The copper era., 1900-11-29
Articles of Incorporation
 -OF THE Me1iean-ArizOla Copper Company.
OF THE

have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation un- der the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially an act of the legis- lative assembly thereof, entitled An Act Concerning Corporations" approved March g. 1887, for the purpose of engaging in and carrying on the lawful business enterprises and pursuits hereinafter named and speci- fled:
 And we do hereby make, subscribe and ac- knowledge, according to law these Articles of Incorporation. in quadruplicate, and cer- tify and declare:
 The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known, is the Mexican Arizona Copper Company, and its principal place of transacting business is in the town of Clifton, county of Graham, Territory of Arizona, and the time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of filing these articles of incorporation in the ofice of the county recorder of the said county of Graham, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
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 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted is mining, and to ac- quire by location, purchase or otherwise, mines copper, gold, silver, lead, coal and mines of all other kinds and nature whatso- ever, and to operate, lease or sell the same; to erect and maintain mills, reduction works, concentrators, and any and all kinds of min ing and milling machinery; to acquire, con struct, own and operate railways, tramways and wagon roads; to erect operate and main tain boarding houses, hotels, and to do gen. eral merchandise business; to acquire by purchase and location and by any other law ful manner, real estate, lands and all other kinds ot property, real. personal and mixed, electrical appliances for driving machinery where electricity is applicable, telephones and telegraph lines, electric lights; to build, construct own and control water ditches. fumes and pipe lines and reservoirs; and to alienate, sell, lease, demise and dispose Of the same, or any part thereof, as well as any other property this corporation possesses, be seized of or be entitled to; to carry on banking business to borrow money and con- tract to repay the same at such time or times and with such rate of interest as its Board of Directors deem proper and see fit; and to mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property which this corporation may here after acquire, to secure payment Of such money with interest or to secure the pay ment of any debt of this corporation with such interest thereon as it may be legally ob- hged to pay.
 The amount of the capital stock or tnlS cor poration shall be five hundred thousand dol lars, divided into twenty thousand shares of the par value of twenty-five dollars each, and the time when and the conditions upon which it is to be paid, as follows, to-wit:
 The whole thereof, immediately upon mak ing subscription therefor and the said stock shall be fully paid for before issued, and non assessable thereafter.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness to which this corporation is to subject itself, or become liable for, is the sum of twenty thou sand dollars.
 The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this corporation.
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 The affairs of this corporation are to be, and they shall be conducted by Board of Directors consisting of four persons, who shall be elected annually in April by the stockholders from among their number, at such time, and in such manner, shall be prescribed by the Bylaws of this corpora tion, and no person shall be eligible to the of flee of director unless he is a stockholder in this corporation.
 The following named persons who are sub- scribers to the capital stock of this corpora tion. shall constitute the Board of Directors