Arizona republican. [volume], December 26, 1901, Page 6, Image 6

About Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930

Image provided by: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ

                
. : ' " ' im AntA nnwmunAHi WEDNESDAY MOHNl.tf(5. DECEMBER 25, 1901
, ' ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of THE
"THE NAVIDAD MINES COM-'
; PANY."
KNOW ALL MEN BY- THESE
PRESENTS. That we. the under
Signed, whose hands are hereunto af
fixed, have associated ourselves to
gether, and by this instrument, do as
sociate ourselves together as a Com
pany, for the purpose of becoming a
body corporate and politic under and
by virtue of the' laws of the Territory
of Arizona concerning corporations,
and In accordance with the provisions
of the laws of said -Territory, we do
hereby make, sign, execute and ac
knowledge. In triplicate, this certificate
In writing of our Intention so to be
come a body corporate under and by
virtue of said laws, which, when filed,
shall constitute the Articles of Incor
poration of THE NAVIDAD Mines
COMPANY, and to that end make the
following- statement:
ARTICLE I.
The names -Of the corporators are:
R. P. Davie. J. H. House, and A. J.
Bendle; and the corporate name and
style of the said corporation shall be
-THE ' NAVIDAD MINES .COM
PANY." .
r The- principal place where the busi
ness of said corporation within the
Territory of Arizona ta to be trans
uded and carried on. is the City of
Phoenix, in the County of Maricopa
and Territory of Arizona, and business
may be- transacted and carried on in
such other county and counties within
sold Territory as may be deemed ad
visable by the Board of Directors.
A part of the business of said cor
IKrailon may be. carried on outside of
the limit of the Territory of Arizona,
to-wlt:' l:i the State of Colorado, and
In the Republic of Mexico, and in such
other states and territories of the
United States, and within the terri
torial limits of such foreign states and
countries as the Board of Directors
may from time to time deem advisable.
The said corporation shall have
power to accept any law of any other
Mate or territory of the United States,
particularly the State of Colorado, or
of any foreign state or government,
particularly the Republic of Mexico,
within the territorial limits of which
said corporation may from time to time
be desirous of exercising Its franchises
or carrying on any part of Its business,
and to exercise within the territory of
such other state or territory of the
United States or foreign state or gov
ernment all such authorities, powers,
privileges, rights and franchises as
may by such laws be granted or im
posed. The principal office and place of busi
ness of said corporation outside the
Territory of Arizona shall be In the
City of Colorado Springs, County of El
Paso, and State of Colorado, or such
other place as the Board of Directors
may by resolution direct: and business
may be carried on In such other county
or counties In said State of Colorado
.1 may be deemed advisable by the
Board of Directors.
The principal place ' of business of
said corporation within the Republic of
Mexico shall be in the State of Guana-,
juato; and business may be carried on
In such other state or states in said
Republic of Mexico as may be deemed
advisable by the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall have
power to establish and maintain at any
time such branch offices, within or
without the Territory of Arizona, the
State of Colorado, or the Republic of
Mexico, as they may deem advisable.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor-
poration. and the objects and purposes
for which It Is formed, organized and
incorporated, are as follows, to-wit:
FIRST.
To obtain, own, lease, possess and In
any manner acquire, by locations made
or .- patents obtained, by purcnase,
grant, lease, devise, exchange of prop
erty, issue of capital stock of this com
pany, or otherwise, title, either In
whole or in part, or Interests in mines.
mining claims, mineral lands, tunnels
and tunnel sites, mills and mill sites,
reduction works, and plants, timber
lands, oil lands, oil, gas. asphaltum.
petroleum, water and water rights,
reservoirs and reservoir sites, flumes.
ditches, pipe lines, roads, rights of way
and other easements, privileges and
franchises, railways and railway lines
and systems, tracks and tramways,
solely for the use of said corporation
and not for the purpose of operating
any such road, railway or tramway as
a common carrier; and all. other real,
personal and mixed property nec
essary for, incident to or de
sirable In carrying -on the busi
ness of the corporation, to grant
leases upon the same, or any part
thereof, and generally to conduct and
carry on all such business as pertains
to the locating, patenting, buying, sell
ing, leasing, working, developing, oper
ating, improving or maintaining of any
and all of the property, rights, privi
leges franchises and business afore
said. -
SECOND.
,To erect, construct or acquire, by
purchase, lease, exchange of property.
Issue of capital stock ot this company,
or otherwise, and to operate and main
tain, in whole or in part, mills, smel
ters, reduction works, sampling works,
concentration works, or any other
plants, appliances or machinery for the
treatment, working or reduction of
gold, silver, copper lead and other ores
and minerals, as well as for oil, gas,
asphaltum. petroleum or other product
of the ground, to mine or extract by
any process whatsoever, and generally
to deal in ores, metals, bullion, min
erals, mineral bearing deposits, earth,
clay, gravel, stone, coal, oil. gas. as
phaltum, petroleum, water and all the
products of said corporation, or which
may be necessary for, incident to or de
sirable in carrying on the business of
the said corporation.
