Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-31

pOSC Ol lOTIHluB uuucE tIc laws of the State of Arizona, and here by adopt the following Articles of h. corporation:
 ARTICLE l. The name of this corporation is OAT- MAN HILLTOP GOLD MINES, ING ARTICLE H.
 The names. residences and post office addresses of the incorporators are: M. B. DUDLEY, Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona; BERYL MORTLOCK, of the same place.
 ARTICLE III. The principal place of business of this corporation within the State of Arizona shall be Kingman, Mohave County, State of Arizona; but other offices may be es- l tabllshed and maintained within or with out the State of Arizona at such places | as the Board of Directors may desfg- nate, where meetings of stockholders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business transacted. ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows, to-wit:
 To carry onra general mining. milling, smelting and reduction business: to make contracts; to purchase, lease To- cate or otherwise acquire, own, ex- change, sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal m minlns claims and mines, both lode principal works: to establish, acquire. and placer mineral lands, coal lands. odi lands. timber lands, agricultural lands. water and water-right, dam sites, and any other property, both real and per sonal, and to prospect for, work, explore. operate, maintain and develop the same. and to deal in the products thereof: to purchase plat, subdivide, sell lease and control lands and townsites; to purchase. lease or otherwise acquire, erect. own. operate and sell milling. smelting and other ore reduction works. oil refineries. power plants. water works, railroads and tramways to lead from the company's puiio, construct, own, operate, exchange, l sell and dispose of hotels, restaurants, stores and commissaries houses. and any and all other buildings and struc- lures Of whatsoever kind or nature: to do a general manufacturing, mercantile ana agrlcuitural business; to own, sell, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to own, sell, cancel and re- issue shares of its own stock, and to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to nold' own, sell assign. mortgage pledge or onerwise dispose of shares. bonds, oebentures, or other evidence of in- debtedness. of other corporations, and Wnile the holder thereof to exercise all the rights and privileges of ownership. including the right to vote thereon: to issue ponds, notes and other evidences | or indebtedness and to secure the pay ment Of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent. | trustee. broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, and to borrow and loan money: and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such bus | mess in connection with the foregoing objects not inconsistent with law in any part of the world. as the Board of Directors may deem to the advantage of l the corporation.
 ARTICLE V. The authorized amount of capital stock l Of this corporation shall be One Hun dred Fifty Thousand Dollars (sI50,- fNyflA tnA@ n,.1 Hundred Thousand G,50O, ,OOO) shares of the par value of Ten Cents IOc) each, which shall be paid in at such time as the Board of Directors may designate, Tn cash, real or personal property. ser vices. lease. option to purchase, or any other valuable right or thing for the use and purposes of the corporation; and all shares of capital stock when issued | in exchange therefor shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up, the same as though paid for in cash at par, and shall be non-assessabel for ever, and the judgment of the directors | as to the value of any property. right or thing acquired in exchange for cap ital stock shall be conclusive. ARTICLE VI. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day upon which certificate of incorporation is issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission. ! and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with the privilege of renewal, as provided by law.
 ARTICLE VII. In furtherance, and not in limitat tion, | of the powers conferred by statute, the affairs of the corporation shall be con- ducted by Board of Directors. consist ing of not less than Three (3) nor more than Nine (9) members. each of whom shall be stockholder of record, who shall serve for one year from the date of election, or until their successors are elected and have qualified. The direc- tors shall be elected annually by the stockholders on the second Tuesday in January of each year. The first Board of Directors shall be selected by the in- corporators as soon as convenient after the filing of these Articles of Incor- poration with the Arizona Corporation Commission, and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the stock holders, or until their successors are elected and have qualified, and such Three (O nor more than Nine (s) mem- bers, as the incorporators shall deter mine.
 The stockholders, at each annual meet number of directors at not less than Three (3) nor more than Nine (9), to serve for the ensuing year. and shall elect the number of directors so fixed in said resolution.
 The officers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice-President. Sec retary and Treasurer. to be elected by the Board of Directors. The Secretary and Treasurer may be one person, and need not be a stockholder
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The directors shall adopt Bylaws for the government of this corporation, with full power to amend the same; they are vested with power to fill vacancies oc- curing in the Board of Directors from any cause and to appoint from their own number an executive committee. which, to the extent provided for by the Board of Directors, either by re- solution or Bylaws. shall have and exercise full power of the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE K
 The corporation indebtedness shall at no time exceed two-thirds of the amount of its capital stock.
 ARTICLE x
 The private property of the stock holders and officers of this Corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from the debts of the corpora ton.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 3rd day of March, A D. 1922.
 M B. DUDLEY,
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