Mohave County miner., 1917-12-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we. the undersigned, have this day as- sociated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and in accordance Jhe-ew.-a hereby adopt, execute, acknowledge and pub fish the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE ONE-The names and pOstoffice addresses of the incorporators are O. D. Clack, Kingman, Arizona, and c. W. Herndon, King man, Arizona, and the name of the cOrpora- tion shall be Arizona c. O. D. Mines Com pany.
 place of business of the corporation shall be at Kingman, Arizona, and the corporation shall have the right to establish such branch offices or places of business, either within or without the State of Arizona, as it's Board of Directors, hereinafter provided for. may from time to time designate, and meetings of said Board of Directors may be held at such branch offices.
 the business proposed to be transacted and carried on by this corporation is that of min ing, milling, srnelting, ore reduction and treating in all its related branches, and to do any and all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural per sons might or could do, either within or with out the State of Arizona, and to do any and everything and to engage in any and every business which may be by it's Board of Direc- tors deemed necessary, requisite, essential, convenient or auxiliary to carrying out the objects and purposes for which this corpora tion IS formed.
 In furtherance and not in limitation of it's general powers and purposes, it is expressly provided that the corporation shall have the following powers, tO-wit:
 1. To acquire, own. handle, sell encum- Der and otherwise deal in or with any and all classes of property; to purchase or other wise acquire, own. hold, sell or in any man ner deal in or with shares of the capital stock of this or other corporations; to pay for prop erty purchased or acquired in cash, stock of this corporation, bonds or otherwise to carry on the business of mining, milling, smelting, concentrating, converting, treating, preparing for market, manufacturing, buying selling exchanging or otherwise producing and deal ing in gold silver, copper and in any and all kinds of ores, minerals and metals, and the products and by-products thereof, Of every kind and description, and by whatever proc ess the same can or may be produced and generally without limitation to amount.
 2. To acquire by purchase, exchange, loca- tion, appropriation or In any other manner whatsoever, or in any manner whatsoever to receive, own, hold, use, operate, lease mort gage. sell or otherwise dispose of mines, min ing claims. mining property, ores, minerals, metals, water, water rights, reservoirs, canals. fumes, ditches. mills, smelters, reduction plants, saw-mills, stores, hotels, boarding houses, easements, or any other kind of prop erty
 8. To construct, lease or otherwise acquire. and to own, hold, maintain and operate roads, tremways and railways necessary or convent ent to the carrying on of any business under taken by the corporation; to acquire, con- struet, lease and operate and maintain tele- phone and telegraph lines and systems; to ac- Quire, own, hold. sell, lease or otherwise dis pose of any and all kinds of inventions, rights. licenses, process or processes patent rights and letters patent.
 {. To borrow money, and to issue It's bonds payable in cash or convertible into stock of this corporation, debentures, mortgages, prom issory notes and other evidences of indebted ness therefor; and to pledge, sell or other ...F- 4k, rk,1a part of the property owned or acquired by it for the security or payment of any indebted ness or obligation incurred or undertaken; to use its stock, debentures or bonds in payment for any property commodity which it may purchase or acquire.
 B. To make contracts, and to do as fully as natural persons might or could do any and all of the things herein set forth either as principals, agents, contractors, trustees or otherwise. and either alone or in company with other persons, associations corpora tions; and in general, to have and exercise in respect thereto all the powers, privileges of this class by the laws of the State of Ari- zona, and to carry any business in connec- tion herewith not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and said State of Ari- zona.
 ARTICLE FoUR-Ths amount of the eapi- tai stock of this corporation shall be ONE MILLION DOLLARS. divided into one million shares of the par value of ONE DOLLAR each, and the same. when issued, shall be fully paid and forever non-assessable- Said stock shall be issued at such time times. and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board of Directors, and same may be exchange for mines, mining property or for any other property, real, per sonal or mixed. or for benefits aecruing or services rendered to the corporation, in any manner or form whatever. said Board of Directors may determine. and in the absence of actual fraud in the tranSaetion such de termination of the Board of Directors shall be final.
 ARTICLE FIVE-The time of the com meneement of this corporation shall be the date upon which a Certificate of Incorpora- ton is issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE SIX-The management and con- trol of the business, property and affairs of this corporation shall be vested in e Board of Directors consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members, who shall be elected from among the stockholders of record at the regular annual meeting of the stock 1 holders, which meeting shall be held at the 1 principal office of the company on the first Tuesday in October of each year, and said di- ractnrH nhall hold office for one year. or until