THIRD.
To- erect, construct or acquire, by
purchase.' lease or otherwise, and to
operate and - maintain all machinery
and appliances, tools and equipment
necessary for. incident to or desirable
In the moving, handling, carrying and
transporting of said ores, metals, min
erals, or other products of said corpo
ration or which may be handled by It,
from the place or places where mined,
extracted or received, . to said mills,
smelters or other works or plants, and
inence eisew nere ir oesiren. ,
.FOURTH.
To construct, excavate and drive any
and all tunnels for the development of
mines, mining properties, coal lands,
stone quarries, and other properties
owned by said corporation and others,
for -the drainage of such mines- , and -vrpytrut-Sj
au4 lUC lllu iUUUil - Wld
transportation of ores, metals, '. tools,
equipment. and supplies In . and
through said tunnels, or any thereof;
and to fully . equip, operate-and main
tain said tunnel or tunnels for the car
rying out of any and all of the objects,
purposes and business of said corpora
tion. FIFTH.
To erect, construct or acquire, by
purchase, lease, exchange of property,
issue of capital stock of this corpora
tion, or otherwise, and to operate and
maintain all machinery necessary or
desirable for the carrying out of the
purposes, objects and business of this
corporation: to generate, utilize, sell
and apply power for mining and other
purposes, both for use by this corpora
tion and by other persons, companies,
or corporations desiring to purchase
or use the same.
SIXTH.
To utilize and operate said tunnel or
tunnels, and said power for the de
velopment of mines and mining prop
erties owned by others, as well as by
said corporation, and to grant to others
rights of way In and through Said tun
nels for transportation, drainage and
other purposes, at stipulated rentals,
royalties or on other agreed terms, and
to furnish steam, electric or other
power therefor as well as for other pur
poses. SEVENTH.
To construct, purchase, lease, own or
otherwise acquire, and to hold, im
prove and sell all necessary or desir
able grounds, property, hotels, and
buildings for lodging houses or room
ing houses for the accommodation of
the employes of this company, and
others desiring such accommodations,
for hire.
EIGHTH.
To acquire by purchase, exchange of
property, issue of capital stock of this
corporation, or otherwise, and to hold,
lay out, plat. Improve, develop, lease,
sell, convey, deal In. or otherwise use
or dispose of town sites or towns, or
the lots, blocks or sub-divisions there
of, and to do a general real estate
business.
NINTH.
To .acquire by location, lease, pur
chase, exchange of property, issue of
capital stock of this company, or oth
erwise, and to own, maintain, and op
erate coal mines, stone quarries, tim
ber and other lands, and to mine, ex
tract and remove coal, stone, timber
and other materials and products there
from, both for the use of said corpo
ration and for sale to others.
TENTH.
To acquire by purchase, lease, ex
change of property or otherwise, and
to hold, operate and maintain stocks of
goods, merchandise, wares and sup
plies, and to barter, sell and exchange
the same, as and for the purpose of op
erating company stores, and to do a
general mercantile business. -'
ELEVENTH.
To acquire by purchase, lease, ex
change of property, issue of capital
stock of this company, or by grant
from the government of any state, ter
ritory or country In which business is
carried on by this corporation, and to
own. handle, control, manufacture,
utilize, operate, sell and dispose of in
ventions and letters patent.
TWELFTH.
To buy, sell, exchange, lease and
generally to deal In all q.r any of the
products or property of the corpora
tion, and to sell, exchange, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or any, or any
part or portions of the mines, mills,
works, plan if. hmds, machinery, build
ings, real estate, personal property,
privileges or franc hises. of any nature
whatsoever, belonging to the corpora
tion, on such terms ami for such price
or prices as the Board of Directors
may deem for the bert Interests of said
corporation, with power to receive in
payment for the same the lands, prop
erty, shares of the ca.iital stock or
bonds, money, personal Kecurlties or
other property or any ot::er persons,
companies, or corporations; and.
through its Board of Directors. - to
carry on th business of buying, oper
ating, improving, maintaining, selling
and generally dealing in all or any of
the real or personal property necessary
for. Incident to or desirable in carrying
out the objects, purposes and business
of this correlation.
T IIRTEENTH.
To enter I:, to arrangements and con
tracts with any persons' or corpora
tions ownlns mining properties, ma
chinery, plants, equipment, privileges
or franchises whch can toe of use to
this corporation, for the Interchange of
traffic. tramway service, operating
power. Joint working, or otherwise, as
this corporation may desire.
