Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Bob Tail Mines Company.


 Office of the Secretary, United States ei America,
 Territory of Arizona !
 !, Charles fl Akers Secretary of the Ter ritory ot Arizona, do hereby certify, that the annexed is a true and complete transcript of the Articles ut Incorporation of the BObtail | Mines Company, which was filed in this office the 2lst day of February, A. D., 1901 at 3 o'clock, r. m, as provided by law, In testimony whereof, l have heTeuntn set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the 1 Territory of Arizlna. Done at the city of | Phoenix, the capital. this 2lst day of Feb. ruary. \. h., 1901. C. H. AYERS, Seal Secretary of the Territory of Arizona. l. R. Ten cent .t mp tcanceled.) Know all men bv these presents:--That we Char E. FO,ce and W w Bruokner, ,wh se n ,mes are hereto subscribed for the purpose lt tran-ac ing the business hereinafter set forth, dn hereby associate ourselves as and into body corporate under oh provisions of ihapter2 Title l2, of the Revised Sta ute 4 she Territory of Arizona, and do hereby certify:-
 Artic e l. That the name of this Corpora. ,on shall be the Bobtail Mines Company, ,nrl that the principal place of business shall Ie Globe, Arizona with an agency and trans fer office in the city of Minneapolis, Mime. sott. and such other cities for the issuing and ran ferring nf stock, shall be hereinafter provided b, the Board of Directors. Tn ] corporation also proposes to carry on business ID any of the States and Territories of the
 'nited States that may be found necessary for the proper conduct nf its affairs. Nrtjce That the object ,,f this corpora ion and busIn to be transacted is the locat- ng and purchasing ot metal mines and min era lands, locating town sites in mining re ions, opening, eIuipping ani developing ,gCh mines and lands. lt shall have the power tn exchange mining and corporate stocks, to construct tunaels from canyons or qIlches, nr to sink shafts for the developing f such mines, to locate mill sites andto con- .truGt and establish mill buildings, to install machinery, and tD own and operate stamp hills, concentrators, and smelters, and all iinds of mills and machinery used in the .usiHess o' mining; to acquire, build, main ain, operate, and dispose of pipe lines for the
 pnduCtin- of water and fluids of every des.
 riptinn; to clure, hold, enjoy, and dispose ,f right of way for the purpose thereof and ,ther purpns $; to borrow and loan money on 'sliahle security; tn purchase. sell and deal in ,lreties bonds and stock of every descrip-
 ion; and generally to acquirs, hold. manage, rnprove and dispose of real ard personal pro- iertv, and to do such other things as may he ,ece ssary and proper for the full and complete xecuti1n uf the purposes set forth above and for the exercise Of the powers and transaction f the business of this corporation, including mining manufacturing and road building, for mich we have hereby associated ourselves;
 mi to do any and all things necessary to
 arry on the aforesaid business and to con lect them with the commerce of the world.
 Article The amount of the Capital Itock of his corporation shah be Nine Hun red and Fifty Thousand tS950, GOO .O0l dol trs divided into Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand i950 900 shares of the par value of me iS1 .OO, dollar each, eight hundred thou. stnd 800. .OO0j 0f which shall be set apart and ,nnwn as Treasury Stock. and shall not be voted while held as such, but when sold and -ntrred upon the books of the company and
 ash, stock ar other property received for .ane which amount is to be paid at the lime. and in the manner and upon the terms fixed by the Board of Directors, into the Treasury of the Company, then then the ihares SO sold shall have the same voting bower that ea' and every other share has.
 Article l. That this Corporation shall be- gin business upon the Twenty-ninth day of January, 1901 and shall terminate atthe end f tw, nty-tve wears from and after that date.
 Article E. That the management and con iuct of the business of this Corporation shall be bv B,,ard ot not less than three, or more ,han seven Directors, who must each and all be stockholders That the officers of this 1 Corporation shall consist of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall he elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders after the election of the Board af Directors, m 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 tinn of this Corporation shall be held on the i.o Tuasdav in 4 IQ0o and until said first election the following named per sons shall be such officers and directors, who shail act until their successors are elected and quali6ed:-
 President Dr. J F. Force,
 Vice President, John Nj Rees
 Secretary, Charles E. Force,
 Treasurer, Fred w Dean,
 Directors. pr. J F. Force, John NJ. Rees, Charles F. Force and Fred w. Dean.
 Article G. The highest amount of indebt- edness of this corporation shall not at any time exceed such an amount as the par value of one-tenih of its Capital Stock, and no con tracts shall be made for the expenditure of over One Thousand tS1, ,000 00) dollars with out the authority of the Board of Directors.
 Article That the private property of each and every stockholder of said corpora ton is to he 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 office s of any county. state or territory under any 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 ! shall be necessary to conduct its business.
 That these articles may be altered or amend ed by three-fourths vote of all shares of stock subscribed at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose after giving at least twenty days notice of the same. and stating | the purpose for which such special meeting ] is heinz called. bv mailing letter 10 the last ] known nostoffice address of each stockholder.