Mesa free press., 1900-07-06
Articles Of Incorporation
= OF THE -, C..
NEW MONTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY.

purpose OF forming. q. corporation under the
laws OF the Territory of Arizona.
~ And we do hereby certify: that the ape
of the Corporation shall be the New Montana
Copper Mining Company. =
20. Ihat the General NATURE of the business
proposed to be transacted, is the acop;.it;,n h,,
location. purchase, lease or otherwise of
mineral and agricultural lands mines da,oo;. .
OF ore. minerals, metals. claws, stopeo ord
other substances, and to exchange, own .xoper-
ate' ulspose or, lease or sell to others such
lanus' deposits OF ore. minerals, metals, clays.
STONES OF other substances :. to minei copper.
coal iron and ether minerals, metals. st.,nes.
elays and other suhstBnces, and to erect and
operate mining. milling, concentra, ing. re-
ducing, smelling and refining plants or wo, ks
for mining, milling. reducing, smelling, re-
lining and treating said ores, minerals, metals,
cIays, stones and,other SUI distances, and TO sell
and dispose -of the same and the products
thereof, and to do a general mining and metal
lurgical business. -: ~.
10 purchase, construct, erect, lease, own and
operate pumping plants and stations, reser-
Volrs; canals. bitches, waterways or pipelines
Tor the transmission, storage and conveyance
OF water for domestic, agricultural, manllfae-
turing, mining and 1netallurgical purposes.
To coma truct, build, pnrchase, rent own and
operate, electric and other plants for the pro-
duction of power and light and the nee ssary
wire lines, or other means for tho transmission
of light and power generated for it's own use
or for the sals of said power and light to others
To construct, buila. purchase. Lease, own and
operate wire and other tranways or railways to
b. operated by steam or other power, and also
stea:.2hoats and other vessei is For the transpor-
tation and convey vance uf its own minerals
metals, stones marla, clays or other propeftY
and freight for it's own use and operations
10 do a general mercantile and merchandise Sc
business, and purchase. ram, lease, or acquire
real estate and. own theisameaand sell such
portions us it may Rot require for its own use
t others.
To lay out towns, sad sell and dispose of lots
therein, and 1mproyc THE same. t'F
i, To mortgage its real and personal property,
and issue bonds thereon, and to do all things
permissihle blythe laws under which this com
psny is INCORPORATED. ::
Z g. That the principal place Of business of
said Corporation shall bs at Phoenix, Ar.zona.
and the places outside of sald Territory, where
it may keep its effices and transact it's business
are the State of Montana, Cities of New Y ,rk.
State of Now York; Boston, State Of Massachu-
setts. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and else
where in the United States and Europe. the
same as If specifically set forth in this Certi-
fcate.
:, That the amount of capital stock author
lied is Twenty-Five hundred Thousand dollars
lS2 Zoo 0O0l and thu nhor "a
which it its div ided, is two huHlred and fifty
(Sz50,O of the par value Of ten do
lars IS 00' each, which amount is to be paid
ln,s IN real or personal property, contracts,
machinery, labor, merchandise,
and cash ar 9th rwise in the d!scr~-
ta"n Of the Board OF Directore, ppon fhe issue
and de livery of said stoak frEen tina ;stme.
i B, That she time of. the Scofnmenc EN- ent of
said corporation'in the first day Of February
one thouSand nine hundretkand the time Of it's
terln nation is the T irstx txlay Or r hiuary nine
teen i'uadrnd andtweuty- Q?"a.)
. s. Ghst the OFF .-rs Of said corporation to
coaduct ite affairs shall consist Of a Board of
Directors. comp pused OF 81 ven a. mem bsrs, to
30 elected, at u general meeting of tbs stock
Ii 'lders upon the filing ofthi< rtl Gcate of in
c"poratiQD They shall hold otffce f,r. one
year. eEnntil their Successors are elected The
Directors will elect from among their number
a President and Vice-President, they will also
elect an Executive Committee OF three mem
heTs, sSecrstsry and Treasurer, Geaeral. mana
ger, anasnch o4her Jficers and agents as they
may require, who need not be directors.
7. That the highest amount of indebtedness
t" which this corporation is at any time to sub
lect itself, is five -hundreG .thoassnd doll,rs
t$5OO.O0O).
D. That the private property of each officer,
lirecto' and Stockholder of said c,rporation
is to ba exempt from. NIL corporate dents.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals, this First day of February A..
d. Nineteen hundred QsOO). Signed and sealed
in presence of BLANCHE IRENE BRAcKErr,
~. 'HARLEs HALL ADAMS.
LESTER 8. SMITH, 100 shares...as Ii :. !; [seal.
aAMeE34 SrERN' tOo 5 ares, (Seal.]
JkRoME O'NE1L. 100 Shares. [Seal.
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts,
County of Suffolk, ss
fity qQf Boston. - IVA p" IL,
On this lst day of February, \. d. 1900. before
me the subscriber, a. Commissioner OF Arizona
Territory. residing in the City nf Boston. aud
Commonwealth of Mas achusetts, personally
appeared Lester 3. Smith, Samuel Stern and
Jerome ONeil, kncwa to me to be thespersons
described in and wha'exesnted the within. ar
ticlea of incorporation and severally aol nowl-
edged to ME that they executed the sape freely
and Voluntarily :oS the nses ,and purposes
therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal the day
and year in this certificate ab We written
T." (seaD CHAs, HALL ADAMS.
Commissioner of Arizona Territory.
i0ct, l., r. stamp cancelled.
rTeEritoryt TeEtdto Of da.rhnn arizona SIS:
], II. W. Sheridan, C6uny Recorder in and
for r.theCounty@nH Territory f.foresaid, hereby
certify that ! have. cHn,parcd thee foregoing
eopg with tn" original Articles of incorporation
Of the New Montana Copper Mining Compau,
filed and reco 'ded in my office on the 7th da,
OF February, lG00;in Book 80. 3. of urparacions
at page =, and that tho same is a fluff true
and cor ect copy of such or. ginal aud o. tn
whole thereof -, -.
WI ss.1ny hand apG seal D: office this ri
day of February, "A. n.l!No
(Seai( r, W. SIlERIIAN.
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