Arizona republican., 1898-04-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE COPPER COMPANY

Know All Men by These Pres sents: 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 a corporation under the laws of the ter 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 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 said corporation is to exist is twenty five years, from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 Eighth-That the number of direct ors or trustees of said corporation shall be seven, and that the names and residences of the directors or trustees, who are appointed for the first year, 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. G. 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 capi- tai stock of said corporation is one million Q,0O0,00O) 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 the same has been subscribed, to-wit:
 Names. No. Shares. Amt J. P. Shumway .2S9, ,990 S2S9, ,990 Leonard Merrill ... .2S9,990 $2S9, ,990 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 day of January, A. D., 1S9S Signed and sealed in the presence of John c. Bewley.
 (Sea1.) J. P. SHUMWAY. l (Seal.) LEONARD MERRILL. (Seal.) J. G. WILLIAMS. (Seal.) ROBERT HALE. (SetL) IRA w. PHELPS. (Seal.) J. ROSS CLARK.
 State of California, County of Los An 1 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