Arizona republican., 1902-08-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE THE GRAND PIERRE LEAD S2 ZINC MINING COMPANY"

Know All Men By These Presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corpora tors are: $. N. Hecht, Tony I;. Kerr. Hen ry B. Pierce. Frank Staubitz, Walter F. Pierce, Ernest Lackey, and D. G. Thompson, and the name of the corpo- ration shall be The Grand Pierre Lead & Zinc Mining Company. The princi- pal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory oi Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of GoIcOnda in the State of Illinois, at which meetings of the Beard of Directors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Di- rectors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: l To make contracts, to purchase,
 lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- Quire. own, exchange, sell or otherwise i dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothe- cate, and deal in real estate and any
 and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, min eral lands. oil, gas, asphaltum, petro- leum, asbestos, salt, water and water ! rights and machinery, and to work
 mine, explore, operate and develop the 1 same: to do d general real estate, man ufacturing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations: to borrow | money and execute notes. bonds, mort i Sages, or deeds of trust to secure the | same, and to exercise in respect Of all | such bonds, mortgages. notes, shares 1 of capital stock and other securities
 and oblSa tions any and all rights ! powers and privileges of individual owners thereof including the right tc
 vote upon any shares of stock held by 1 it to the same extent that d natural i person might CT could do; and in gen. eral to do all things necessary to the
 proper conduct of the business of this | where not inconsistent with the laws
 of the United States and the Territory
 of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount ot capital stock of this corporation shal
 be seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand
 dollars ($150 00G. .00) Ci-ided into Sever
 Hundred and fifty thousand shares O
 the par value of One dollars (S1.OO . Ga n Directors may by resolution direct
 said capital stock shall be paid int this corporation either in cash or b!
 the sale and transfer to it of real o personal property for the uses and pur
 poses of said corporation, in paymcn
 for which shares of the capital stock c
 said corporation may be issued and tn capital stock SO issued shall there upon and thereby become ami be full.
 paid up and non-assessab!e, ard in tn
 absence of actual fraud in the trans action, the judgment of the Director as to the value of the property pur chased shall te conclusive.
 ? Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be tn date of the filing of these Articles O lncorpo ra ton in the office Of the Secre tary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five year p thereafter
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora
 ton shall lc conducted by q Board e :, seven directors and the following name
 shall constitute the Beard of Director
 until their successors are elected: : : N- Hecht. Tony R. Kerr, Henry |
 Pierce, Frank Staubitz. Walter |. 9 Pierce, Ernest Lackcy. D. C. Thomp ] son. Thereafter the Board of Direct ors shall be elected from among tn
 stockholders as the bylaws of the cor poration may provide. The officers O
 said corporation until their successor