Arizona republican., 1902-12-31
tTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE FIDELITY MINING COMPANY

now All Men by These Presents,
 we, whose hands are hereunto
 ed. do hereby associate ourselves
 ther for the purpose of forming
 oration under the laws O. the ter
 of Arizona, and to that end xe the following statement:
 rst: The names of the corporators
 George P. Smith. Alvah K. Pot
 Timothy E. Ellsworth, Augustus
 hathaway. Leonard H. Groesbeck,
 ard H. OHara, Clarence NJ. How
 and the name of the corporation II be the Fidelity Mining Company.
 principal place in which the busi- $ of said corporation within the Ter ,ry of Arizona is to be transacted Phoenix, MaricOpa county. Arizona. nd the principal place of business of aid corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Buffalo, in the State of New York, at which meetings of the board of directors may ee 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- ectors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise aC- quire, own, exchange, sell or other wise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hy- pothecate 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 n,s, ,f,,., plore. operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate, manufact- uring 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. mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, n rtgages. notes, shares of cap ital sto and other securities and ob- gation ny and all rights, powers Id r. tViIesSs' of individual owners
 if, including the right to vote ,ati ny shares of stock held by it to
 same extent that a natural person
 htor could do; and in general to do
 N'"~- -CeSsary to the proper con
 ,he business of this corporation
 erritory and elsewhere. not in
 " with the laws of the United
 And the Territory of Arizona.
 {: The authorized amount of
 stock of this corporation shall
 lion dollars (s5,OOO OOO.OO), di-
 O five million shares of the
 ne of ore dollar (S1.OO) each. At
 Ae as the board of directors
 -esolution direct. said capital
 nall be paid into this corporation
 n cash or by the sale and trans
 it of real or personal property
 2, uses and purposes of said cor
 n. in payment for which shares
 capital stock of said corporation 'ay be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and nom assessable and judgment of the direc- tors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the sec retary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs or this corpora tion shall be conducted by a board of seven @ directors. and the following named shall constitute the board of di rectors until their successors are elected: George P. Smith. Alvah K. Potter. Timothy E.. Ellsworth. Angus tus J. Hathaway. Leonard Fl. Groes- beck, Edward H. O'Hara. Clarence M. Howard.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected srSa. among the st,SS- holders as the bylaws of the corpor-