Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-11
Articles Of Incorporation Of Iona Verde
COpDer COMPANY.

Copper Company.
| We, the undersigned, K. Frank Campbell, G..
| Modini- Wood, Thos. G. Paxton, A. Z. Driscoll,
and Timothy J. Driscoll hereby voluntarily as
| sociate ourselves together and adopt the follow
| ing articles OF incorporation for the purpose Of
| forming q 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 It's princi-
| pal place for tlansaeting 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 ii.
That the purposes for which this corporation
| shall be formed are: ~ TO purchase, locate,
rent, and otherwise acquire, to hold, own,
| operate and mine, to sell, lease, and otherwise
dispose OF mining claims, mineral rights, oil
wells, and real estate, and interests and rights
in any OF said properties: t2p to purchase, rent,
| and otherwise acquire to hold, own, sell. lease
and otherwise dispose OF, to mine Ior, take out
| and extract, smelt, reduce, and otherwise treat,
for itself and also for other persons or corpor-
ations. minerals, oils petroleum. natural gas,
| asphaltum, bitumen and other mineral and
| hydrocarbon substances t3J 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 smeiters, coneentrators; and other
| 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, hydroearbon substances; tiJ
to erect, purchase, rent, and otherwise acquire,
to hold, own, lease, and operate for mining
purposes, bitches and fumes, trans, tram,
ways, trolley lines, cars, boats and other means
of transportation; Sd TO erect. purchase, rent
and otherwise acquire, TO hold, own, lease, and
operate steam plants, electrie-p plants, water
piants, and other plants for the generation oil
power. saw mills, stamp-mtlls. and all other
mills. all of which for Itself. and also for other
persons and corporations: t6) 10 purchase
rent, and otherwise acquire, TO hold, own, sell
lease, and otherwise dispose of water and water
rights, and TO drill, bore and excavate water
wells; t7) 10 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 mach
merry and implements, ~ well as real and per
sonal property incident to the trading and
tTRfieking in the Aforesaid commodities; { 9
also to refine distil, and otherwise treat, pipe
and store for itself and also for other persons
on corporations, acquire, hold and dispose o
natural gas, asphRltum and other hydrocaf fbor
substances and for such purposes to purchase
and otherwise acquire, TO hold, own, and oper
ate pipe lines, tanks, cars, boats, and all Othel
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 III.
That the amount of capital stock authorized
to be issued shall be one million dollars Isl
000, ,000) and the number OF shares into which i
shall be divided shall be one million lOoO, 900
OF the par value OF one dollar 81 10 each which
capital stock shall be maid in property receiv
ed, services rende red or money upou the cal
of the board OF directors, and 1t shall foreve
be non -assessable, and each certificate wheI
Issued shall state upon its face the uumber o.
shares represented thereby, and that the sam,
are fully paid and worcestershire.
Article ".
| That the date of the commencement of thi
corporation shall be the date OF the filing o
these articles with the county recorder of th'
aforesaid county of Pima, and the corporation
shall exist twenty-five years from It's commen
cement
4 Article v.
That the affairs OF this corporation shall b,
conducted by board of directors, com posed 0
hye stockholders, who shall be elected on tn,
frst Monday of May, 1902 and until such elec
tion, L; Frank Campbell, resident OF Los Ange
les, California; G. Modini- Wood, resident o
Los Angeles, California; Thos. C. Paxton re
sident OF Los Angeles, California; A. f. Dris
coll, resident of Tucson, Arizona and Timoth,
J. Driseoll, resident OF Tucson, Arizona, shai
rectors shall have power to ill all vacancies IL
the board. and shall hold until the election
and qualification of their SUCCESSORS
Article VI.
That the officers of this corporation shall b,
| president, vice president, secretary and trea
snrer, TO be elected bv the board of directors
ana such other Offices as the board may elect
Article VII
That the highest amount of Indebtedness ol
liability to which this CORPORATION shall sub
lset itself shall be twenty thousand dollars
/ ArticI. VIII
Thst the private property of each stockholdel
OF this corporation shall be EXEMPT from any
and all corporation debts.
I Article TX.
That the articles OF incorporation NAV he
amended by consent of the stockholders hold
ing two-thirds of the stock issued by this cor
poration, voting therefor, at any regular meet
ing OF the stoc kholders, or at any special meet
ing called ior tnat purpose, and such amend
oil said county of Pima, and printed as required
by law.
/ Article X.
That by laws may be adopted at a meeting q,
the stockholders called for tnAt purpose by
the consent of the stockholders holding two
| thirds OF the stock issued by this coop0ration
voting therefor. or by the assent of ali The
| stock ckholders expressed in writing without such
mes.ing' ann ainended at any time iu the same
manner. The election OF directors and the an
nual meeting of stockholders may be held on
the first Monday of May of each wear and AT nj
4 fiCGkthss vi sLOCknUlUeFS sLOCk be
| sented and voted by proxy.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto get
our hands and seals this sth day of April IAN
+. Frank Campbell,
| {. Modini Wood
Thos. c. Paxton
A. E. Driscoll
| Timothy J. Driscoll
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
| County OF Los Angeles ~
On this sth day of April in the wear one
| thousahd nine hundred and one, before me Ed
ward L. Hutchison notary public in and for
| the county OF Los Angeles, state of California
personally appeared Il. Frank Campbell q
Modinl- "ood and Thos C. Paxton, known IN
me 70 be the same persons whose names are
suocrlped 10 and Who executed the foregoing
instrument, and who Severally duly acknow
| ledged to me that they executed the aforesaid
articles OF incorporation of the Iona Verde
copper Company for the purposes and consi.
derat1on therein expressed
In witness whereof, | have hereunto get NV
naDd ana afiixed my official seal the day snd
year last above written. ~
Notarial Seal. EpwARI l. uTrct,rso>
Notary Public in and for said County of los
Angeles, State OF California.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
COUNTY OF PIMA ss
On this 10th day OF April in the wear ona
Thousand nine hundred and one, before me-
lhonas a: Borton, Notary Public in and for
said county OF Pima, personally appeared Tim
othy j; Drlsc0il, and A. +. Driscoll known to
me 70 De the same persons whose names are