FOURTEENTH.
, To pay cash, issue full paid and non
assessable stock or exchange properly
of this company, of any ind or na
ture, for any mines, - claims, lands,
buildings, machinery, privileges, fran
chises, stocks, bonds, obligations, se
curities -and any other real or personal
property of other persons, companies
or corporations.
FIFTEENTH.
To issue, bonds notes or other evi
dences of Indebtedness of the corpora
tion, and to mortgage, or pledge the
real estate and personal property, priv
ileges and franchises of the corpora
tion, or any part thereof, for the pur
pose of borrowing money or securing
credit for the operation, development.
Improvement or maintenance of any or
all of the property of the company, or
for the acquisition of other property, or
in any manner to further the objects,
purposes and business of the said cor
poration. ARTICLE III.
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Fif
teen Thousand Dollars (S15.000.00) di
vided into One Million Five Hundred
Thousand (1,500,000) shares, of the par
value of One Cent (lc) each. At such
time as the Board of Directors may by
resolution direct, said capital stock
shall be paid into this corporation,
either in cash or by the sale and trans
fer to it of real or personal property
for the uses and purposes of said cor
poration. In payment for which shares
of the capital stock of said corporation
may be issued, and the capital stock so
Issued, shall thereupon and thereby be
come and be fully paid up and non
assessable. ARTICLE IV.
The said corporation shall exist for
the term of twenty-five (25) years from
and after the date of the filing of these
Articles of Incorporation in the office
of the Secretary or " the Terri
tory of Arizona , and Its cor
Mrate existence may be renewed
from time to time in sucli manner and
for such periods as may be prescriled
by the laws of the Territory of Ari-
ARTICLE V.
The business and affairs of the said
corporation shall be under the control,
management and direction of a Bourd
of Directors, consisting of five (5)
members, who shall be elected annu
ally by the stockholders of the corpo
ration, and . who shall be respectively
stockholders of the corporation;, and
the said Board of Directors shall have
full power and authority to do any and
all acts within the scope of the corpo
rate objects, purposes and business.
The names of those who shall con
stitute the Board of Directors of the
company for the first year of Its corpo
rate existence, and until their succes
sors shall be chosen and have qualified,
and who shall manage the affairs and
concerns of the corporation as afore
said during such period are: R. P.
Davie. J. H. Parker, J. R. McKinnlc.
John H. Hobbs and G. W. McElhiney.
Meetings of the Board of Directors of
said corporation may be held at such
place or places within or without the
Territory of Arizona, the State of Col
orado., or the Republic of Mexico, as
may be prescribed by the by-laws of
the corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount of indebtedness
o liability, direct or contingent, to
which this corporation is at any time
subject, shall be Ten Thousand Dol
lars (310.000.00). '
ARTICLE VII.
The private property of the Directors
and of the stockholders of this corpora
tion shall be exempt from corporate
debts of any kind whatsoever.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Board of Directors hereinbefore
named, and their associates and, suc
cessors In office, shall have the power
to make, and from time to time alter,
amend or repeal such prudential by
laws and regulations as they . may
deem proper for the . management of
the business and affairs of the corpora
tion, not inconsistent with the laws of
the Territory of Arizona, the State of
Colorado, or of the United States.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We. the
said Incorporators have hereunto set
our hands and seals this twenty-eighth
day of October. A. D., 1901.
R. P. DAVIE. 8?al.)
A. J. BENDLE. (Seal.)
J. H. HOUSE. (Seal.)
State of Colorado.
County of El Paso, ss.
On this twenty-eighth day of Octo
ber. A. D.. 1901. before me. CHARLES
F. CLARKE, a Notary Public In and
for the County and State aforesaid,
duly commissioned and sworn, ap
peared R. P. Davie. J. H. House and A.
J. Bendle, who are personally known to
me to be the persons described in.
whose names are subscribed to. and
who executed the foregoing Articles of
Incorporation, and who acknowledged
to me that they executed the same for
the purposes and considerations there
in expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal, at my office, in the City of
Colorado Springs. In the County and
State aforesaid, this twenty-eighth
day of October, A. D.. 1901.
My commission expires June IS. 1903.
(Notarial Peal.)
CHARLES F. CLARKE.
Notary Public
Territory of Arizona, County of Mari
copa, ss.
I. B. F. McFall. County Recorder In
and for the County and Territory
aforesaid, hereby certify that I have
compared the foregoing copy with the
original Articles of Incorp. of The
Navidad Mines Company, filed and re
corded in my office on the 12th day of
November. 1901. In Book No. 8 of In
corp. at Page. . and that the same
is a full, true and correct copy of such
original and of the whole thereof.
