The news-herald., 1902-03-01


purpose of forming . Corporation under the
laws of the Territory OF Arizona, do hereby
make. execute and adopt the following Articles
of incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
The name of said Corporation shall be THE
BUTTE COPPER COMPANY, and its principal
place of trankactinS business shall be at Phoe-
nix, MaricOpa County, Arizona, with branch
offices at New York City, and st such other
places as may be determined by the Board OF
Directors. where regular and special meetings
of the directors and stockholders may be held
and any and all of the business may be trans
acted.
The general nature Of the different kinds OF
business proposed to be transacted by this
Corporation is as follows, t0wit:
To purchase, take on lease, or acquire by
license, concession or otherwise, any lands,
mineS mineral rights, buildings. easements,
rights, privileges, machinery, plant and other
effects which the company may, from time to
time, think proper either in the state OF Mon
tana or elsewhere; to search for ore and min
erals TO explore and develop any lands which
may be in any manner acquired by the Com
pany, and TO mine and gsaDt licenses for min
ing in or over the same; to sell, lease, mort
gage or otherwise dispose OF any OF the lands,
mines or other property Of the Company; to
quarry, Smelt, refine. dress amalGamate and
prepare for market, ore. metal and mineral
substances and carry On any other operations
which may be conducive to the cOmpany's OBJ
jects; to buy, sell, manusactnFs and deal in
minerals, plant machinery, implements. pro-
visions and any merchandise or property capA-
BILE of being used in connection with mining
operations, or required by WOrkmen or others
employed by the Company; TO purchase snd
erect, lease, mortgage, sell and ma1nsa1n build
ings and works, roads, bridges. reservoirs,
water courses furnaces miIlG, crushing works
| hydraulic works, factories, waIehOuses and
other conVenienCes; 10 construct. maintain,
| lease or otherwise acquire railroads, tFamwayG,
turnpikes and canals from its principal works
| TO some naviRable stream or streams, railroads,
turnpikes or public highways; to Scquire pa
I tent rights, licenses or privileges; to acquire
| and hold stock in other companies; to manu-
| facture, purchase, or otherwise acquire, to
hold, own, mortgage. sell. assign and tranafeE
or otherwise dispose OF, good wares and meI-
chandise, and in general to carry ON both the
business Of mining and any other business
which may seem to the company capable Of be-
| ing conveniently carried on in connection
with the above OF cslculSted directly or in
directly to enhance the value OF the companys
property or rights.
ARTICLE III.
Among the powers of this body corporate
shall be: To have perpetual succession; to
sue and be sued by its corporate name; to have
| o common seal and alter the same st pleasure;
I to prescribe the mode Of making transfer OF
| stock or interests of its stockholders; to make
| cOntrActss TO acquire and transfer property of
every kind and description, both real and per-
! s0nal, aud TO possess the same powers in such
| respects as private individuals now enjoy; to
! establish bylaws and make all rules and regu-
lations deemed expedient fOx the management
of its aRsirs, not Inconsistent with the laws
and COnstitutien Oh tho United States and the
Laws Of the Territory Of Arizona.
ARTICLE ~
The a1nOunt Of capital stock of the Corpora.
ton shall be One Million dollars ($l COO 900 di.
vided into One million G1 OO0) shares, of the
| pax value of One Dollar C$1.O0) each, fully paid
| I'D and forever worcestershire.
| ARTICLE V.
| The time Of the commencement Of this Cor
p0ration shall be the date Of the filing of these
Articles of Incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary Of Arizona, and the termination
thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
! ARTICLE VI.
| The a6aiYS OF this Corporation shall be con.
Quoted by Board of seven directors, who
shall be elected annually by the stockholders
of the Corporation on the second Monday in
January in each year. Until the second Mon
| day in January, 1903, the following named per
sons shall serve Ss directors: Charles A. Leigh
| ton, Woodford Brooks, Harry L. Rodgers, Ed
ward E. Britton, Frederick II. Schroeder, Carl
Kleinschmidt, jr,, and Harry v. Rutherford