Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-19


unto set my hand and affixed my Off
ella! seal this Fourteenth day of July.
4. ID 1909
w, RAYNOLDS.
Secretary of New Ncxico.
Know all men by these presents
That we, George Crocker Charles Hall
Wheeler ana Morris T.. Brewer. resi-.
dents and citizens of the State of Min.
ntsota, Tor the purpose Of forming d
corporation under the laws of the Ter
rltory OF New Mexico have duly exc
cuted and acknowledged the follow
ing statement and articles OF incorpor.
alton
lst-rhe name of this corporation
shall be the Montezuma Copper com.
pany
md The lbjects for which this cor.
pordtion is formed aud Incorporated
are to purchase. locate. lease. bond or
otherwise acquire mines and mining
properties, lode claims. placer claims.
lode veins and deposits. and 20 sell or
otherwise deal In or dispose of same;
and 10 carry on the business of mining.
milling, quatyinE. tunneling and tram
ming or railroading as well as buying
ana selling, assaying, sampling, smolt-
inI. treating ana reducing lead gold.
silver, copper and other ores and refn-
ing bullion. and to construct or pur.
chase, use, operate and maintain all
necessary buildings, mills. machinery.
refncries, smCltcrs, water and water
rights or other contrivances necessary
or convenient therefor. and 10 lay ont,
construct, operate and maintain
bitches. roads. tramways or railroads
nee ossary and incident to the purposes
hgy g. g,,. -, 10Th
rights of way therefor by purchase.
condemnation or otherwise: also TO
purchase. sell OF otherwise ieal in
stocks and bonds or either of other
companies formed for any OF the pur
poses herein named. and generally to
10 any and all things necessary or de-
sirablc for the promotion of the bust.
ness OF the company. and T. carry into
effect the objects aforesaid
3rd. The amount of the capital
stock of this corporation shall he Five
Hundred Thousand Dollara $500 .000)
and the sane shall be divided INTO hve
hundred thousand shares of one Dol.
Lar $1,000 each.
ith.--I his -uif ura;ion shall cen
tinue to exist for the full period of fifty
years. unless sooner legally dissolved.
5th.-The principal place of business
of this corporation within the Terri
tory Of New Mexico shall he al Alhu-
querQue in the County of Bcrnalillo.
but iuasmuch as il is contemplated
that a majority Of It's stock viii Ice
held and owned in the State of Min.
nesota it's principal business Office
shall De AT Mime apolis in said State
and the regular and special meetings
of It's Board OF Directors and of its
Stockholders may ht held II either of
said places as may Ice provided 10y the
by laws of said corporation. u deter.
mined from time 10 time 10y its Board
OF Directors
Gth-The business and Affairs OF
this corporation shall be under the
control and management of a Board OF
six directors, elected annually and
who shall hold Office for one year and
until their successors ere elected The
time and manner of election shall be
prescribed by the by laws. In ease Of
vacancy in the Board a majority of
the actual members shall constitute u
quorum, Tor the purpose of filling the
vacancy. The names and residences
OF the persons composing the first
Board of Directors, who shall hold
office for the period OF three months
and until their successors are elected
are as follows, viz:
Morris L Brewer
Charles Hall Wheeler
Leonard Is Thompson
David Nee Scrihner
sofa and
II r. Taylor and
Cyrus NcDaniels
If Common IFfI1 Valencia
Mexico.
The frs, meeting of stockholders
shall be held az the office Of Charles
II Wheeler IN the Minnesota Loan a.
Trust Company Building IN Minneap
oils, Minnesota, on Thursday. August
18th 1902. at 80 O'Clock m. of which
all stockholders shall take notice and
no further or other notice thereof shall
be required or given.
7th This corporation may com
menco business whenever its Board of
Directors shall so determine and it's
stock when issued shall bc and remain
fully paid and worcestershire. This
corporation shall he incapable Of Dor
rowing money or of mourning any in
dehtcdncss beyond the amount of its
actual cash on hand belonging To II
and available on demG nd. or In its
treasury, and the funds so available.
or in the treasury shall be az once set
apart To be applied as needed, 10 meet
any obligation so incurred. except.
however. that a money Indebtedness
which shall not exceed "A total Of FIJI
teen Hundred Dollars tsl5oO0O1, at
any time may be created by the Board
OF Directors In their discretion, and
said Board may also incur obligations
and enter into contracts requiring pay
mCnt in the treasury stock of said
Company
Sth-Tho officers of this corporation
| SHALL he a President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer, To be elected
annually by the Board Of Directors,
and any two of said Offices, except the
/ 6rst two, may be neld by the same per
son. The duties of each shall be pre-
scrinod by the by laws, but all certif
cafes of stock shall he signed bN the