WITNESS my hand and seal of of
fice this 12th day of November, 1901.
(Seal.) . B. F. McFALL.
County Recorder.
By A. S. ARTHUR. Deputy.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of
the Territory of Arizona this 12th day
of November. A. D.. 1901. at 2 p. in.
ISAAC T. STODDARD,
Secretary of Arizona.
First publication Dec. 22.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. the under
signed. C. Henry Kimball of Chelsea:
William Galletly of Maiden: George
H Burrows of Somerville and Edwin
A. Hall of Hyde Park, all in the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts.. for our
selves, our associates and successors,
have associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation
under and by virtue of the statutes and
laws of the Territory of Arizona, and
we do hereby certify and declare as
follows, to-wit:
First.
The name of the corporation shall
be: THE BURROWS' LIGHTING &
HEATING COMPANY OF AMERICA.
SECOND.
The purposes for which this corpora
tion Is formed are: To manufacture,
purchase, or otherwise acquire, hold,
own, mortgage, sell, assign and trans--fer.
Invest, trade, deal In and deal with
goods, wares and merchandise, and
property of every class and descrip
tion; to manufacture gas for Illuminat
ing, domestic and mechanical pur
poses; to manufacture gas burners,
gas, air and electric light fixtures, ap
pliances and machinery of every kind
and description.
To apply for, obtain, register, pur
chase, lease, or otherwise acquire, and
to hold, own. use. operate. ' Introduce
and sell, assign or otherwise dispose of,
any and all trade marks, formulae,
secret processes, trade names and dis
tinctive marks, and all inventions. Im
provements and processes used In con
nection with or secured under letters
patent or otherwise, of the United
States or of any other country; and to
use, exercise, develop, grant licenses In
respect of, or otherwise turn to ac
count any and all such trade-marks,
patents, licenses, concessions, processes
and the like, or any such property
rights and information so acquired,
and. with a view to the working and
development of the-same, to carry on
any business, whether mining, manu
facturing or otherwise, which the cor
poration may think calculated directly
or indirectly to effectuate these ob
jects, and to carry on any other busi
ness (whether manufacturing or oth
erwise) which may seem to the com
pany capable of being conveniently
carried on In connection with the above
or calculated directly or Indirectly to
enhance the value of the company's
property or rights.
Generally to purchase, take on lease
or In exchange, hire or otherwise ac
quire, any real and iicrsonal rocrty.
auvf tiuy jit,ata or priylk-gts .wbKt) lilt
company may think necessary, or con
venient for the purposes of Its busi
ness. To borrow money, to make and issue
promissory notes, bills of exchange,
bonds, debentures and evidences of in
debtedness of all kinds, whether se
cured by mortgage, pledge or other
wise, and to secure the same by mort
gage, pledge or otherwise; provided,
however, that the indebtedness of this
corporation shall not. at any time, ex
ceed in amount a sum equal to two
thirds of the par value of the stock of
the corporation then issued and out
standing. And generally to do any or all of the
things In this certificate set forth as
objects, purposes, powers or otherwise,
necessary, convenient or Incident to
said objects, purposes, powers or oth
erwise, or to the conduct of the busi
ness or affairs of the corporation, to
the same extent and as fully as natural
persons might or could do. and in any
part of the world, as principals, agents,
contractors, trustees or otherwise.
; Third.
The place where the principal busi
ness of this corporition shall be trans
acted within the Territory of Arizona
is Phocnifc In the County of Maricopa,
In said Territory, but an office or offices
may be located at Boston, In the
County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and in such other
place or places as the Board of Direc
tors may from time to time determine,
at which office or offices any or all
meetings of the stockholders and di
rectors may be held; and any or all
business of the corporation may be
transacted.
Fourtn.
The term for which this corporation
shall' exist shall be twenty-five (25)
years, beginning on the first day of
December. A. D.. 1901. and expiring on
the thirtieth day of November. A. D.
192.
Fifth.
The number of Directors of this cor
poration shall be five, and the names
and residences of such who are to serve
until the election of their successors
are as rollows :
Names. Residences.
Edwin A. Hall. Hyde Park. Mass,
William Galletly, Maiden. Mass.
t". Henry Kimball. Chelsea, Mass.
nir H. Hurrows. Somerville. Mass,
Arthur R. Torrey, Newton. Mass.
Sixth.
The amount of. the capital stock' of
this corporation shall be and Is one
million U.Cl.00 dollars divided Into
one million (1.000.0G0) shares of the par
value of one dollar each, five hundred
thousand (500.000) shares of which
shall be and Is preferred stock and five
hundred thousand (500.00ft) shall be end
is common stock, all of which stock
both preferred and common shall have
equal voting powers, and shall be full
paid and non-assessable, a3 issued.
