Arizona republican., 1898-04-15

] ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
 CALIFORNIA COPPER COMPANY.
 Know All Men, by These Presents. That we, the undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens and residents of the state of California, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming ritory of Arizona.
 And We Hereby Certify:
 First-That the name of said cor poration shall be the California Ccp- per Company.
 Second-That the purposes for which it is formed are buying, selling. acquiring, working and developing 1 mines, the purchase of ores, buying, selling, erecting and using machinery and appliances for the reduction of ores and any and all things appertain- ing and necessary to be done for the prosecution of the business for which this company is organized and for the building or constructing, owning and controlling water ditches, fumes and pipe lines and reservoirs, for the own ing, controlling and handling of town sites and the sale of the same.
 Third-The highest amount of in debtedness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be the sum of ten thousand 100000 dollars.
 Fourth-The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from debts of the corpor- ation.
 Fifth-The capital stock of this cor poration shall forever be non-assess- able, and each certificate thereof shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby and that the same is forever non-assessable Sixth-That the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is Phoenix, Arizona, with offices at Los Angeles, Califor- nia
 Seventh-That the term for which i said corporation is to exist is twenty five years, from and after the date of its incorporation.
 Eighth-That the number of direct ors or trustees of said corporal shall be seven, and that the names and residences of the directors or trustees,
 
 ! and to serve until the election and qualification of such officers, are as ! follows, to-wit:
 J. P. Shumway, Los Angeles, Cal; ] Leonard Merrill, Los Angeles, Cal; J. c. Williams, Los Angeles. Cal; Rob- ert Hale, Los Angeles Cal; Ira W. Phelps, Los Angeles. Cal; J. Ross ] Clark, Los Angeles, Cal.
 Ninth-That the amount of the oapi- ] tai stock of said corporation is one million Q,OO0,OOO) dollars, and the number of shares into which it is di- vided is one million of the par value of one CD dollar each. Tenth-That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is six hundred thousand ! (600,000) dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom l the same has been subscribed, to-wit: Names. No. Shares. Amt. J. P. Shumway .289,990 $289, ,990 Leonard Merrill .... .2S9,990 s2S9,99 l J. G. Williams ...... 10 10 Robert Hale ..... =. 10000 10000 Ira w. Phelps ..... .. 10 10 J. Ross Clark ........ 10000 10000 In Witness Whereof We have here unto set our hands and seals this 18th udy Ol A. D., lOJS. Signed and sealed in the presence of John c. Bewley.
 (Seal.) J. P. SHUMWAY (Seal) LEONARD MERRILL. (Seal.) J. G. WILLIAMS. | (Seal.) ROBERT HALE. l (Setl) IRA W. PHELPS. l (Seal) J. ROSS CLARK. State of California, County of Los An geles ss
 Before me, John c. Bewley, a notary public in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, on this day, personally appeared J. P. Shumway, Leonard Merrill, J. G. Will Hams, Robert Hale, Ira W. Phelps and J. Ross Clark, known to me to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument, and they each acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand an seal of office this eighteenth day of January, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and nine ty-eight.
 (Seal) JOHN c. BENTLEY, Notary Public in and for the County
 of Los Angeles State of California Territory of Arizona, County of Mari
 copa.
 I, F. W. Sheridan, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within instrument was filed for record at 1:4O o'clock, p. m., on this 10th day of January, 1898, and duly recorded in Book Nc. of Corporations, records of Maricopa county, Arizona, pages 1 46-7-S.
 Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written. | (Seal) F. w. SHERIDAN, | County Recorder ! First published in the Arizona Re publican, April 18th. 1898.