The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-06
Articles of Incorporation
The Bisbee West Copper Mining Company.

OF
 The Bisbee west Copper Mining
 Company.
 Know all men by these presents that we, Daniel lnnes, II. Jevne, George L. Cole, c. .. ton. P. E. Weaver and A. S. Robbins. ali of the county of Los Angeles, State of CaIifor- mia, hereby associate ourselves together or der the provisions of Chapter z Title I2, of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zona, and do hereby adopt the following ar ticles of interpretations
 ARTICLRI
 The name of this corporation shall be ..Tbe Bisbee West Copper Mining Company" ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators of this corporatio n are Daniel Innes, H. Jevne. Geo. L. Cole, z. Allen, E, Gilman, J J. Loner- gan' M roy hfon' E. Weaver and A. $. mia.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The principal place of business of this cor poration shall be in the city of Bisbee, in the county or Cochlse and Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business pro4 posed to be transacted by this corporation is and shall be the buying, selling leasing, own ing, holdiihg, possessing and operating of sonal property; the construction and opera tion of mills and smelters for the milling smelting, refining and reduction of ores and mineral and the purchase and sale and the general dealing of aud in ores, metals and minerals; to acquire, own: hold, sell and deal in personal property and merchandise, and generally to own, hold, acquire and deal in any property and to do or transact anything necessary to engage in and carry on and transact general mining, milling, smelting and merchandise business in connection with such mining and milling husincss and to hold, acquire. own aud sell any property. and do any act or hing necessary for the carry lng out amt engaging Tn auy of said torego- . ing lluG- Oi business.
 ARTICLE V. The amount of capital stock authorized by said corporation is aud shall be four million dollars lSiUOIU0), to be divided into four InIulun ltWC,WV) shares of the par vaIue of one dollar lEl OU) per share. and that time when and conditions upon which f. k to be paid are as follows: All stock issued must ne fu ly paid & for in cash or property upon issp- for any purpose whatever. ARTICLE VI. l Ehe time of the commencement of this ] corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorp ration for record in % the otiice Of % the County County Recorder of Cochise tion thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years thereafter, unless the same be renewed pur- suant to the laws of Arizona before the ter 1 mination thereof.
 
 The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by board of nine (9) directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesday of October of each year; provided, however these articles of incorporation the stockhol |. 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 qualified.
 Each stockholder of this corporation, iI all elections for directors and other cleo. tions, and on the consideration of all ques. tions at stockholders meetings, shall have the right to vote in person or b. proxy the number of shares owned by him, as given or the books of the company, each share oi stock being entitled to one vote.
 The officers of the said corporation shal be President and Vice. President who shal be directors of said corporation; genera manager and secretary and treasurer, and such subordinate officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary.
 All officers shall be elected by the board oi directors, and shall hold office at the vii and pleasure of said directors.
 Vacancies in the board of directors shal be filled as may be provided in the bylaws. l ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or Ii ! ability for which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of one hun dred thousand dollars ($lOO,COO),
 ARTICLE TX.
 The private property of the stOckholder of this CDrEOTatl0U shhI bG exempt from al corporate debts, and the stockholders of thi corpOrutiuu are hereby exempted from al HnNiIiry for any CeIf of said corporation. ARTICLE X. scorpurat ion snIli AL, e an of ucc for he transaction of its business ln the state O California, at the city of Los Angeles there iu, and sad board of directors may meet anC tran act thG business of sad corporation al saiu citJ anu tiie annual meeting and eiec' 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 oi the corporation,
 Section g. The board of directors shal corporate notes or bonds of the corporation and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage on property of the corporation 1 or in any other manner designated by said bylaws
 ] ARTICLE KIT. | 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 l ARTICLE XIII.
 These articles of Incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stock l holders, or at any special meeting Of the | stockholders called for that purpose, by ( majority vote of the stock of the corpora tion then issued infavor ofsuch amendment In witness whereof we have hereunto sci our hands and seals this 2Ist day of October 1889. :,
 DANIEL INNEs. Seal Seal