Seventh. '-'
The holders of said preferred stock
shall be entitled to receive In each
year, out of the accumulated profits of
the corporation. In excess of such sum,
If any, as shall have been fixed and re
served as a working capital, a non-
cumulative dividend of six per cent,
payable' quarterly, half yearly, or
yearly, as the Directors may from time
to time determine, before any dividend
shall be set apart or paid on the com
mon stock of the corporation. If the
accumulated profits In excess of the
sum fixed and reserved as a working
capital shall not be sufficient to pay,
In any "year, a dividend of six per cent
on said preferred stock, then such dlvi-
dent Bhall be paid thereon as such ex
cess of accumulated profits will suf
fice to pay; but the dividends thereon
shall not be cumulative but shall be
payable for each year only out of the
accumulated profits in excess of the
sum fixed and reserved as a working
capital, and not out of accumulated
nrofita of any subsequent year or
years.
Eighth.
The holders of said common stock
shall be entitled to receive. In each
year, out of the accumulated profits of
the corporation In excess of such
amount as shall be necessary for th
payment of dividends on said preferred
stock as above set forth and provmca
a non-cumulative dividend of six per
cent, payable quarterly, half yearly or
yearly as the Directors may from time
to time determine; if the accumulated
profits In excess of the amount neces
sary to pay said dividends on such pre
ferred stock as above provided, shall
not be sufficient to pay, in any year, a
dividend of six per cent on said com
mon stock as above provided, then
such dividends shall be paid thereon
as such excess of accumulated profits,
In excess of such amount as Is neces
sary to pay said dividend on said pre
ferred stock, will suffice to pay.
Ninth.
If the accumulated profits of the cor
poration. In any year, shall exceed in
amount a sum necessary to pay said
dividends on said preferred stock and
on said common stock, as above pro
vided, such excess may be set apart
and paid out In dividends, share and
share alike, on all stock of the corpora
tion, both preferred and common, as
the directors- may from time to time
determine.
Tenth.
It is expressly stipulated and agreed
that the private property of the corpo
ratois and stockholders of this corpo
ration shall not. In any event, be or be
come liable In any manner for any In
debtedness or liability of this corpora
tion. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hands this twenty
fifth day of November. In the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and one. - . -.- ,
CHARLES HENRY KIMEALL.
WILLIAM GALLETLY.
GEO. H. BURROWS.
EDWIN A. HALL.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Suffolk. City of Boston, ss.
Before me, Arthur R. Torrey. a Com
missioner of Deeds for Arizona in Mas
sachusetts, on this day personally ap
peared C. Henry Kimball, " William
Galletly. George H. Burrows and Ed
win A. Hall, se-erally known to me to
be the persons whose names are sub
scribed to the foregoing Instrument,
and severally duly acknowledged to me
that they executed the same for the
purposes therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of of
fice at the City of Boston aforesaid
this twenty-fifth day of November A.
D.. 1901.
(Seal.) ARTHUR R. TORREY.
Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona
In Massachusetts.
Territory of Arizona, County of Mari
copa, ss.
I. 11. F. McFall. foil lily Recorder in
and for the County and Territory
ttXoicecUd, litltby certily. that I nave
t-oir-rarcd the foregoing copy with the
original Articles of Incorporation of
The Burrows Lighting & Heating Com
pany of America filed and recorded In
my office on the 6th day of December.
1901. In Book No. 8 or Incorporations, at
Page, -, and that the same Is a full,
true and correct copy of such original
and of the whole thereof.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this th day of November, 1901.
(Sell.) B. F. Mcf'AL.1
County Recorder.
By A. S. ARTHUR, Deputy.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of
the Territory of Arizona this Mb day
of December. A. I).. 1901, at 2 p. m.
WILLIAM ENGLISH.
Assistant Secretary of Arizona.
First publication Dec. 22.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
"INDEPENDENT SALT COMPANY."
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. the under
signed, have this day voluntarily asso
ciated ourselves together for the pur
pose of forming a corporation under
the laws of Arizona, and we hereby
certify and declare:
FIRST.
That the name of said corporation
shall be INDEPENDENT SALT COM
PANY, and Its principal place of
transacting business Phoenix, Arizona.
SECOND.
That the purposes for which the said
corporation is formed, and the general
nature of the business to be transacted,
are as follows:
1. To acquire by purchase or other
wise, and to sell, mortgage, lease or
otherwise dispose of saline lands, salt
mines, or interests Jn said lands or
mines, to manufacture, refine, pur
chare and sell salt, borax and kindred
products and chemicals.
