The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-15
Articles of Incorporation
Tisc Risbee west Copper Mining
 Company.

The Risbee west Copper Mining
 Company.
 Know all men by these presents that we Daniel Innes, H. Jevne, George I.. Cole C ",S Allenib P Gilman, J, ]. Lonergan, J F. Boyn- the county of Los Angeles State of 1;aiifor- nia, h reby associate ourselves together or the purpose 1h ot becoming incorporated un- the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zOna, and do hereby adopt the folinwing ar. ticles of interpretations
 ARTIoLEI
 T, ,lh The name m 9t this eorporation shall be The BisDee West Copper Mining Company"
 ARTICLE IT.
 The names of the incornora+ors of .h;s corporati II are Daniel Innes, H. Jeyne Geo l.. Cole, c. c Allen, K, Gilman. I I Gonor gan J F. i'oynton, F E. Weaver and A. s Robbins ali of Los Angeles county, Califor- mia.
 The principal place of business of this cor- poration shall be in the city of Bisbee in the county ot Cochise and Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE w.
 The general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted by this corporation is and sha be the buying, selling Ieasinp own- ing, holding, possessing and operatinp of mines mills. mill sites, real estate and per- sonai bropenrty; pns 1he constEuction and opera ton of mills ana smelters for the milling, smelting, refining and reduction of ores and mineral, and the purchase and sale and the general dealing of and in ores, metals and minerals; to acquire, own. hold sell and deal in personal property and merchandise and generally to own, hold acquire and deal in any property and to do or transact anything necessary 10 engage in and carry on and transact general mining milling smelting ard rlerct1nttse businass in connection with sucb s"'.iinc and miiiing business, and to hold, acquire, own and sell any property, and f,Ff ha ing out and engaging in auy of sai ! ferEgo- ! ing lines of business.
 AHIH CHE V. i The amount of capital stock aut horiZet hy said corporation Is and shall be four milton dollars t$t0OJO00]. to be divided into four million s4,VDU O) shares of tRa par value of one dollar SSl oO per share. and that time when and Conditions upon which t Is to be flu ly paid for in cash pr property upon issu- ance, and shall thereafter be non-assessable for any purposeM hatever.
 ARTICLE VI. | Che time of the commencement of this corporation shall De the date of the filing of these articles ot incorp ration for record in | the office of the County Recorder of Cochise | county, Arizona Territory, and he termina- ton thereof shall be Twenty-Five (25) years thereafter, unless the same be renewed pur- | suant to the laws of Arizona before the ter minStion thereof.
 ARTICLE YII. | The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by board of nine (9) directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesday ot October of each year; provided, however that as soon as practicable after the filing of | these articles of incorporation the stoeixhol . CTS shall elect a board of directors, who shall ! hold ofhce till the first Monday in October, 1900. or until their successors are elected and l qualified.
 Each stockholder of this corporation, in | all cleo ions for directors and other elec- tions, and on the consideration of all ques- t,ons at stockholders meetings, shall have the right to vote in person or proxy the number of shares owned by him, as given on the books of the company, each share of | stock being entitled to one vote. The officers of the sa d corporation shall 1 be a President and Vice Pre- sident, who shall manager and secretary and treasurer, and such subordinate officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary.
 All officers shall be elected by the board oi directors after the annual election of said directors and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors. s-
 Vacancies in the board of directo s shall be filled as may be provided in the bylaws. ARTICLE VIII. The highest amount of indebtedness or H. ability for which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of one hun. dred thousand dollars (SlOO,OOJ), l-- ARTICLE TX.
 YtlF privafe property of the stOckhoIder FNts NOfN1rnIlOu sNhlR bS tNShit Bt iAO 's oi Fegrgs8rute debts, and the stock holders of tGl iCort1ratipn are hereby exempted from al | Nab.lity for any uebC of said cOrporation.
 ARTICLE x. ' vorpurutiu. shail have an office for Jh, Eransacuiuu Ot it's L L'siness m the State 0 California, at the city O' Los Angeles there in, and said board of direCu,. "s may mceC apC transact the business of said C'cOoratiOn a said city, and tho annual meeting and cleo tions may be held thereat.
 ARTICLE XI.
 ! Section l. The board of directors shal 1 by laws for the government of the affair." o the corporation
 Section 2 The board of directors shal have the power to borrow money, execute corporate notes or bonds of the corporation and to secure the payment of the same b, mortgage on property of the corporation or in any other manner designated by salc | bylaws.
 l ARTICLE KIT. 1 The corporate stock of this corporation shall be for ever non-assessuble, and eaci certificate thereof shall state upon its fact the number of shares represented thereby and that the same is forever non- n-assessable ARTICLE XIII. | These articles of incorporation may Do amended at any annual meeting of the stock hold rs, or at any special meeting Of tht stockholders called for that purpose. by majority vote of the stock of the corpora ] ton then issued in favor of such amendment lnwitness whereof we have hereunto SC our hands and seals this zlst day of October 1859.
 DANIEL INNEs, [Seall
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