpora- Union Oil Bldg, Los Angeles Cal u B, Law renee, Hotel Hayward, Los Angeles, Cal.,' w. F. Lineberger, 5l3 W. First St Long Beach, Cal, c. w. Prince, Jr, 72s Union Oil Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal.
 (3) The principal place of transacting the busi- ness of the Company within the State of Arizona is and shall be the City of Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona and the principal place of busi- ness of the Company without the State of Ari- zona is the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, State of California and all meetings of the incorporators, stockholders and directors of this corporation may be held at the City of Los Angeles Los Angeles County, State of California, but the Company may establish offices and carry on it's business in any other State Territory in the United States or any foreign Country. CD The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to wit:
 To prospect for, locate and acquire by dis | coVery, location, purchase, lease, license, de- nouncements, concession, franchise, grant, con- veyance, gift, device, or otherwise, and to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal in mines, and mining lands mining claims, min ing concessions, mining locations or other lands or properties of whatsoever character, in any part of the United States the Territories there of, or in any part of the Republic of Mexico or in any other country; to perfect title thereto pur- | suant to the laws of the country where situated. To use, operate, mine develop, explore, mill, quarry work and exploit in any manner, all such lands and property for the purpose of discovery | and production of mineral and other products of such land, mining claims, grounds, locations, and other concessions, and property of whatever kind; and to do and carry on general mining business in all it's various branc
 To crush concentrate, smelt refine, dress, amalGamate, treat extract, reduce, calcne. cya hide. and manipulate all kinds of ores, minerals, metals and metaliferous substances therefrom, and prepare the same for the market; and to en- gage in the smeltinp reducing, crushing, refin- ing, milling, treating. and selling minerals and ores of all kinds, and to enter into any contract deemed necessary eXpedent to further the interests and business of the Company
 Toown, operate, develop, use. purchase sell lease and otherwise acquire and dispose of timber and | agricultural lands, and lands of any kinds what soever. and the products rherefrom including water rights, dams, re- ervors irrigation plants and power plants of all kinds whatsoever and to furnish water power and electricity for power | and lighting and other purposes, and to con- struct ere,t. operate, use and maintain water works, workshops, factories fumes, acqueducts, crushing works, smelting and refining plants, and to manufacture furnish, sell, distribute, &C., qulre, dispose of and supply gas, water, ice, electricity, power, heat, light and other products for any purpose whatsoever, and to construct, maintain, operate and conduct plants. and works for holding, receiving. distributing, conducting, using and furnishing same. To invest in, take over buy, sell, pledge, ex- change, and otherwise acquire or dispose of, stocks. shares bonds, and securities of other CO.,
 
 or otherwise, acquire hold. dispose of, or to retire and cancel any stock bonds, securities or other obligations of this corporation To mortgage any mining ground, claims or lodes, mining or mineral rights, other prop erty real or personal. belonging to the Company and to issue bonds or other obligations of the Company, whenever it may be determined to do.
 To conduct commissary and carry on a gen eral merchandise business and to engage in any and all kinds of business that a natural person might could do in the United States or any part of the World
 5l The amount of capital sock of this cor po'ation shall be Ten Thousand Dollars (Sl0,- OOOOO) divided into one hundr GOO shares of the par value of one hundred dollar, (SO0 O0) per share, and such stock shall be paid up at the date of the issuance thereof or at such time as the Board of Directors may designate, in either money, property, labor or other valuable right or thing and the Judgment of the Board of Direc- tors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive and thereupon, by the receipt of the money, | property services other valuable right or thing, at the valuation placed thereon by the Board of Directors the capital stock of said poration shall be issued. and when issued shall thereupon and thereby become fully paid up and forever nOn-assessabe, and without further stockholders liability for any purpose whatso- | ever.
 (6) Shares of stock of this Company may be voted by proxy at all stockholders meetings, and shares of the stock owned by this Company in | other corpo ations shall he voted at stockholders meetings of such corporation by the President of this Company, unless the Directors of the Com
 
 ND ID, in tn co lIne cement of this cor pn"9 ion sh; De tne !a.e c! the filing of these .r'c.es of i"c' rpOration in the office of the Ari :Ora Co. Dor ,tcn Commission, and this corpora ion shall exist for the full term of twenty five yea's thereafter.
 The charte rights Of his Company may be re- newed from time to time for periods of twenty five years at a time pe petualy as provided by law.
 Is) The affairs of this corporation shall be managed and conducted by Board of Directors | C. tors. who shall be elected on the first Monday of the month of May of each year hereafter, or as the Bylaws of the Company shall hereafter pro- vide (9l The Board of Directors shall have full right, power and authority to fill any vacancy or vacancies on the Board by appointment from among the stockholders. lO) Ten days notice of the time and place of holding meetings of the Stockholders shall be given 10 the Stockholders Of the Company by mailing letter pos tal to each stock holder at his lates; known address. | III The private property of the officers and stockholders of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from any and all liability for the deb's and obligations of this cor poraton of whatsoever nature or character, and the capital stock of this corporation, shall be and is hereby made forever non-assessabe for any purpose.
 i2 The highest amount of indebtedness, di- rect or contingent, which this Company shall or may subject itself to at any time, shall not ex- ceed 60 per cent of the capital stock
 I3 The Board of D ectors of the Company may. in their discretion, issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for the purpose of se- curing funds for operating purposes, and may se- cure the payment of the same by mortgage or deed of trust upon the whole any part of the real estate and personal property of the Company. NQ The following named persons have been elected Board of Director for said Corpora tion until the next regular Stockholders meeting, and until their success are elected and quail l fled, wit; w Reeder, II Lawrence, w. F Line be- ger and c. w. Prince Jr., and the l ROard n Directors first sh,n