2. To acoulre by purchase, lease, ex
change, or otherwise, in any part of
the world.- and to hold, manage, oper
ate. deal In or dispose of personal, real
and mixed property. Including landB,
mines and mining claims, timber lands,
wharves, shipyards or docks, patents.
franchises, wells, reservoirs, conduits
end ditches for water supply, and
rights of way for same. '
3. To engage in and carry on the
business of buying, selling and dealing
in goods, wares and merchandise, , and
property of every kind. Including m
chinery. and the erection thereof, also
tanks. reservoirs and pipe lines.
whether the same be for the storing of
oil. water or other commodity.
4. To buy and sell, and generally
to deal in bonds, stocks and commer
cial paper, mortgages, notes and other
securities, of Individuals, firms, associ
ations, corporations or municipalities,
as principal, or as broker or factor for
others, including the right to subscribe
for, purchase, sell, hold, deal In or ex
change its own stock or bonds
5. ' To' act as trustee, agent or attor
ney for individuals, firms, associations
or corporations, public ' and private,
and to attend to any and all matters of
trust,
(. To negotiate loans on real and
personal and mixed property, and to
acquire, buy, sell, lease, hold, manage,
exchange, convey and hypothecate
property, real, personal and mixed, and
wheresoever situated, for itself as well
as for others, and to buv. sell, lease and
nnnv-AW urh nrniwrfv MM mnV he con-
veyed to It In trust, or for its benefit.
or for money loaned, or otherwise j
7. To Issue bonds of different i
classes, maturing at different terms of
years, and drawing different rates o, j
interest, or to be non-Interest bearing,
secured by such collateral as Its Board
of Directors may deem proper and for i
the best Interests of the corporation.
8. And generally to do all such
things and acts necessary or ap;K-r- j
taining to the transaction of any and j
all of said business. I
SECOND. j
That the amount of capital stock of .'
said corporation is One .Milton. One1,
Munfircri Thousand ill. lWooo) dollars
and the number of shares Into which it
is divided is One Million One Hundred
Thousand (1,100.000) shares or the par
value of One (1) dollar e-irh:- that the
said shares are to be subscribed for
and paid at such times and under suclw
conditions as the stockholders or the
Board of Directors may determine.
THIRD.
That the term for which said corpo
ration is to exist Is twenty-five (25)
years from and after the day of its in
corporation. FOURTH
That the affairs of the corporation
are to be managed nd conducted by
a Board of seven Directors, elected by
its stockholders at the first meeting
thereof, and each year thereafter.
FIFTH.
That the highest amount of Indebt
edness and liability to which the cor
poration Is at any time to subject itself
is Seven Hundred and Thirty-three
Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-
three ($733,233) dollars.
SIXTH.
That the private property of the
stockholders shall be exempt from cor
porate debts.
SEVENTH.
That the Board of Directors may es
tablish offices or agencies in any pari
of the world, and may hold its general
meetings, and the meetings of its
stockholders at such place and at
such time as its Board of Directors or
its stockholders may select and may
keep the books of the corporation out
side the Territory of Arizona.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
30th day of November. A. D.. 1901,
H. A. KELLER.
E. S. VALENTINE.
W. O. MOHLER.
JOHN W. KING.
C. W. KINNEY.
F. S. HAMMOND.
State of California. City and County of
San Francisco, ss.
On the 30th day of November, in tile
year Nineteen Hundred and One, be
fore me. R. n. Treat, a Notary Public
in nnd for the said City and County,
residing therein, duly commissioned
and sworn. iersonally apiHjarcd H. A.
Keller. E. S. Valentine. W. O. Mohler.
John W. King, C. W. Kinney and F. S.
Hammond, known to me to be the per
sons described In. whose names are
subscribed to and who executed the
annexed Instrument, and they ac
knowledged that they executed the
same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal, at my office In the City
and County of San Francisco, the day
and year In this certificate first above
written.
(Notarial Seal.) R. B. TREAT.
- Notary l'tilille In and f..r theVlly
aud County, ot fcau Fran-
clso. State of California,
Parrott Building..
Territory of Arizona. County of Mari
copa, ss.- -'
I, B. F. McFall, County Recorder In
and for the County and Territory
aforesaid, Iiereby certify that I have
compared the foregoing copy with the
original Articles of Incorp. of the Inde-
Dendent Salt Company filed ana re
corded In my office on the 3rd day of
December. 1901. In Book No. 8 of In
corp. ot Page . and that the same Is
full, true and correct copy ot sucn
original and of the whole thereof.
Witness my hand and seal of oince,
this 3rd day of December, 1901.
(Seal.) B. F. McFALL.
County Recorder.
By A. S. ARTHUR. Deputy.
Filed In the office of the Secretary of
the Territory of Arizona this 3rd day of
December. A. D.. 1901. at 2 p. m.
.WILLIAM ENGLISH. -Assistant
Secretary of Arizona.
