The news-herald., 1902-10-25
ARTICLES OF Incorporation
of the
COLONIAL COPPER COMPANY.

! KNOW ALI. MEN By THESE PRESENTS:
/ That we, whose hands are hercunto affixed, do
hereby associate ourselves together for the
purpose OF forming corporation under the
laws Of the Territory OF Arizona, and to that
end make the following statement:
FIRST: The names OF the incorpOrntOrS
are Ora f. Chaplin, William w. Gorham and
/ Thaddeus S. Alice, and the name of the cOrpor-
alton shall be The Colonial Copper Company.
The principal place in which the business of
said corporation within the Territory of Ar-
zona is to be transacted is at Phoenix, Mari
copa county, Arizona, and the principal place
OF business of said corporation outside OF the
Territory of Arizona shall be the City OF Chi
cago, in the State of Illinois, at which meet
ings OF the Board of Directors may be held and
the corporation may have such branch Offices
either within or without the Territory OF Ar-
zona as may be established by the Board OF
| Directors.
SECOND: The general nature of the business
| proposed 10 be transacted by this corporation
| is as follows:
To make contracts, to purchase lease, bond
locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange,
sell or otherwise dispose Of, pledge, mortgage,
hypothecate and deal in real estate and any
and all kinds of personal property, mines,
| mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil
gas, asphaltum petroleum, asbestos, salt
| water and water rights and machinery
and to work, mine, explore, operate and de
| velop the same; to do Al general real estate
manufacturing and mercantile business; to
own, handle and control letters patent and in
ventions and shares Of capital stock OF other
| corporations; to borrow money and execute
notes, bonds, mortgages, or deeds of trust to Sc
cure the same and to exercise in respect to all
such bonds mortgages notes, shares of ear pital
| stock and other securities and obligations any
\ and all rights, powers and privileges of ndi-
! vidual owners thereof, including the right to
vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the
some extent that II natural person might or
could do to construct, erect, build buy, sell,
| operate or dispose of bridges, waterwOrks,
smeltets, concentrators or other property, to
construct, erect, build, buy, SELL Operate and
dispose OF any railroad tramway, turnpike or
canal, as may be necessary to lead from the
principal works or place of business of the
corporation 10 any existing navgable stream
or any existing railroad. turnpike or public
highway; and to doall and every act and thing
necessary, incident or pertaining to the fore
gong Articles OF Interpretations and in gener-
al TO do all things necessary to the proper con
duet OF the business Of this corporation in the
Territory and else ewherc not inconsistent
with the laws OF the United States and the Ter
ritory of Arizona.
THIRD: The authorized amount of the capi-
tai stock of this corporation Shall be two mil
non fVe hundred thousand dollarS-$2 800 OCO--
divided into two million five hundred thous-
and-2,5oO, 600 shares of the par value OF one
dollar-$l .00-each At such time as the Board
OF Directors may bp resolution direct said
capital stock Shall be paid into this corpora
ton either in cash or by the sale and transfer
10 II OF real and personal property for the uses
ana purposes OF said corporation, in payment
Tor which shares of the capital stock of said
corporation may be issued, and the capital
stock so issued shall thercupon and thereby be-
come ana De FULLY paid up and worcestershire
and in the absence of actual fraud in the tran
sacuon the judgement of the directors as to
the value OF the property purchased shall be
conclusive
| FOURTH: The time of the commencement
OF this corporation shall be the date of the fill
ing OF these articles of incorporation in the
office of the Secretary of State of Arizona. and
| the termination thereof shall be twenty five
! years thereafter.
| FIFTH: The affairs OF this corporation shall
be conducted by board of seyen-7-directors
and the following named shall constitute the
Board OF Directors until their successors are O.
| lected: Eugene r. Willard Jodn s. Mclean. G
a. Harter, Arthur f. Woolsey, Thaddeus s. AL
Ice, Ora F.. Chaplin and William W Gorham
Ana the board OF directors shall have power
to appoint an executive board of three-3
members from their own number whose acts
shall be binding upon the board OF directors
and upon the company, and the following
named shall constitute the executive board un-
| I'll their successors are elected: Eugene r Will
ard, Ora +. Chaplin and William W. Gorham.
Thereafter the Board OF Directors shall be g.
! lected from among the stockholders as the by-
| laws OF the corporation provide and the exec
utive board shall thereafter be elected by the
board OF directors, as the bylaws of the corpo-
ration provide. The officers of said CORPORA
| ton, until their successors are elected shall
be: William W. Gorham, President; G. A. Har-
| ter, Vice President; Eugene R. Willard. Secre
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