Arizona republican., 1902-04-16

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. S. M. McCOW- AN. w. E. DEITY, P. SANDOVAL, w. C. FOSTER, l.. H. CHALMERS, JOHN HENDERSON, and R. H. GREENE. the undersigned for the purpose of forming a corporation un- der the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona, United States of America, have adopted. signed and acknowledged these Articles of Incorporate
 The names of the incorporators of this corporati tion are s. M. MCGOWAN, w. E. DEITY, P. SANDOVAL, w. c. FOSTER, L. H. CHALMERS, JOHN HENDERSON, and R. H. GREENE, and the name of this corporation and by which it shall be known Is THE ARIZONA MEXICAN COPPER COM PANY. and it's principal place of trans acting business is and shall be the City of Phoenix, County of Maricopa, Ter ritory of Arizona, and it shall have branch offices in such place or places in 1 the, United States of America, or in the United States of Mexico, or in any for eign country that the Board of Direc- tors of this corporation may hereafter designate.
 l The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is mining, and as incidental thereto this corpora tion proposes to acquire by location. purchase or otherwise, mines of silver. gold, copper, lead, coal and mines of all other kinds and nature whatsoever, and to operate, lease or sell the same; to erect and maintain mills, reductio1 works, concentrators, concentra ting -nply 6 oil 1-i, dC if ot,,i1 and milling machinery; to acquire, construct. own and operate railways. tramways. turnpikes and canals to lead from it's principal works or place of business to some navigable stream, or to some existing railroad, turnpike or public highway; to erect operate and maintain boarding houses, hotels; to do a general merchandise and banking business; to acquire by purchase, To- cation and in any other lawful man. Ter. real estate. lands. town sites and III ether kinds of property, real, per- sonal and mixed, and to dispose of the same: to lay out, construct and ac ruire by purchase, or in any other law ful manner. and accept, hold, possess, enjoy. operate and use franchises from any foreign country or state, or any St1te o- Territory of the United States, or any county or municipal CT private corpora tion. local or foreign, also owr. use and hold wagon roads. mills fac tories, houses, capital stock and bonds o corporations, chattels, goods, wares and merchandise. choses in action; to buy. manufacture. sell and deal in all .>inGs of property, real, personal and mixed. also electrical appliances for driving machinery. motor power for oil 1ir1Q nv md al nf me chanical appliances where electricity is : applicable, telephones and telegraph lines. electric lines: transacting any and all kinds of business which may be . transacted by a natural person; to bor row money and contract to repay the same at suCn time or times, and with such rate or rates of interest as its Board of Directors deem proper and rec fit; and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the prop erty which this corporation may here after acquiIe; to secure payment of any such money, with interest. or to secure the payment of any such debt of this corporation, with such interest thereon as it may be legally obligated to pay; and to do all and every act necessary, incident or convenient to the proper transaction Of the business for which this corporation is organized ] within the limits of the said Territory of Arizona. or in any State in the United States of America, or in any foreign country.
 III.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing of these articles for record in the office of the County Recorder of the : of Q ric in, of Arizona, and the termination there of shall be twenty-five (25) years there after.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Three Million (3,000, ,C00) Dollars divided into three hundred thousand (300,000) shares, ot the par value of Ten 00) Dollars each. and the said capital stock shall be is sued upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of said cor poration may hereinafter direct.
 V.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by d Board of Directors consisting of seven @ persons, each of whom must be a stockholder of this corporat tion, and shall be elected annu- ally on February 18th by the stock ! nOlueTS Ol lnlS COTpOFdllOn at SuCn time and manner as shall be prescribed by the bylaws of this corporation, ex- cept as herein provided as 10 the first Board of Directors; and it is further provided that no director of this cor pora tion shall continue, as such after he ceases to be a stockholder.
 Said Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies in their number, and may appoint or elect such officers, agents. committee or com mittees, to aid in the management of their business and in the conducting of the affairs of said corporation as they may see fit. and vest in such off, cers. agents, committee CT committees as such power as they may deem eEpe- dient.
 The following named persons. who are subscribers hereto, shall act as