Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-05


 be The East Verde Minns and smelting Company,
 Second And it, principal place ai husi- ness .lmll be at raysnE, in thg county pi tila, m the Territory of Arizona. with branch otfcv in Rockport, Atchi~on county, Mis- souri, for the purpose of tansaeting any and all bushes, ot any kind and description what Socyer; and alsa at Payson, in the county ot Gi'a, and the Territory of Arizona
 rlirl The general nature of the lusiresS proposed tn be transacted i, mining, and in ciien,ally to acqui,e by location, purchase, ar otherwise, mines of oople', -'',d silver, lead, coal and mine, oi all other kinds nd nature vhatever; and tuupentc lease oF sell the same, 70 erect and maintain mills, redoo- tipn works, cDncentraturs and concentrating work, and any and all kinds of minmg and milling machinery; Co acquire, construct aud own and operate tramwSys, railways, turn bikes and canals tnlcad from priucil al works or place of busints, C. an existing railroad, nsvagoble stream, nr turnpike or puhIic high. way: tp do 9 general merchandise biisincss, crecs and maintain boarding houses. to ac' quiry by rurchase, location, or in any other awfal manner real estate, laud-, and all other kinds of proler,y, real personal and mixed, transacting any and all kinds of business which may bp transacted b, natural per s,n; tu hold, cultivate prove up. use and cn. joy the same and to alienate, sell lease, de Il s ,l..t thereof, as well as any other property this corporation po>,a,ses, be seized uf,ur en- titled to- Co pay ,ut, construct and acquire by purchase u in other lawful manner, and accept, bolJ posses, and operate, use fran. clises from any other state or territory, or any county or municipal corporation ur pri- .ite corporation, mills. wagon reads, houses factories, capital stock and bonds of cugpor- atinn chattels goods, wares and merchandise, choscs in action, to manufacture sell ana deal in any aui all kinds of property, real persomel and mixed. Electrical and other appliances for driving machinery, motive power fo, ptopelling any and all kinds Gf ap- plidnces: telephone and legraph lines and electric lights; to borrow money and contract to repay the same at snoh times and with such sales of interest as its board uf directors may deem proper, t. mortgage or pledge any pr all o' the property owned orWhich this com. pany may acauire;to to seenre payment of such money with interest or c. secure the payment of any debts of the corporation, with such in terest as said company may be obliged to pay: and such other enterprises as this corporation by means of this boar oi directors de. termine and direct
 Fourth The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the day of filing of these articles for rceorl in the office of the county recorder of the county of Gila, in the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars lSl,5O0,0oO', di- yided into l,Jo0c00 shares, uf the par value of sl.0O, fully paid up, and forever non-as- sessablc, and the times and conditions upon whieh it k to be paid are as follows: The whole capital stock to le paid m property necessary for the purpose of this corporation upon resolution of the board of directors and satisfactory evidence of title and value to the hoard of directors.
 sixth The aifair- oi thi, corporation shall be conducted Ly | board of directors consist ing of se.en (7J persons who shall be elected annually in December by the stockholders at such time and in such manner as may be pre- scribed by the bylaws.
 All members of the first board shall be sub scriber- to this certificate and thereafter no person shall be a member of the board of di- rectors unles, he is stockholder iu the corpor- ation. Said board of directors shall have power to i'll vacancies in their number, and may elect suc officers and appoint such com mittee from their own number to ait in the management of the business, and in the con ducting of the affairs of said corporation, as they may see fit, and vest in such officers and said committee all such powers as they may deem expedient.
 The following named persons who are sub sCFlDed hereto shal tHllhtltht' Niit bV''iNO VT rectors of the corporation for the first year and until their successors duly qualified shall | be elected, to.wit: Conrad Deatz, Henry II ! Clayton, Wm M Beckett, Win. F. Rankin, | Wm. B. Christian, John T, Johnson, .Iames l NJ. Scammon, and thereafter if any director ! shall cease to be stockholder he shall cease tC i be n director. Immediately, Or as soon as practicabe after the filing of these articles il the office of the county recorder of the county of Gila, Territory of Arizona, the person. named herein a. directors to serve Tor the iiTs year, and until their successors duly qualified shall be elected. shall meet and organize as board of directors, adopt bylaws and pre scribe in said by-laws the method of callini meetings of the board of directors and stock holders.
 Seventh-This company shall not be liabl for any indebtedness at any time for an
 amount in excess of twenty thousand dollar (s20, coo.
 Eighth The stockholders of this corpora
 tion and their priVate property shall be eS
 einpt f,om liability of the debts of this coi
 poiation.