Arizona republican., 1901-08-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE COPPER MINING & MILLING COMPANY.


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we, whose hands are hereurto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming q corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names os the corpora : tors are:
 l.. D. Mccall,
 H. A. Hull.
 J. k. Hastings.
 and the name of the corporation shall be Bismarck Copper Mining and Mill ing Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, or such other place as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wlt:
 To purchase. lease, bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge mort . gage, hypothecate and deal in mines, mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil. gas, asphaltur. petroleum. water and water rights and to work, mine, explore and develop the same; to do a general real estate and mercantile business; to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and in gen. eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and else where, not inconsistent with the laws Of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorize3 amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (s1 ,25O. .C0O.O0) divided into 1,250,O0O shares of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) each At such time as the Board of Directors may by reso- lutlon direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it Of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of safi corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable.
 FOURTH The time of the com mencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona and the termina- tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by Board of Seven O Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the corporation.
 SIXTH: The highest amount of in- dobte!ness CT liability. direct or con- tingent. 10 which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Five Thou sand Dollars G5.GOO.O0)
 SEVENTH: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this seth day of July. 1901.
 L. D. MCCALL (Seal)
 IT. A. HULL (Seal)
 J. R. HASTINGS. (SeaL) State of Illinois, County Of Cook, ss.
 On this 30th day of July. in the year 1901 before mo. Fred L. Golf, a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid residing therein. duly com missioned and sworn. personally ap- peared l.. D. Mccall, II A. Hull and J. F. Hastings. known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowl- edged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considera- tions therein expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 (Seal) FRED l.. GOFF,
 Notary Public. My commission eyTireS May 9Sth Iq04