General Washington Mining Company record book, page 17

Minutes of Meeting Of the Board of Directors of the General Washington Mining Company. A special and called meeting of the Board of Directors of the General Washington Mining Company was held at the office of the Company, 417 Main Street, Goldfield, Nevada, on Wednesday, April 1, 1908, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M.The meeting was called to order by W. H. Parkison, President. Present and participating at the meeting: W. H. Parkison, President and Director, presiding, J. M. Jackson, Secretary and Director, H. L. Kane, Director, H. H. Hudson, Director,Being a majority of the Board of Directors.The President reported that since the last meeting of the Board he had appointed Mr. F. A. Behling to act in the capacity of Assistant Secretary in the absence of J. M. Jackson, Secretary, for the purpose of signing stock certificates, etc.Mr. Kane moved that the acts of F. A. Behling as above stated in the capacity of Assistant Secretary be approved and ratified by the Board and the stock so signed by him as such Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the Secretary, be validated.The motion being seconded by Mr. Hudson it was duly carried.The following letter received from the President was then read:"Goldfield, March 24, 1908. To the Board of DirectorsOf the General Washington Mining Company. Gentlemen:I beg to advise you that I have today appointed W. E. Jeske second assistant secretary of the company to act in the absence of the secretary and assistant secretary and would