Arizona republican., 1896-01-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION The Bessener Copper Mining
 Company.

Ernest E. Ford have associated and do here
 by associate ourselves together for the pur-
 pose of forming corporation and becoming
 incorporated, under the laws of the Terri
 tory of Arizona, and in pursuance of said
 purpose, do hereby make and adopt, sign
 and acknowledge these Articles of Incor-
 poration.
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporators of this com pany are, William E. Thorne, William W. Hill, James M Ford, John W. Norton and Ernest E. Ford, all and each of whom are residents of the County of Maricopa and Territory Of Arizona. The name of this corporation is and shall be '"The Bessemer Copper Mining Company" and it's principal place of transacting business, is and shall be at the City of Phoenix, County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona, and it shall have the right to transact its business in such other place or places in said Territory and else where as it's Board ot Directors may hereafter from time to time designate.
 ARTICLE H.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is, to buy, lease or otherwise acquire, and to exploit, op- crate, develop, sell or otherwise dispose of mines and mining property of every descrip ton, in the Territory of Arizona or elsewhere, the extraction, concentration, reduction of ores of any kind by any process, and generally to carry on the business of mining, milling, re- ducing, concentrating and refining Of copper, gold, silver, lead and iron ores ond other metal bearing ores, the purchase and sale of bullion, ores, lands, water, water rights, mills, machin- cry, merchandise, timber, the acquiring and disposing of real and personal property includ- ing the capital stock of other corporations, to purchase, construct or otherwise acquire or operate smelters and mills and plants for mill ing, reducing and refining ores, to purchase. locate, develop or otherwise acquire or operate water and water power, and dams. pipes. fumes, turbines, water wheels, electric gener- ators and motors and wires and cables for the purpose of producing, transmitting and apply ing power to the operation Of smelters, mills and plants for milling, reducing and refining ores and for other purposes; to construct or otherwise acquire roadways for the purpose of transporting passengers, freight, ores, coke and supplies to and from any of the property of this corporation, to purchase or otherwise acquire, timber and timber lands, and the cutting and saving of timber and the trans portation of the same; to purchase, construct or otherwise acquire rights of way railroads, tramways and cable lines with such appendages and adiuncts which may be necessary, proper and convenient
 
 tion thereof, to propel all or any of the cars thereof by the force and power of steam, of electricity, of animals or any mechanical power CT by any combination thereof for the conven tent transportation of the products of this cor peration and to purchase, construct or other wise acquire any machinery, tools, appliances, supplies and real and personal property of every description for any of the foregoing pur- poses; and generally to exercise and possess all the powers and privileges that private individ- uals and natural persons may enjoy.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the Capital Stock authorized by this corporation shall be twelve thousand (s12, ,0OO) dollars, divided into twelve hundred C2O0) shares of the par value of ten (s10) each, and the times when and conditions upon which it is to be paid in are as follows, to.wit: Each subscription for stock shall be paid in cash or its equivalent in value, and the whole thereof is payable immediately upon the making of the subscription therefor, and the said stock shall be fully paid within sixty days thereafter and no share shall be issued until fully paid, and thereafter the same shall be non -assessable And all stock not sold shall remain in the treasury of the corporation and be considered treasury stock.
 ARTICLE "
 The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be upon the date and at the time of the filing of the Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of Mari copa County, Arizona Territory and the ter imitation thereof shall be twenty. five years thereafter unless further extended according to and in compliance with the laws of the Ter. ritory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted and managed by Board of Directors consisting of five persons who shall be stock holders of the corporation, and who shall be elected annually by the stockholders at the annual election therefor, to be held at the office of the corporation in the City of Phoenix on the first Monday in January in ca ,h year hereafter and until first annual meeting of stockholders, to he held on the first Monday in January, A. D. 1897, the following named persons shall be directors and constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation, to-wit: William E. Thorne, William w. Hill, Ja mes M. Ford, John w.. Norton and Ernest E. Ford.
 The officers of this corporation shall be its President, Vice President General Manager, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders at the annual election therefor to be held at the office of the corporation in the City of Phoenix on the first Monday in January in each year thereafter and until the first annual meeting of said stock holders to be held on the first Monday in Jan uary, A. D. 1897, the following named persons shall be such officers, to-wit: President, Will liam E. Thorne; Vice-President, John W. Nor ton; General Manager, William W. Hill; Secre- tary and Treasurer, James NJ. Ford. The President and Vice President shall be members of the Board of Directors; the other officers may or may not be members of the Board of Directors.
 The Board of Directors and officers of this corporation shall hold their respective offices for one year from the date of their election, and until their successors aye elected and qual-