The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-11
Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation
 -OF-
 The Bisbee West Copper Mining
 Comp any. Know all men by these presents that wa Daniel Innes, Fl. H.Jevne, George IL. Cole. Q C. i Alleni Gilman, Wna J'J. LoneEgan, J F Boyn:: Sn Sn cannty WsGvsr of nos and A. Robbins ali of nia, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpos of becoming incorporated un- | Ter the sions of Chapter ?, Title IF, of Eona, ana do hereby adopt the following ar- ticles of incorporation:
 ARTICLRI.
 The name of this corporation shall be "The Bisbee West Copper Mining Company"
 ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators of this L. Cole, O. c Allen, K, Gilman. J j. Loner. gan, J F. boynton, F E. Weaver and A. S. 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.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business pro posed to De transacted by this corporation is and shall De the buying, selling, leasing, own. ing, holding possessing and operating of mines mills, mill sites, real estate and per- sonal property; the construction and opera tion of mills and smelters for the milling, smeltlng, renning 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 generally to own, hold, acquire and deal in any property and to do Or transact anything necessary to engage in aud Curry 9u and transact general mining, milling. smeltiuE aud merc baudise husiness iu connection with such mining and milliug business, and to hold, acqGre, owu and sell any property and do any oct nr thing necessary for the carry ing out end enEaging in any of said lorego~ ing lines of business.
 ARTICLE V.
 The amount of capital stock authorized by .aiu corL.TaLl0n ls aud shall pc to.E million dollars SsaSoo oSol to be divided into, four one dollar ($l 00) per share, and that time when and conditions upon which it is to be paid are as follows: All stock issued must be ance, and shall thereafter be non -assessable for any purpose whatever.
 ARTICLE VI.
 Enc time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorp ration for record in county, Arizona Territory, and the termina- tiOn 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 VII. The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by a board of nine @ directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesday oi OctoDer or each year; provided, however that as soon as practicable after the filing, oi CTS shall elect a board of directors, who shall hold office till the first Monday in October 1900. or until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Each stockholder of this corporation, iu all elections for directors and other cleo. tions, and on the consideration of all ques. tons at stockholders meetings shall have number of shares owned by him, as given on the books of the company, each share oi stock being entitled to one vote.
 The officers of the M sad corporation shall be directors of said corporation; @ general manager and secretary and treasurer, and such subordinate officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary.
 All officers shall be elected by the board ot directors after the annual election of said directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors. Vacancies in the board of directo rs shall be filled as may be provided in the by-iaws
 ARTICLE VIII,
 The highest amount of indebtedness OF f' .a1'hty for which the corporation IS ht any tune to subject itself Is the sum or one nun fred thousand dollars lSlOOOGJJ, ! ARTICLE K, f The private property of the stookhOlder of Ehis corporation shall be exempt frOtu al corporate debts. and the stock khOlders of thi corporation are hereby exempted from al liability for any debC of said corporation ARTICLE X, This iscorporation shall have an office for thl transaction of it's business in the State oi California, at the city of Los Angeles there; in. and said board of directors may meet and transact the business of said corporation q 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 affails oi Section 3. The board of directors shal have the power to borrow money, executt corporate notes or bonds of the corporation and to secure the payment of the same DI mortgage on property of the corporation bylaws.
 ARTICLE KIT. The corporate stock of this corporation | shall be forever non-assessable, and eaci the number of shares represented thereby | and that the same is forever non-assessaoie ARTICLE XIII. These articles of incorporation may b' amended at any annual meeting of the stock holders. or at any special meeting of thu stockholders called for that purpose, by majority vote of the stock of the corpora ton then issued in favor of such amendment In witness whereof we have hereunto SC our hands and seals this 2lst day of October 1889. DANIEL INNEs, (Seall H, LEVINE, lSeall GEO. L.. COLE, lSeall k. GILMAN, (ceall Il l EONERGAN ISoall