The Arizona daily orb., 1899-12-30
Articles of Incorporation

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 The Bisbee West Copper Mining
 COmp any.
 know all men by these presents that we, Dnniei lnn;es m;is h. Jeyne George L; Cole; c. .. ton. P. E. Weaver and A. s. Robbins, all of the county of Los Angeles, State of Califor- the purpose of becoming incorporated un- der the provisions of, Chapter 2, Title l2, of | the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zona, and do hereby adopt the following ar ticles Of incorporation:
 ARTICLEI The name of this corporation shall be The Bisbee west Copper Mining Company" ARTICLE II. | The names of the incorporators of this corporation are Daniel Innes, H. Jeyne, Geo gan. J F. Boynton, y E. Weaver and A. s Robbins, all of Los Angeles county Califor- mia.
 ARTIoLR III. The principal place of business of this cor poration shall be in the city of Bisbee, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona. ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted by this corporation is uHu sud pc the buying, leasing, own ing, holding, possessing and operating of mines, mills. mill sites, real estate and per- sonal property; the construction and opera tion of mills and smelters for the milling, smelting, refining and reduction of ores and mineral, and the purchase and sale and the general dealing of and in ores, metals and minerals; to acquire, own: hold, sell and deal in personal property and merchandise, and generally to own, hold, acquire and deal in any property and to do or transact anything i necessary to engage in and carry on and | tfAuSaCt general mining milling mptin or ] and mGrehuutssSc business i- connection with such mining dgd milling business, oud tg | hold, acquire, own aud sell any property, and do any act u4 thing necessary for the carry i ing .ut aud engaging in asl5 SE .s'd farOgO- ipg lines ol business.
 ARTICLE V. The amount os capital stock authorized by said corporation is and shall be four million dollars tSi000,00O). to be divided into, four million (4,000u, 0l shares of the par value of one dollar ($l O0) per share, and that time paid are as follows: All stock issued must he flu ly paid for in cash or property upon issu- ance, and shall thereafter be non-assessable for any purpose whatever.
 ARTICLE VI.
 Ehe time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing oi these articles of incorp ration for record il the office of the County Recorder of Cochist county, arizona territory, ana the s,r ternlna nm thereafter, unless the same be renewed pur suant to the laws of Arizona before the ter. mnation thereof.
 ARTIcLE yfI.
 The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by board of nine (9) directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesday o October of each year; provided, however that as soon as practicable after the filing o these articles of incorporation the stockhol :. CTS shall elect board of directors who shal hold office till the first Monday in October 1sO0, or until their successors are elected and Each stockholder of this corporation, ir all cleo lions for directors and other cleo. tions, and on the cons nsideration of all ques. tons at stockholders meetings, shall have the right to vote in person or proxy the number of shares owned by him, as given ol the books of the company, each share oi stock being entitled to one vote.
 The officers of the sad corporation shall be President and Vice Pre- e>ident, who shall be directors of said corporation; general manager and secretary and treasurer, and such subordinate officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary.
 All officers shall be elected by the board of | directors after the annual election of said directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors.
 Vacancies in the board of directo shall be filled as may be provided in the y-laws.
 ARTICLE VIII. | Tho highest amount of indebtedness or li- ability for which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of one hun dred thousand dollars (SIoo0O0. ! ARTICLE TX The private property of the stockholders 1 of this corporation shall be exempt fro !, all fcDrporats debts, and the nckholdsfs of this f cGruoratiou rye hereby exempted from all isff7t''f ,- t-L -HzET 'nt'r Cf said corporation. ARTICLE Y. 1 This corporation shall have an office for rhe transaction oi i0s business n the StatC of California, at the city of Los Angeles there- in and said board of directors may meet and transact the business of said corporation at said city, and the annual meeting and elec- tions may be held thereat. i ARTICLE XI. Section l. The board of directors shall have the power to make, adopt and amend b,- laws for the government of the atfail of the corporation.
 Section ?. The board of directors shall have the power to borrow money, execute corporate notes or bonds of the corporation mortgage on property of the corporation, or in any other manner designated by, said bylaws.
 ARTICLE XII. The corporate stock of this corporation shall be fo ever non-assessable and each certificate thereof shall state upon it's face the number of shares represented thereby and that the same Is forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE XIII.
 These articles of Incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stock hold IFS, or at any special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose by a majority-vote of the stock of the corpora- tion then issued in favor of such amendment. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2Ist day of October