Mohave County miner., 1915-07-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Arizona-Cerbat Mines Company
NOW ALL MEN By THESE PRESENTS:

Arizona-Cerbat Mines Company KNOW ALL MEN By THESE PRESERVES
 That we. the undersigned, c. w. Herndon and Viola Hoffman citizens of the United States have this day associated ourselves together for the pur pose of forming corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose and to that end we do hereby adopt, execute acknowledge and publish the following Articles of Incorpora- tion.
 ARTICLE ONE: The names of the incorpora- tors are C. w. Herndon and Viola Hoffman, whose respective residences and post-ofce addresses are at klngman, Mohave County, Arizona, and the name of the corporation shall be the Arizona-Cer- bat Mines Company.
 ARTICLE TWO: The principal office and place of business of this corporation shall be at King man, Mohave County, Arizona, and the corpora fion shall have the right to establish such branch offices or places of business, either within with out the State of Arizona its Board of Directors hereinafter provided for may from time to time designate, and at which branch offices places of business meetings of said Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE THREE: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and carried on by this corporation is to do any and all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the extent a natural person might or could do. To locate, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any mines, mining rights mining property or interests lands, timber water and water rights and mills, and any and all interests therein; and to explore, develop, work, operate utilize, and sell otherwise dis pose of the and the products thereof; to buy, sell, manufacture and in any manner deal in 
 conveniences, provisions and any and all things capable or necessary of or to be used in connec- tion with the mining, timber, water other oper- ations of the corporation which may be quired by working men employed by the corpora- tion; to construct, own, maintain and operate for itself or others, any roads, ways, tramways bridges reservoirs dams water courses, ditches, acqueducts, furnaces. mills, crushing works, porer or lighting plants and equipment, factories, warehouses, stores, hotels boarding houses, dwelling houses other works which may be cOpyepiapt ori incidental to fha ing out of the general objects of the corporation, to-wit, that of a general mining milling, water, smelting or refining business.
 In furtherance of it's general powers the corpor- ation shall have the power to acquire, own, sell, dispose of or in any manner deal in with any and all kinds of property real personal mixed; to buy hold, sell or in ahy manner deal in with the shares of the capital stock of this other porations; to pay for property purchased vices rendered to the corporation with cash, stock or bonds of the corporation with cash, stock bonds of the corporation with cash, stock or bonds of the corporation otherwise. To make con- tracts; to borrow money and to issue the prom issory notes, bonds mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation as security therefor.
 In general to do any and all things necessary, convenient or incidental to the main object for which this corporation is formed not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona.
 ARTICLE FOUR: The amount of the capital thousand dollars divided into one hundred thou sand shares of the par value of dollar per share, and the same when issued shall be forever fully paid and non-assessable Said stock shall be issued at such time or times, and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the board of directors hereafter provided for, and such stock may be exchanged for mines, or for any other property, either real or personal for benefits accruing to the corporation, or for services rem dered to the corporation, in any manner or form whatever, as the board of directors may deter mine, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction such determination of said board of directors shall be final
 ARTICLE FIVE; The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date when a certified copy of these articles of incorporation from the Arizona Corporation Commission shall be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Mohave County, Arizona, and the termination hereof shall be twenty five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE SIX: The highest amount of indebt- this corporation shall at time subject itself. is the sum of Sixty five thousand dollars.
 ARTICLE SEVEN The affairs of this corpor- ation shall be conducted by board of directors, consisting of not less than three than seven members each of whom shall be a stock holder of record said board of directors shall hold elected and qualified, and any vacancy in said board shall be filled by the remaining directors from among the stockholders of record.
 Said board of directors shall have the power to establish bylaws and make all rules and regula- tions necessary for the management of the affairs of the corporations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the state or Arl- zona; provided that the following named persons shall constitute the board of directors until the first annual meeting of the stockholders which said annual meeting shall be held the third Thursday of May in each year, at which said nual meetings of the stock holders said board of directors shall be elected until their are elected and qualified to-wit: Robert T. Cegg, E. Hedburg and Owen J. Owens.
 ARTICLE EIGHT: The officers of this corpor- ation shall consist of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer together such other officers the board of directors or the bylaws may provide for, may be deemed necessary by said board of directors for the transaction of the business of the corporation
 ARTICLE NINE: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be forever exempt from liability for corporate debts of any kind whatever.
 ARTICLE TEN: These articles of incorpora- tion may be amended, modified or changed by a majority vote of the outstanding stock of the corporation at any regular meeting of the stock holders, or at any regular meeting of the stock holders called for that purpose.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventeenth day of May, A. D. 1915.
 c. w. HERNDON (SeaD
 VIOLA HOFFMAN (SeaD STATE OF ARIZONA. ss
 This instrument was acknowledged before me this 25th day of March, 1915, by c. w. Herndon and Viola Hoffman.
 My commission expires Feb. 2l, 1916.