First publication Dec. 22. . .
AMENDED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE ROGUE RIVER MINING AND
LUMBER COMPANY.
Know all Men by ' These Presents,
Thnt we. Jacob "Wyman as President,
and Levi W. Smith as Secretary, of the
Rogue River Mining and Lumber com
pany, that the following is the correct
copy of the articles of Incorporation
as amended by a majority vote of the
stockholders of said Company at a
meeting held at Its office In Cleveland,
Ohio, on the 22nd day of October A. D.
1901.
First: That the name of the corpo
ration shall be The Rogue River Min
ing and Lumber Company, and Its
principal place of transacting business
In the Territory of Arizona shall be
Phoenix.
Second: That the general nature of
the business proposed to be transacted
bv the corporation shall be as follows.
To mine for precious metals In the
Territory of Arizona, and throughout
the United States - and Territories; to
acquire by the Issuance of Its stock or
otherwise, mineral bearing properties
by option, bond lease, or otherwise;
and to sell and dispose of the same:
to manufacture and deal In lumber and
timber and timber lands, and In gen
eral to do all things necessary and in
cident to the purposes above men
tioned, throughout the United States
and Territories thereof: to construct
and operate a railroad from its princi
pal works or place of business to the
nearest navigable stream or existing
railroad, and to acquire land for that
The amount of the capital
stock authorized is two hundred thou
sand dollars (jnoo.000.00) and the num
ber of shares Into which it is divided is
two million (2.000,000) of the par value
of ten cents each which amount is to
be paid at the times and on the condi
tions following, viz: All stock Is to be
paid for by the conveyance to the com
pany of interests In minerals, or min
eral lands, or In cash, or other valuable
property.
Fourth: That the time of commenc
ing of the said corporation Is the first
day of July, A. D. 1900: and the termi
nation of said corporation is the first
day of July. A. D. 1930.
I Firth: That the officers of said cor
poration to conduct Its affairs shall
consist of a board of directors five in
number or as may hereafter be fixed by
the by-laws, which officers are to be
elected on the first of July. A. D. 1900,
and thereafter at the date fixed for the
annual meeting or as may be provided
by the by-laws of the company. There
Fhall also be a President, a Vice Pres-
Hent, a Secretary, a Treasurer and a
general manager who are to be elected
by the Board of Directors.
Sixth: The principal office of said
company, outside of the Territory of
Arizona, shall be Cleveland. Ohio,
Seventh: That the highest amount
of indebtedness or liability to which
the corporation is at any time to be
subjected Itself shall be nxea oy uie
by-laws and In no case shall exceed 50
per cent of the amount of the capital
stock.
Eighth: That the private property
of each officer and stockholder of said
corporation Is to be exempt from all
corporate debts.
Ninth: Meetings of the stockholders
and of the directors of the company
may be held without the Territory of
Arizona at such place or places as may
be designated in the by-laws.
In Witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands and seals this 28th
day of October A. D. 1901.
Signed and sealed In presence of
J. WYMAN,
Presldent-
LEVI W. SMITH.
Secretary.
The State of Ohio,
Cuyahoga County, ss.
v' Before me. a notary public In and
for said county, personally appeared
the above named Jacob Wyman as
President and Levi W. Smith as Sec
retary of The Rogue River Mining and
Lumber Company, to me known to be
the persons whose names aresubscribed
to the foregoing instrument, who are
to me known to be the officers they
represent themselves to be, who ac
knowledged that they did sign nnd ex
ecute the same for the purposes and
considerations therein expressed.
Sworn under my hand and seal of
office this 26th day of October A. D.
1901.
(Seal.) . HENRY I. EMERSON.
Notary Public.
I. Levi W. Smith. Secretary of The
Rogue River Mining and Lumber Com
pany, do hereby certify that the fore
going is a correct copy of the articles
of Incorporation of THE ROGUE
RIVER MINING AND LUMBER
COMPANY, as amended at a meeting
of the stockholders of said company
held nt the office of said comnany in
Cleveland, Ohio, on the nd dRy of
October A. D. 1901. and by the affirma
tive vote of a majority of said stock
holders of said company.
LEVI W. SMITH.
Secretary.
Territory of Arizona, County -of Mari
copa, ss.
I. B. F. McFall. County Recorder In
and for the County and Territory
aforesaid, hereby certify that I have
compared the foregoing copy with the
original Articles of Incorp. of The Rogue
River Mining and Lumber Company,
filed and recorded In my office on the
5th day of November, 1901, In Book No.
8 of Incorp. at Page , and that the
same Is a full, true and correct copy of
such original and of the whole thereof.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 5th day of November. 1901.
(.Seal.) - IS. F. Mi-FALL.
County Recorder.
