Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF TltB Bob Tail Mines Company.

Othce of the Secretary, United States of America,
 Territory of Arizona,
 1, Charles ri Akers Secretary of the Ter. ritory ot Arizona, do hereby certify, that the ann Sed is true and complete transcript Of
 the Articles oi Incorporation of the BObtail Mines Company which Was filed in this otfice the 2l st day oi February, A. D., 1901, at o'clock, r. m. provided Gy law, In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set
 my hand and affixed the Great Seal af th Territory of Ariz ma. Done at the city of
 Phoenix, the capital, this Fist day of Feb
 ruary. A. IT,, 1901 c. H. AKERs, Seal Secretary of the Territory of Arizona. l. R. Ten cent stamp lcanceled.l
 Know all men by these presents.-That we { Charls E. FO,ce and W w Bruokner, whr SC
 names are hereto -ubscribed for the purpose oi transac ing the business hereinafter set forth, do hereby associate ourselves as and into body corporate under the provisions of Chapter Title l2, of the Revised Statute- ot the Territory of Arizona, and do hereby certfy:-
 Artic q 1. That the name of this Corpora tion shall be the Bnbtail Mines Company,
 md that the principal place of business shall be Globe, Arizona, with an agency and trans. i fer office in the city of Minneapolis, Mime sDta. and such other cities for the issuing and tran ferring of stock, as shall be hereinafter provided by the Board of Directors. The corporation also proposes to carry on business
 m any of the States and Territories of the U nited States that may be found necessary l for the proper conduct of its affairs.
 Nrt cle 2 That the object of this corpora. ! tipn and busIn to be transacted is the locat- ing and purchs ing of metal mines and min
 era lands. locating town sites in mining re- | -,ions, opening, eQuipping ani developing such mines and lands, It shall have the power tn exchange mining and corporate stocks, tO construct tunnels from canyons or | .:nlches, or to sink shafts for the developing fl such mines, ta locate mill sites andtO con. struct and establish mill buildings, to install
 machinery, and to own and operate stamp | mills, concentrators, and smelters, and all ! kinds of mills and machinery used in the
 business of mining: to acquire, build, main. | tain, operate and dispose of pipe lines for the | conducting of water and fluids of every des- cription; to cqure, hold, enjoy, and dispose
 nf right of way for the purpose thereof and ! ther purposes; to borrow and loan money on reliable security; to purchase. sell and deal in
 -ureties, bonds and stock of every descrip- | tiun; and generally to acquire, hold, manage, i m prove and dispose of real and personal pro l perty, and to do such other things as may be | necessary and proper for the full and complete 1 execution of the purposes set forth above and I for the exercise of the powers and transaction ! of the business of this corporation. including mining manufacturing, and road building, for i which We have hereby associated ourselves; | and to do any and all things necessary to rarry on the aforesaid business and to con. | meet them with the commeyce of the world ! Article 3 The amount of the Capital l Stock of his corporation shall be Nine Hun ! fred and Fifty Thousand lS9l0, GOO .00) dol | lars divided into Nine Hundred and Fifty | Thousand l950,000) shares of the par value of
 nne tsl 0Oi dollar each, eight hundred thou
 sand lSOO, ,000j of which shall be set apart and | known as Treasury Stock. and shall not be voted while held as such, but when sold and entered upon the books of the company and
 rash stock, or other property received for l same, which amount is to be paid at the | time. and in the manner and upon the terms | fixed by the Board of Directors, into the i Treasury nf the Company, then then the | shares so sold shall have the same voting
 power that each and every other share has ] Article 1. That this Corporation shall be- | gin business upon the Twenty ninth day of
 January 1901, and shall terminate the end
 of twt nty-ti five years from and after that date. l Article ,. That the management and con ] iuct of the business of this Corporation shall i he by a Board of not less than three, or more l than seven Directors who must each and all
 he stockholders That the officers of this | Corporation shall consist of President,
 Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,
 who shall be elected at the annual meeting of
 the stockholders after the election of the l Board If Directors, Tn each year on or after
 the last Tuesday m January. They shall be
 members of the Board of Directors, and shall
 he elected to their respective offices by the | Board of Directors. The first annual cleo
 tion of this Corporation shall be held on the
 ast Tuesday in January, 1902, and antil
 said first election the following named per
 sons shall be such officers and directors, who
 shall act until their successors are elected and
 qualfed:
 | President, Dr. J F. Force,
 Vice President, John Nj Rees
 l Secretary, Charles F. Force
 | Treasurer, Fred w. Dean,
 Directors Dr. ! F. Force, John NJ. Rees, i Charles E. Force and Fred w. Dean.
 Article 6. The highest amount of indebt- edness of this corporation shall not at any 1 time exceed such an amount as the par value
 of one-ten,h of it's Capital Stock, and no con 1 tracts shall be made for the expenditure of
 over One Thousand sl, ,00000) dollars with
 ont the authority of the Board of Directors. ! Article That the private property of each and every stockholder of said corpora
 tion is to be exempt from all corporate debts, and this, regardless of whether any annual or
 other reports are made by the directors, or other
 officers of the said corporation to any officers ! nf any county, state or territory under any l local or general law whatever of this territory
 or of any other state or territory; that the
 said corporation shall have the authority to
 hold all such real and personal property as 1 shall be necessary to conduct it's business ' That these articles may he altered or amend 1 ed by three fourths vote of all shares of stock
 subscribed at any regular or special meeting
 called for that purpose after giving at loast
 twenty days notice of the same, and stating l the purpose for which such special meeting
 is being called, by mailing letter to the last