The Arizona sentinel., 1899-08-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF The Consolidated Copper Com
 pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, J. H. Carpenter and J. L. Redondo, citizens of the United States of America, have this day asso- cated 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- owing 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 Ari- zona With branch offices at such other places as the Do@r 0i Dreeeors may from time to time designate.
 SECOND
 'ne general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by said Corporation is mining conner gold, silver and all other metals and in the further ance Of the object to buy, sel lease bond devsIon and operate mines, smelters, mining claims. mills cyanide plants, pumps, saw mills, coal mines coke lovens; to buy sell, lease, bond construct maintain and operate canals, ditches, fumes reservoirs ,l, pipe lines and all other equipments necessary or in cidental to the development of water and mower ,. nlihihg' milling and dcmestie purposes; to obtain b PurchaSe or otherwise mill, building and tov,r s;t to erect thereon all necessary buildings for ;ts o, use or to rent shafts, mills, smelters concentroto-. crushers and all kinds of machinerv s,no-.t,,o - eontrlVanee necessary useful in reducinO ,5 extracting the values therefrom; to buy own 1so.o bond, construct, maintain and operate railro..,- wagon roads, electric roads, tramways or anu, o.ho agency adapted to the conveyance of ores t,o;.bI material of any kind well as passengers. to ovr control buy and sell papers or other invent,ons l., any way relating to the mining business. to ocarrv o anu maintain general merchandise business or r., grant exclusive rights to others ts do SO On tbe lses of the Corporation; to borrow monav is.,,o OOnus' and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dis. pose or any or all of it's property to acquire bot, real ana personal property of any and every sort t ouy and sell the same; to consolidate it's propertx "ltn other corporations; to buy, sell and own the '0eA UT oOhus or other corporations and to do and piiOfl Ill any and all acts and things necessary t, uo UT m any manner incidental to the carving out or all the purposes hereinbefore specified. | THIRD.
 me amount Of the Capital Stock of said Corno,a uon shall be Ten millions (s1o 900. .oOO douo,. divided into Four hundred thousand(4OO OOo, sb.ro. or the par value of Twenty-Five (s25 OO) dollars each
 o'Ock may De issued at any time by the Board of Olrectors in payment for property conveyed o, assigned to said Corporation or for services UT upon subscription at par for cash, provided. how eVer' that no part or portion of said stock shah he issued by the Board of Directors, except the same snail pc fully paid up and when so issued bythe Boars or Directors said stock shall be -assessable and no personal liability shall attach to the holder thereof
 FOURTH, 1hae the corporate existence of said Corpor.tior snail commence upon the day and date of the I,in4
 l those Articles of Incorporation in the office of tha county Recorder of Yuma County Arizona Territory ana snal terminate twenty-five years hereafter
 FIFTH.
 That the affairs of said Corporation shall he 1 aged by a Board of Seven CD Directors The s-.. f Board Of Directors shall consist of: JobnP lone. f Henry A. Kirkham, J. H. Carpenter, c. V. Meeds, e J. b. M Gresvenor, James Simmons. ] l. Reiord, and who shall hold their offices for A period q, ora year from the date these Articles are recorded ., until their successors duly elected and suaIised At the expiration of the year above stated or soo, 'f the stockholders elect, Board of Director, ,f shall be elected by the stockholders of said Vlon at It's regular annual meetng said annual meet >, ing to be held on the second Monday in oc.obe :. eaeh year Tn the town of Yuma, Territory of Arizona
 SIXTH
 o The officers of said Corporation shall eonsist A, = President, Vice-President, Secretary. Assistan, t. Secretary and Treasurer and such other oica,s the Board of Directors may from time to time deter s- mlne The President and Vice-President shall he ,f members of the Board of Directors and no Direc shall hold office who is bonafde stockbolder o d record in said Corporation. In the event of tbe death, resignation or disability of any Director, the k remaining members of the Board of Directors nav fill the vacancy by the election of some stockhoder y SEVENTH. The highest amount of indebtedness said Corpora tion shall at any time create shall not exceed the e sum of Three Million (sS, ,OOO, ,OOO) Dollars. e EIGHTH
 That all private property of the stockholders in said corporation shall be exempt from any and all ', liabilities for corporate debts
 tt IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto ss, e our hands and seals this 18th day of May, A. D. 1899.
 J. H. CARPENTER lr J.L. REDONDO.