By A. S. ARTHUR. Deputy.
Filed m the office of the Secretary oi
the Territory of Arizona this 6th day of
November, A. D. 1901. at 2 p. m.
ISAAC T. STODDARD.
Secretary of Arizona.
First publication Dec. 22.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
"THE LUCKY STRIKE OIL COM
PANY." KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose handa
are hereunto affixed, do hereby associ
ate ourselves together for the purpose
of forming a corporation under the
laws of the Territory of Arizona, and
to that end make the following state
ment: . First.
The names of the corporators are:
Will J. Mathews. Frank W. Sears and
Erastus W. Case, and the name of the
corporation shall be "The Lucky Strike
Oil Company." The principal place In
which the business of said corporation
within the Territory of Arizona is to
be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Arizona, and the principal
place of business of said corporation
outside the Territory of Arizona shall
be the City of Denver In the State of
Colorado. The corporation may pro
vide in Its by-laws for the establish
ment, from time to time, of branch
offices either within or without the
Territory of Arizona and the meetings
of the stockholders or directors or
both, either regular or special, may be
held at such branch offices in accord
ance with the provisions of the by
laws; the business transacted at ail of
such meetings saiail have the same full
legal binding effect and force as
though held at the principal office of
the corporation in the Territory of Ari
zona. Second.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
poration is as follows, to-wit: To pur
chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise
acquire, own, exchange, sell or
otherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate ana ueai in
real estate and any and all
kinds of personal property, mines,
mining claims, oil lands mineral
lands, oil. gas. asphaltum. petro
leum, water and water rights and ma
chinery, and to work, mine, explore,
operate and develop the same; to do a.
general real estate, manufacturing and
mercantile business; to own, handle
and control letters patent and invent
ions and shares of capital stock of
other corporations; to borrow money
and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or
deeds of trust to Becure the same, and
to exercise la respect of all such bonds,
mortgages, notes, shares of capital
stock and other securities and obliga
tions any and all rights, powers and
privileges of individual owners thereof,
including the right to vote upon any
shares of stock held by it to the same
extent that a natural person might or
could do; and in general to do all
things necessary to the proper conduct
of the business of this corporation in
the Territory and elsewhere, not Incon
sistent with the laws of the United
States and the Territory of Arizona.
Third.
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Fifty
Thousand dollars ($50,000) divided Into
one million (1,000.000) shares of the pur
value of five (5) cents each. At. such
time as the Board of Directors may by
resolution direct, said capital stock
shall be paid into this corporation,
either In cash or by the sale and trans
fer to it ot real or personal property
for the uses and purioses of said cor
poration, in payment for which shares
of the capital stock of said corporation
may be issued, and the capital stock so
issued shall thereupon and thereby be
come and be fully paid up and non
assessable, and in the absence of the
actual fraud in the transaction the
Judgment of the directors as to the
value of the property purchased shall
be conclusive.
Fourth.
The time of the commencement ot
this corporation shall be the date of
the filing of these articles of incorpora
tion in the office of the Secretary of
Arizona, and the termination thereof
shall be twenty-five (25) years there
after. -Fifth.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of five (5) Di
rectors and the following named shall
constitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: ' Erastua
W. Case. Will J. Mathews. Frank W.
Sears. John J. Hover and Amos Studer.
Thereafter the Board of Directors
shall be elected from among the stock
holders as the by-laws of the corpora
tion may provide.
Sixth.
The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent, to
which this corporation Is at any time
subject shall be Twenty-five thousand
dollars (J25.000).
Seventh.
The private property of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be ex
empt from corporate debts of any kind
whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
twelfth day of December, 1901.
WILL J. MATHEWS. (Seal.)
FRANK W. SEARS. (Seal.)
ERASTUS W. CASE, (Seal.)
State of Colorado.
County of Arapahoe, ss.
On this twelth day of December In
the year 1901 before me, Calvin E.
Reed, a Notary Public in and for the
State and County aforesaid, residing
therein, duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared Will J. Mathews,
Frank W. Sears and Erastus W. Case,
known to me to be the persons de
scriped in. whose names are subscribed
.to, and who executed .the. annexed in
strument, and they acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for the
purposes and considerations therein
expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF.: I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal, at my office in the said
State and County, the day and year
last above written.
(Notarial Seal.)
CALVIN. E. REED.
Notary Public.
My commission expires March 1, 1905.
Territory of Arizona, County of Mari
copa, ss.
" I. B. F. McFall, County Recorder in
and for the County and Territory
aforesaid, hereby certify , that I have
compared the foregoing copy with the
original Articles of Incorporation of
The Lucky Strike Oil Company, filed
and recorded In my office on the ltith
(.Continued en Seventh Page.