Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-13
Articlss Of Incorporation OF Iona Verde
Copper COMPANY.

We, the undersigned, E. Frank Campbell, c.
Modini- Wood Thos. c. Paxton, A. L. Driseoli,
and Timothy j. Driscoll hereby voluntarily as
sociate ourselves together and adopt the follow
ing articles OF incorporation for the purpose of
forming corporation under the laws OF the
Territory Of Arizona, United States OF America
And we do hereby certify:
Article /.
That the name of this corporation shall be
Iona Verde Copper Company, and its princi-
pal place for tansacting business shall be at
Tucson, Pima county. Territory of Arizona, but
the corporation purposes TO carry ON business
in the state OF California and TO maintain an
office at Los Angeles. in the state of California
at which latter place meetings of the stock
holders and directors may be held.
Article H.
That the purposes for which this corporation
shall be formed are: ~ to purchase, locate,
rent, and otherwise acquire, to hold, own
operate and mine, 10 sell, lease, and otherwise
dlspose OF mining claims, mineral rights, oil
wells, and real estate, and interests and rights
In any OF said properties; t2J to purchase, rent
and otherwise acquire to hold, own, sell. lease
and otherwise dispose OF, to mine Tor, take out
and extract smelt, reduce, and otherwise treat,
for it elf and also for other persons or corpor-
atoms. minerals oils, petroleum, natural gas,
asphaltum, bitnmen and other mineral and
hydro-carbo substances; ; Is, to erect purchase
rent, and otherwise acquire, to hold, own
operate for itself and also for other persons or
corporations, to sell. lease, and otherwise dis
pose OF smelters, concentrators, and other
machinery, pipes, pipe lines, Gonduits for the
conveyance OF air, steam, electricity, water
and any other substance, buildings and all
appliances for mining, reducing refining con-
centrating. smelling, and otherwise treating
minerals and hydro-carbon substances; al
to hold, own, lease, and operate for mining
purposes, bitches and fumes, trams tram
ways, trolley lines cars boats and other means
OF transportation; 81 to erect, purchase, rent,
and otherwise acquire, to hold, own, lease, and
operate steam plants, electric plants water
plants, and other plants for the generation OF
y.,tIl ,fa
mills all of which for itself, and also for other
persons and corporations; ta1 to purchase,
rent, and otherwis Sc acquire, to hold, own, sell,
lease, and otherwise dispose of wa ter and water
rights, and to drill, bore and exeayate water
wells; 90 to acquire by purchase or In any
other manner, to hold, own, sell and otherwise
dispose OF shares, bonds or mortgages OF other
corporations; tS) to purchase or otherwise ac-
quire, to hold, sell or otherwise dispose OF gen.
eral merchandise, groceries, dry goods boots,
and shoes, hardware, mining and other machj.
merry and implements, as wen as real and per-
sonal property incident to the trading and
traficking in the aforesaid commodities; ;f9)
also to ref inc distil. and otherwise treat, pipe
and store for itself and also for other persons
on corporations, acquire, hold and dispose OF
natural gas, asphaltum and other hydrocarbon
n6 ana ior such purposes to purchase
ate pipe lines, tanks, cars, boats, and all other
appliances and means Of transportation that
may be incident to or auxiliary to said pur-
pose or may be deemed necessary or convenient
by the board of directors.
Article Ill.
That the amount of capital stock authorized
to be issued shall be one million dollars l$l,-
C30,OOO) and the number of shares into which IL
shall be divided shall be one million Il coo OOOl
of the par value of one dollar 81 10 each which
capital stock shall be paid in property receiy-
ed, services rendered. or money, upon the call
OF the board OF directors, and II shall forever
be non .assessable, and each certificate when
issued shall state upon its face the number of
shares represented thereby, and that the same
are fully paid and non -assessable.
Article ".
That the date of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the date of the filing of
these articles with the county recorder of the
aforesaid county of Pima, and the corporation
snail exist twenty-five years from its commen-
cement.
Article V.
That the affairs of this corporation shall be
conducted by board of directors, com posed of
nVe stockholders, who shall be elected on the
hrst Monday OF May, 1902, and until such cleo
uon, +. Frank Campbell, resident of Los Ange-
les, California; G. Modini- Wood, resident of
Los Angeles, California; Thos. C. Paxton, re-
sldent OF Los Angeles, California; A. Il. Dris-
coll, resident OF Tucson, Arizona, and Timothy
J. DriScoll, resident of Tucson, Arizona shall
De The directors of this corporation. The d-
rec'ors shall have power to fill all vacancies in