Cochise review and Arizona daily orb., 1900-05-12
Articles of Incorporation
 --OF TEE BISREE NEWS COMPANY,


 Know all men by these presents that we, Spencer w. Clawson, Char es c. Warner, John A. Campbell. Joseph +. Chisholm, Star K. Williams and c. A. Overlook. residents and citizens of the Territory of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated our selves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of AriZoaa, and we hereby aclSnowledge and adopt the following articles of incorpora- tion:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be The Bisbee News Company, and it's principal place of transacting business shall be in Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizonn territory.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be sransacted by the said company is to print edit publish and issue ne%s9s gS pa scription, and to transact and conduct general newspaper and advertising business and each and every variety of business con; nected with a general news distributing and advertising enterprise.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this company shall be divided into sixty shares at the par value of one hundred dollars ea h, twelve of which shares shall be paid in now, and the remainder of the stock shall be held for issuance and remain so until otherwise directed by vote of the major ity of the stockholders or the Board of Di- rectors.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the Re- corders office of Cochise county, Arizona, and the term thereof shall be 2a years there- after.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors consist ing of five members, who shall be st9ckhold; SNff fheA rafi ion md ha of Directors shallt lect from their own mum ber the following officers: A President, Vice President, Secretary aud Treasurer, and general business manager The other officers and employees of the cor. poration shall be elected or appointed from time to time as the Board of Directors may see it, or it may be provided for in the by-laws oi this corporation, and such officers and em. ployees other than the President, Vice Pres | ident, Secretary and general business man. ager need not be members of the Board oi Directors nor stockholders. The Board of Directors shall adopt by-laws which shall define the duties of such officers l the time of the election of such directors and the time of stockholders meetings fo1 meetings as the Board of Directors ma, deem proper.
 The directors shall be elected annually ant shall hold office for one year and until theii | successors are elected and qualified; pro vided, however. that the following named stockholders shall be the directors for th' | corporation for the ensuing year and unti | the annual stockholders meeting is held tol ] the election of officers, viz: Spencer. " Clawson. c. C.. Warner, John A. Campbell Joseph Chisholm and C. A. Overlook. | ARTICLE VI. | The highest amount of indebtedness tt | which this corporationi is at any time to sub | ject itself is to be Six Thousand Dollars. l ARTICLE VII. The private Lroperty of stockholders o | this corpotation shall be exempt from liabil l ities, execution or forced sale for its corpo rate debts.
 | In witness whereof the parties hereo l have hereunto set their hands and seals thi 1 18th day of Alp il, A. D, 1900. l SPENCEk w. CLAwsoN, lSeall | CHARLES c. WARNER, tSeall | JOHN A. CAMPBELL, lSeall JOSEPH F. CHISHOLM, tSeall
 STARR K. WILLIAMs, lSeall | C. A. OVERLOOK, lSeall