The news-herald., 1902-10-18
ARTICLES OF incorporation
of the
COLONIAL COPPER COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN By THESE PRESENTS;
That we, whose hands are hereunto xed 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 incOrporat0rs
are Ora f. Chaplin, William W Gorham and
Thaddeus s. Alice and the name OF the corpor
alton shal be The Colonial Copper Company
The principal place in which the business Of
said corporation within the Territory Of Ari-
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 Ari-
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 ard de-
velop the same; to do a general real estate
manufacturing and mercantile business; to
own, handle and control letters patent and III
ventions and shares OF capital stock OF other
corporations; to borrow money and execute
cure the same and to exercise in respect to all
such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares OF capital
stock and other securities and obligations any
and ali rights, powers and privileges Of indi-
vidual owners thereof including the right to
vote upon any shares OF stock held by it to the
some extent that a natural person might or
could do; to construct erect, build, buy, sell
operate or dispose OF bridges, waterworks,
smeltets, concentrators, or other property, 10
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 to any existing navigable stream
or any existing railroad, turnpike or public
highway; and to do all and every actand thing
necessary, incident or pertaining to the fore.
going Articles OF Incorporation: and in gener-
duct OF the business of this corporation in the
Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent
with the laws OF the United States and the Ter
ritory OF Arizona
THIRD: The authorized amount OF the cani
tai stock OF this corporation shall be two mil
lion five hundred thousand dollars-$2. .50O. .0(O-
divided into two million five hundred thOus-
and-2,5o 1000 shares of the par value OF one
1O11o
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
to it of real and personal property for the uses
and purposes of said corporation, in pavment
for which shares of the capital stock of said
corporation may be issued, and the capital
stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be-
come and be fully paid up and non-assessabla,
and in the absence of actual fraud III the tran
section 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 sevcn-7-direct0rs
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 Z. Woo;sey, Thaddeus S. Al
lee Ora z. Chaplin and William W. Gorham
And 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 nm
til their successors are elected: Eagene r VIII
ard Ora E. Chaplin and William W Gorham.
| Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be O.
lected from among the stockholders as the by
laws OF the corporation provide, and the exec
utve 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. 4. Hnr-
ter, Vice President; Eugene L. Willard Secre-
tary; Ora /, Chaplin. Treasurer No director