The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-09
Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation
 -OF-
 'The Bisbee West Copper Mining
 ComE any. Daniel lnnes, H. Jevne, George L. Cole. c G' Allen, Gilman, J, J. Lonergan. j E. Boyn- ton. r. E. weaver and A. $. Robbins, all of ti the coum1y or Los Angeles State of Califor- ma, hereDy associate ourselves together or the purpose of becoming incorporated un- der the provisions of Chapter 3. Title 12, of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- .;o' .oha, M aiid ao hereby adopt the following arr
 ART1oLEI
 The name of this corporation shall be "The Bisbee West Copper Mining Company"
 ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators of this corporation are Daniel Innes, H. Jevne, Geo. l.: Soie' E. 2, Allen E, Gilman, J. J Loner- mia.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of this cor porat,on M sHali pc Tn the city of Bisbee, in the county or Cochlse and Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is and shall be the buying, selling, leasing, own- Ing, nolding, possessing and operating of sonal property; the construction and opera tion of mills and gsmeiters 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 III personal property and merchandise, and generally to own, hold, acquire and deal in any property and to do or transact any thing necessary to engage in and carry on and transact general mining. milluE, smCttinE apd mere chaudise business iu connection witR such mining and milling business, and tQ hold, acqlire, own and sell any property, and do any actor thing necessary for the carry Ing out and engaging in any of said IorCgO- ing lines Of business.
 ARTICLEN. The amount of capital stock authorize by said corporation is and shall be four million dollars ($4, ,0O0O00), to be divided into four million A 4OOO,UO0) shares of the par value ot one dollar (S1 00 per share, and that time paid are as follows: All stock issued must be flu fly paid for in cash or property upon issu- ance, and shall thereafter be non -assessable for any purpose whatever. ARTICLE VI. The time of the commencement of thi. corporation shall be the date of the filing oi these articles of incorporation for record il the office of the County Recorder of Cochise county, Arizona Territory, and the termina | tion thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years l thereafter, unless the same be renewed pur suant to the laws of Arizona before the ter minStion thereof.
 ARTICLE VII. The affairs of this corporation are to bs conducted by board of nine (9) directors l to be elected annually on the first Tuesday O. October of each year; provided, however | that as soon as practicable after the filing o these articles of incorporation the stock hold, hold office till the first Monday in October lsOO, or until their successors are elected ano
 Each stockholder of this corporation 1T tions, and on the consideration of all ques tions at stockholders meetings, shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy the number % of shares owned by him, as given or the books Of the company, each share ot stock being entitled to one vote. The officers of the said corporation shal be g President and vice-President, who shal be directors of said corporation; genera manager and secretary and treasurer and | such subordinate officers and assistants al may be deemed necessary.
 directors after the annual election of sait directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors. Vacancies in the board of directors shal be filled as may be provided in the bylaws. ARTICLE VIII. l The highest amount of indebtedness or Ii ability for which the corporation is at an, ! time t0 subject itself Is the sum or one huu 1 dyed thousand dollars t&lVO,0Ot), | ARTICLE K. ! Ibe private property Of the stocihoIdeT 1 oi this corporation shall be exempt from al 1 corporate debts, and the stockholders of thi | corporation are hereby exempted from al l liability for any debt of said corporation. ARTICLE \.
 This corporation shall have an office for th' 1sansact,on Q. its ausin9ss in the state Q | in, and said board of directors may meet anC transact the business of said corporation a said city, and the annual meeting and cleo tions may be held thereat. | ARTICLE xI | Section I, The board of directors shal have the power to make, adopt and amend by.laws for the government of the affairs o | the corporation,
 Section ?. The board of directors shal l have the power to borrow money, execute corporate notes or bonds of the corporation and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage on property of the corporation | or i'll any other manner designated by sait by-laws.
 ARTICLE XII. The corporate stock of this corporation shall be forever non-assessable, and eacl certihcate thereof shall state upon its face | the number of shares represented thereby and that tho same is forever non- -assessable | ARTICLE XIII. These articles of Incorporation may bt amended at any annual meeting of the stock holders, or at any special meeting of tht stock kholders called for that purpose, by { majority vote of the stock of the corpora tion then issued in favor of such amendment In witness whereof we have hereunto se our hands and seals this 2lst day of October I899
 DANIEL INNEs, lSeall H, JEyNE, [Seall GEO. l.. COLE, tSeall l k. GILMAN, ClSeall @ J. J. LoNERaAN, tSeall | ~ T. E ROyNTON lSeall