The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-10
Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation
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 The Bisbce west.Copper Mining
 COniliany. Daniel Innes, H. Jevne. George L.. Cole, c. .. Allen, Gilman, J, J. L"nergan, F Boyn. ton. F. k. Weaver and A. 5. Robbins, all of the county of Los Angeles, State of Califor- mia, hereby associate ourselves together or the purpose of becomlI z incorporated un- der the. provisions of C iapter 2, Title F, of zona, and do hereby adopt the following arr tices of incorporation
 ARTICLEI
 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. Jeyne, Geo. L. Cole, e. Allen, F, Gilman, J. J Loner- gan, J. F. Boynton, P. E. Weaver and A. & Robbins, all 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 of Cochise and Territory of Arizona
 ARTIoLE W.
 The general nature of the business pro- DOSeu JO Uc tiu1isuCteu Dy tnIS COrDOratlOn Is and shall be the buying, selling, leasing. own ing, holding, possessing and operating of mines mills, mill sites real estate and per- sonai propeerty; 1he construction and opera smelting, rehning and reduction of ores and mineral, and the purchase and sale and the seneit, uenuuS 4I ans 4aI ores, metals and minerniSi 70 bequlrGf own: GOS[, sell and deal in personal property ard merchandise, and generally to own, hold 1e0Uira and deal in any property and to do or transact anything gnnH a,i nua aaNH and tralsaat general mining, milling, smelting nd marc6andise busiuess iu COnueCttOn with s,giS mining and 1ni,l1s,TT n4sl1css. and y2 90 any act O. thing necessary for the carry ing out and cha gins in any of said forego- ing lines Of business.
 ARTIClEv. The amount of capital stock authorized by said corpOratlon Is and shall be four million dollars tSl,OOO,000), to be, divided into four million l,OOO,UvOl shares Of the par Yane of one dollar (Sl GO per share and that time when and conditions upon which it is to be paid are as follows: All stock issued must be tp " paid for in cash or property upon issu- aD7e, and shall thereafter bs non -assessable for any purpose whatever. ARTICLE VI. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Cochise county, Arizona Territory, and the termina- | 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 be conducted by a board of nine (9) directors. to be elected annually on the first Tuesday of October of each year; provided, however, that as soon as practicable after the filing of these articles of incorporation the stoc4holu- T. | CTS shall elect a board of directors, who shall hold office till the first Monday in October. l9OO, or until their successors are elected and l qualified.
 l Each stockholder of this corporation, in 1 all elections for directors and other elec- tions, and on the consideration of all ques- tlons at stockholders meetings, shall have the right to vote in person or bS 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.
 h ine fTn. oicers or Tt fhe sad corPorati3pn shall | be directors of said corporation; a general manager and secretary and treasurer, and | such, subordinate officers and assistants as | All officers shall be elected by the board of directors after the annual election of said directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors. l Vacancies in the board of directors shall be filled asmay be provided in the by-laws. ARTICLE VIII. | The highest amount of indebtedness n~ IT. ahiHty for hich the corporation IS "t any i ttfNt lO ShbyGtJ tiNGl 4> the sun Cl one bbb- dF8a thousand dollars i$l9O,0JO), AKIlCLEsIX. The private property of the stocEh0riOrs { .of Esti- corporation sbali be exempt tTuJ, all corporate debts, and tue stockholders of this aDTuuratiuu are hereby exempted from all ability for any debt of said corporation ARTICLE \. This COT DOT ation slaii nave an oItice tor the transaction of it's business in the State of California, at the city of Los Angeles there- in, and said board of directors may meet and transact the business of said corporation at said city, and the annual meeting and elec- tions may be held thereat. ARTICLE XI.
 Section l. The board of directors shall have the power to make, adopt and amend by. laws for the government of the affairs of the corporation,
 Section 2. The board of directors shall corporate notes or bonds of the corporation, mortgage on property of the corporation, by-laws.
 ARTICLE XII
 The corporate stock of this corporation shall be forever non-assessable, and each certificate thereof shall state upon its face the number of shares represented thereby, and that the same is forever non-assessable.
 ARTICLE XIII.
 These articles of Incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stock -a..I A