Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF TIRE Bob Tail Mines Company.

| United States of America,
 Territory of Ariz0ua,
 ], Charles Il. AkerS Secretary nf the Ter ritpry ot ArzAna, do hereby certify that ths ann xgd is t true and complete transcript or th" "Arti seS ut Inc rpnratiun of the Bpbtai, Mines c Inptny," which was filed in tb- uince the 2l't dtt ot February, A. D., 1901, at ; "cl''ck, .. u,. as provided by w, In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunt set my hand ant atiix-J the Great Seal of th Tvrrit ny of Arizona. Done at the city uI Phoenix, the capital, this 2lSt day of Feb. runry. !. IT,, l9G1. c. II. AKERs,
 Seal. Secretary of the Territory of Anzlna. l. R. Fen cent st amp icanceled.l
 Know all men bv these presents:-Tbat we Charl k, fo, ee and W W. Brookner, wh sr n mes are hereto subscribed for the purpose uf tr,nsac ing the business hereinafter set forth dc hereby associate ourselves as an into body corporate under the provisions ui Chapter 2 Title l2 of the Revised Sca ute If the Territory of Arizona, and do hereby certify;--
 Artic l. That the name of this Corpora tion shall be the Bobtail Mines Company and that the principal place of business shall be Globe, Arizona, with an agency and trans fer office in the city of Minneapolis, Mime. sota. and such other cities for the issuing and tran ,ferring nf 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 United States that may be found necessary for the proper conduct pf its affairs.
 Nrt cle ? That the object uf this corpora Jiln amt busln ss to be transacted is the locat ing and purcha ing of metal mines and min era lands, locating town sites in mining re -aons, opening, equipping ani developing such mines and lands It shall have the power tn exchange mining and corporate stocks, tO ennsi ruct tunnels from canyons or -nlches. or to sink shafts for the developing tf such mines to locate mill sites andto con ,truct and est ,hlish mill buildings to install machinery and to own and operate stamp mills, concentrators, and smelters, and all kinds of milla and machinery used in the business of mining; to acquire, build, main. tain, op rate, and dispose of pie lines for the conducting of water and fluids of every deS- criptinn; tp cpIre, hold, enjoy, and di,pose pf right of way for the purpose thereof and ther purpns s; to borrow and loan money on reliable security; to purchase. sell and deal in sureties, bonds and stock of every descrip- tiun; and generally to acquire, hold, manage i'm prove and dispose of real and personal pro. perty. and to do such other things as may be necessary and proper for the full and complete execution of the purposes set forth above and
  pf the business of this corporation, including mining manufacturing, and road building, for which we have hereby associated ourselves and to do any and all things necessary to narry on the aforesaid business and tu con meet them with the commerce of the world.
 Article The amount of the Capital Stock of his corporation shall be Nine Hun tired and Fifty Thousand tS9a0, GOO .00i dal- lars, divided into Nine Hundred and Fifty [ et rne lSl .00l dollar each, eight hundred thou and 800, 000l pf which shall be set apart and known as Treasury Stock. and shall not be voted while held as such, but when sold and entered upun the books of the company and ash, stsck or other property received for 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 Treasury of the Company, then then the shares SO sold shall have the same voting power that eao h and every other share has.
 Article 4. That this Corporation shall be- gin business upon the Twenty day of January, 1901, and shall terminate tthe end pf twenty-five years from and after that date.
 Article ]. That the management and con duct of the business of this Corporation shall be by B,s,rd ni not less than three, or more rhan seven Directors, who must each and all be 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 Board of Directors, m each year on or after the last Tuesday m January. They shall be members of the Board of Directors, and shall be elected to their respective offices by the Board of Directors. The first annual cleo ton of this Corporation shall be held on the ast Tuesday in January, 1902, and until said first election the following named per sons shall he such officers and directors, who hail act until their successors are elected and 1uaitied:-
 President, Dr. J F. Force,
 Vice President, John NJ Rees
 Secretary. Charles E. Force,
 T easurer. Fred w Dean,
 Directors Dr. J F Force. John M. Rees Charle. E. Force and Fred w. Dean.
 Article 6 The highest amount of indeht- edness of this corporation shall not at any time exc el such an amount as the par value ,'f on. ten h of it's Capital Stock. and no con ,racfs shall he made for the expenditure of over One Thousand iSl, GOO 00) dollars with out the authority of the Board of Directors
 Article7 That the private property of each an every stockholder of said corpora tion is to he exempt from all corporate dehts, and this, regardless of whether any annual or other reports are madeb by the directors, or other officers of the said corporation to any office 8 of any county. state or territory under any local or general law whatever of this territory or nf any other state or territory; that the said corporation shall have the authority to hold all such real and personal property as shall be necessary to conduct its business
 That these articles may be altered or amend ed by q three-fourtbs vote of all shares of stock subscribed at any regular or special meeting caLed for that purpose after giving at least twenty davs' notice of the same. and stating he nnrpnse for which surh special meeting is being called, by mailing letter to the last