Arizona silver belt., 1899-07-13
Articles of Incorporation
OF THE East Verde Mining and Smelting Company.
DE THE

smeIting Company.
 We, John Schoenleber, Conrad Deatz. Wm. M. Beckett, Wm. B. Christian and James T. Christian of the firm of Christian Bros, James M Scammon, John T. Johnson. A |. II. Bailey. Wm. F. Rankin, Conrad Stickrod. Henry II. Clayton, FredlS. Wanger, Albert Schoenleber, desiring to organize ourselves into corporation under the provisio ms of the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and es- pecially an act of the Legislature assembly concerning corporations approved March &. 1884, for the purpose of engaging in the law ful enterprise and business pursuit hereinafter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge according to law these articles uf incorpora. tiou,
 First-The name ot this corporation shall be The East Verde Miuing and Smelling Company.
 Secondhand it's principal place of busi- ness shall be at Payson, in the county of Gila, in the Territory of Arizona, with branch office in Rockport Atchison county, state of Missouri, for the purpose of transact ing any and all business of any kind and de. scription whatsoever; and also at Payson, in the county of Gila, and the Territory of Ari- zonia.
 Third-The general nature of the business mn. al t, hn tran tal ,y dentally to acquire by location, purchase or otherwise mines of copper gold, silver, lead, coal and mines of all other kinds and nature whatever; and to operate, lease or sell the same: to erect and maintain mills and reduc- tion works concentrators and concentrating works and any and all kinds of mining andmill- ing machinery; to acquire, costruct and own and operate tramwayS, railways, ,turnpkes and canals to lead from principal works or place of business to an existing railroad, navasable stream, or turnpike or public highway; to do general merchandise business, erect and maintain boarding houses, to acquire by pur- chase location, or and iL other lawful manner real estate lands and all other kinds of prop. erty, real, personal and mixed transacting any and all kinds of business which may be trans acted by natural person; to hold cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same and to d. tent, sell lease, demise and dispose of the same or any part thereof, as well as any other property this corporation possesses, be siezed of or entitled to, to pay out construct and ac- quire by purchase or in other lawful manner and accept, hold, possess and operate, use franchises from any state or territory or any county or municipal corporation or private corporation, mills, wagon roads, houses, fac tories, capital stock and bonds of corporation chattles. goods, wares and merchandise. choses in action, to manufacture, sell and deal in any and all kinds of property, real, personal and mixed. Electrical and other appliances for driving machinery, motor power for propel- ling any and all kinds of appliances; tele phone and telegraph lines and electric lights to borrow money and contract to repay the same at such times and with such sales of in- terest a. its board Of directors may deem proper; to mortgage orpledge any or all of the
  acquire; to secure payment of such money with interest CT to secure the payment of any debts of the corporation, with such interest as said company may be obliged to pay; and such other enterprises as this corporation by means of this board of directors determine and di rect.
 Fourth-The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the day of filing of these articles for record 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 fivehund- red thousand dollars q, ,500 ,0O0), divided into l,j00,0O shares. of the par value of sl.00, fully paid up, and forever non-assessable; and the times and conditions upon which it is to be paid as follows: The whole capital stock to be paid in property necessary for the pur- pose of this corporation upon resolution Of the board of directors and satisfactory eyi- denee of title and value tn the board of direc- tors.
 Sixth-Tle affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors consist ing of seven (1) persons, who shall be elected annually in December by the stockholders at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the bylaws.
 All members of the first board shall be sub Scribers to this certificate, and thereafter no person shall be member of the board of di- rectors unless he is stockholder in this corpOr- ation. Said board of directors shall have power to i'll vacancies in their number, and may elect such officers and appoint such com mittee from their own number to aid 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 committees all such powers as they may deem expedient.
 The following named persons who are sub scrbed hereto shall constitute the board of di- rectors of the corporation for the first year and until their successors duly qualified shall be elected, to wit: Conrad Deatz, Henry H. Clayton, Vim. NJ. Beckett, Wm. F. Rankin,  Wm. B. Christian, John T. Johnson. James NJ. Scammon, and thereafter if any director shall cease to be stockholder he shall cease to be a director Immediately, or as soon as practicable after the filling of these articles in the office of the county recorder of the county of Gila, Territory of Arizona the persons pamed herein as directors to serve for the first year, and until their successors duly qualified shall be elected, shall meet and organize as a board oi directors, adopt by. laws and pre- scribe p said bylaws the method of calling meetings of the board of directors and stock holders
 Seventh This company shall not be liable for any indebtedness at any time for any amount in excess of twenty thousand dollars