Mohave County miner., 1917-10-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF J. P. MINES CORPORATION.

 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we. the undersigned. having associated ourselves for the purpose of forming eorpor- ation under the laws of Arizona. do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE 1.
 The ineorporators are;
 ROLAND c. SWAFFIELD. post office ad- dress. Long Beach. California ! PHIL M. SWAFFIELD, post office address. Dong Beach. California
 GWENDoLINE NJ. PATERSON. post offies address, Long Beach, California And the name of the Corporation shall be "J. P. MINES CORPORATION" Its prin- cipal place of business within the State of Arizona shall be at the City of Kingman. but other offices may be established or main tained within or outside of the State of Ar iEona, at such place as the Board of Direct ors may designate, where meetings of stock holders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business transacted.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted. Is to-wit:--To pur- chase, lease. option. locate. or otherwise ae- quire. own, operate, exchange. sell or other wise dispose of, pledge. mortgage. hypothecate, and deal in mines, mining claims. mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands. timber lands, wa- ter and water rights, and other property. both real and personal, and to work. operate and develop the same, and to deal in the products and by-produets thereof; to purchase. lease or otherwise acquire. rent, own, operate and sell, smelting and other ore reduction works milling machinery and apparatus, oil refiner- ies, saw mills and power plants; and to own. handle and control Letters Patent and inventions and shares of it's own capital stock, and that of other corporations. and to vote any shares of stock of other corporations owned by it, the same as a natural person might do :; to borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, debentureS, and other evidences of in- debtedness. and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage. deed of trust. or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee, broker or in any other hdueiary capacity and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the forego- ing objects, not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world, and as the Board of Dirsc- tors may deem to the advantage of the cor poration.
 The capital stock of the corporation shall be One Million Dollars (S1,000, ,OOO.OO), divid- par value of One Dollar (S1.OO) each. which shall be paid in at such time as the Baord of Directors may designate, in cash. real or per sonal property. services, leases. options to pur- chase, or any other valuable right or thing for the uses and purposes of the corporation, and all shares of capital stock when issued in exchange therefor, shall thereupon and there by become and be full-paid, the same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be nOn-assessable forever, and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of any property right or thing, acquired in exchange for capi- tai stock, shall be conclusive
 
 The commencement of the corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of a certif- icate of incorporation by the Arizona Cor poration Commission. and it shall endure for the full term of twenty-five (25) years there after, with the privilege of perpetual succes- sion as provided by statute
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be con- ducted by a Board of Directors and such officers the said Directors may elect Or appoint. The Board of Directors shall be designated by the bylaws and shall be elected rom among the stockholders at their second Tuesday in September 1f each year. Until the first annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors have been elected and have qualified. the fol- owing named persons shall be the officers md direetors:- Roland c Swaffield. Phil M Swaffield. Gwendoline M. Paterson.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The Directors shall have power to adopt mend and rescind bylaws, to fiIl vaeaneies VI occurring in the Board from any cause, and Q appoint from their own Board, an exec i've committee and vest said committee with ,lI the the powers granted the Directors by these
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- dHty to which the corporation may at any ne time subject itself is Six Hundred Sixty 'ix Thousand Dollars (S666 .0OO.OO).
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stockholders of ne corporation shall be forever exempt from Is debts or obligations.
 ARTICLE K.
 This corporation does here appoint Guy E. lerson of the City of Kingman, State of Irizona, who has been bona fide resident the State of Arizona for at least three years $ lawful agent in and for the State of Ari- ona for and in behalf of said company to ac- ept and acknowledge service of, and upon 'hom may be served, all necessary process OF rocesses in any action. suit or proceeding that lay be had or brought against the said ompany in any of the courts of said State Arizona. such service of process or notice, 2 the acceptance thereof by said agent en- orsed thereon, to have the same force nd effect as if served upon the president and scretary of sail company.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we hereto affix ar signatures and seals this first day of ugust, 1917.
 ROLAND G. SWAFFTEI.D fss,D
 PHIL NJ. SWAFFIELD (Sea1