The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Consolidated Copper Com
 pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we J. Il. Carpenter and J. L. Redondo, citizens of the United States of America, have this day asso- ciated ourselves together for the purpose of forming Corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and do hereby adopt the fol towing Articles of Incorporation, namely; FIRST.
 That the name of the Corporators are J. H. Car penter and J. L. Redondo; that the name of the Cor poration shall be THE CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY; that the principal place for the trans action of the business of the Corporation shall be the town of Yuma, in Yuma County, Territory of Ar zona, with branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate SECOND.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by said Corporation is mining copper god silver and all other metals and in the further anco of the object to buy, se lease bond, develop and operate mines, smelters, mining claims, mills cyanide plants, pumps, mills, coal mines, coke Ovens to buy, sell, lease, bond, construct maintain and operate canals, ditches fumes, reservoirs wells pipe lines and all other equipments necessary or in- cdental to the development of water and power fol mining, milling and domestic purposes to obtain by VI to erect thereon all necessary buildings, for it's owr use or to rent shafts, mis smelters concentrators crushers and all kinds of machinery, apparatus ol conrvance necessary or useful in reducing ores anC extracting the values therefrom; to buy, own lease bond, construct, maintain and operate railroads wagon roads, electric roads, tramways or any other agency adapted to the conveyance of ores, freight material of any kind as well as passengers to own control, buy and sell papers or other inventions il any way relating to the mining busness to carry or and maintain general merchandise business, or tt grant exclusive rights to others to do so on the prem ises of the Corporation; to borrow money, issu, | bonds, and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dis pose oT any or all of its property; to acquire bot real and personal property of any and every sort buy and sell the same; to consolidate it's propert with other corporations; to buy sell and own tn, stock or bonds of other corporations and to do an perform in any and all acts and things necessary t do or in any manner incidental to the carryin. | out of all the purposes hereinbefore specified. THIRD.
 The amount of the Capital ltock of said Corpora tion shall be Ten millions (s1OO0O,oOO dollars divided into Four hundred thousandQOO ,OOO shares Of the par value of Twenty-Five (5 OO) dollars each Stock may be issued at any time by the Board O Directors in payment for property conveyed o assigned to said Corporation or for services rendered or upon subscription at par for cash provided, how ever, that no part portion of said stock shall b issued by the Board of Directors, except the sam shall pc fully paid up and wben so issued blythe Boar of Directors said stock shall be nOn-assessabIe an no personal liability shall attach to the hoIde thereof.
 FOURTH,
 That the corporate existence of said Corporation shall commence upon the day and date of the fllin of those Articles of Incorporation in the office of tn County Recorder of Yuma County Arizona Territory and shall terminate twenty five years hereafter. 1 FIFTH.
 That the affairs of said Corporation shall be man aged by Board of Seven Q Directors. The frs Board of Directors shall consist of: John P. Jones | Henry A, Krkham, J. II. Carpenter, c. V. Meeden J. B II. GresyenOr, James Simmo ns, J L. Redond and who shall hold their offices for a period of on year from the date these Articles are recorded O until their successors are duly elected and qualified At the expiration of the year above stated or soo II the stockholders elect, new Board of Director shall be elected by the stockholders of said Corpora ton at its regular annual meeting said annual meet ing to be held on the second Monday in October o each year i'll the town of Yuma, Territory of Arizona SIXTH.
 The officers of said Corporation shall consist o a President, Yice-President, Secretary, Assistan Secretary and Treasurer and such other officers a the Board of Directors may from time to time deter mine. The President and Vice-President shall b. members of the Board of Directors and no Directo shall hold office who is not bonafde stockhoder o record in said Corporation. In the event of th death resignation disability of any Director tn remaining members of the Board of Directors ra-
 fill the vacancy by the election of some stockholder | SEVENTH.
 l The highest amount of indebtedness said Corpora ton shall at any time create shall not exceed tn sum of Three Million (S3, ,O0O, ,OOO) Dollars. EIGHTH.
 That all private property of the stockholders il | said corporation shall be exempt from any and al liabilities for corporate debts
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto SC cur hands and seals, this 18th day of May, A. D 1899.
 J. II. CARPENTER. JL. REDONDO