Arizona republican., 1902-08-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE THE GRAND PIERRE LEAD & ZINC MINING COMPANY"

Know All Men By These Presents: That We, whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming q corpora tion under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corpora tors are: s. N. Hecht, Tony R. Kerr, Hen " B. Pierce. Frank StaubitZ Walter R. Pierce. Ernest LacEey, and D. G. Thompson, and the name of the corpo- ration shall be The Grand Pierre Lead x Zine Mining Company. The princi- pal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory oi Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of Golconda in the State of Illinois. at which meetings of the Board of Directors may be 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- rectorS.
 Second: The general nature of the
 
 this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- quire. own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothe- cate. and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims. oil lands, min eral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum. petro- leum. asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same: to do a general real estate, man. ufacturing 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, mort gages, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might CT could do: and in gen. eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and else where. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand dollars (SI50 000.00) Gi'-ided into Seven Hundred and fifty thousand shares of | the par value oi One dollars ($1.00) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by | the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and pur- poses of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock Of said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall there | upon and thereby become and be fully paid up and on-assessa ble, and in the absence of actual fraud in the trans action, the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property pur- chased shall be conclusive.
 l Fourth: The time of the commence ment oi this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of | Incorporation in the office of the Secre- tary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years | thereafter,
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a Board of seven directors and the following named shall constitute the Beard of Directors until their successors are elected: s. N. Hecht. Tony F. Kerr, Henry B. Pierce, Frank St2ubitz, Walter R.