Mesa free press., 1900-06-08
Articles or Incorporation.
4 > OF. THE -
NEW MONTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY

4 Know all men by these presents: that we ths
undersigned. Lester 8. Smith. Samuel Sterr
{ and Jerome O'Neil sll of Boston. Mase., hays
this day associated ourselves together for. the
| purpose of forming a corporation under the
| laws of the Territory of Arizona.
1. And we do hereby certify: that the l.ame
! of the Corporation shall be the New Montana
Copper Mining Company.
| 2. That the general nature Of the business
proposed to be transacted, is the, acquisition by
location, purchase, lease, OF otherwise, of
mineral and agricultural lands. mines, deposits
/ of ore minerals, metals, clays, stones and
other substances, and to exchange own, oper-
ate,, dispose ofs lease OF sell to others such
lands, deposits of,ore. minerals, metals, clays
stones or other substances to mine copper.
coal, iron and other minerale metals, stones
clays and other substances, apd to erect ana
operate mining, milling, coneentra ing, re-
ducing. smelling and refining plants or works
for m ming, milling reducing, smelling. re-
timing and treating said ores, minerals. metals,
clays, stones and other substances, and to sell
and dispose of the. saWe and the products
thereof, and to do a general mining and metal
lurgical business. ;.<.,,
To purchase, construct, erect, lease, own and
operate pumping plants and stations, reser-
voirs, canals. ditches, Waterways Or pipe-linee
for the transmission, storage aud conveyance
of water for domestic, agricultural, manufac-
turing, mining and IN talurgical purposes.
To con.truct, build, perchase, rent own and
operate. electric and pther plants for the pro-
duction of power and light and the nee ssars
wire lines or other means for the transmission
of light and power generated for its own use
or for the sale Of said power and light to others
To construct, build, purchase, lsase. own and
operate wire and otherstranways or railways to
be operated by steam or other power, and also
| steam-boa and other vessels for the transpor-
tation and conveyance of its own minerals
metals, stones, marie, class or other property
and freight for its own.use aud operations.
( To do;a general mercantile and merchandise sc
business, and purchase, REM, lease, or acquire
| real estate and own the same, and sell such
portions us It may not require for its own use
| +, others.
| To lay out towns, and sell and dispose of lots
therein and improve the same.
To mortgage it's real and personal property
and issue bonds thereon. and to do all things
permissible by the laws under which this COM
pany is incorporated.
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said Corporation shall be at Phoenix,,A rizona
and the places outside of sald Territory, where
it may keep its ef6ces and transact its business
are4hs State of Montana, Cities Of New York,
State Of New York; Boston, State of Massachu-
setts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and elge-
where in the United States and Europe, the
same as if specifcalyset forth in this Certi-
icate.
| A That the amount of capital stock author
lied is Twenty tive hundred Thousand dollars
| t$2 100000 and the number of share, into
which tits divided is two hundred and fifty
| thousand ($25O,000) of the par value of ten doll
lars $4,000 each, which amount is to be paid
in, in real Or personal property, contracts,
| agreements, machinery, labor, merchandise.
materials and cash or atherwiae in5sthe deere
| tion of the Board of Directors, upon the issue
and delivery. of said stock from time to tims.
! g.. That the time of the commencement of
said corporation in the FIRST day of February, v,
| one Thousand nine hlndred and thasipAe Of its
terlajnation lathe First day Of February. nine
| teen huadred and twenty-five (1a25.)
g. That the officers of said corporation to
conduct its affairs shall consist of Board of
Directors, composed of seven (7) members to
be elected, at a general meeting of the stock
holders upon the filing of this ce rthcatc of in 4.
corporation. They shall hold office FIR one
year. or until their Successors are elected. The
directors will elect from among their number
President and Yice-President, shey will also
| elect an Executive Committee Of three mem
bers, Secretary and Treasurer, General mana
| ger, and such other officers and agents as they
| may require, who need not be directors
| N. That the highest amount. ..of Indebtedness
to which this corporation is at any time to sub
jeot itself. is five hundred thousand dpllars
| tS5OO.0oO). i..S =,
| 8. That the private property of each officer,
Director and StockholderN of said ,rporAtion
is to beexempti from ali corporate debts.
~ln. wltnes s5 whereof, we have hereunto set oor
handsand saals, this First day of February A.
d. Nineteen hundred C190o). Signed and sealed
in presence of. BLANCHE IRENE BRAoxETr,
.s,..s> CHARLES HAIL ADAMS
LESTER 8. SMITH, 100 Shares. [SeaLl
SAMUEL STERN, 100 Shares, ISeall
JEROME O'NEIL 100 Shares. [Seal.1
oSm%0oTsasa oSnnsS of sa}sn,st Gf Massachusetts
| City of Boston.
On this lst 'iay of February, A. D. 1900. before
me the snbscriber,ra Commissioner of Arizona
Territory, residing inthe, City Of Boston, and
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, personally
appeared Lester g. Smith, Samuel Stern and
jerome Neil, known to me to be the persons
described in and who executed the within ar
1cles of Incorporation and severally acknowl-
edged to me that they executed the same freel,
and Voluntarily for the uses and purposes
| therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal tho day
and year in this certificate above written .
-, iSeal), ,,... a. CHAs HALL ADAMS
Commissioners of Arizona Territory
| lOct. J., Il. stamp cancelled.
Territory of Arizona,
County Of Maricopa. 3d.
LIZ. W. Sheridan, County Recorder in and
for the County and Territory aforesaid, hereb,
certify that 1 have compared the foregoing
copy with the original Articles of Incorporation
OF the New Montana Copper Mining Company
filed and recorded in my Office on the 7th da,
of February, 1900 in Book No. 8. of Corporations
at page -, and that the same is full. true
and correct copy of such original and of The
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