Arizona republican., 1902-08-04
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 a corpora tion under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are: 8. N. Hecht, Tony R. Kerr. Hen ry B. Pierce. Frank Staubitz. Walter R. Pierce, Ernest Lackey, and D. G. Thompson. and the name of the corpo- ration shall be The Grand Pierre Lead & Zinc Mining Company. The princi- pal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory Of 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
 business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise &C., | 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 Town, 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 1 vote upon any shares of stock held by
 it to the same extent that a natural 1 person might or 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 1 of Arizona.
 | Third: The authorized amount of
 capital stock of this corporation shall
 be seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand
 dollars (S75O, ,O00. 0O) divided into Seven | Hundred and fifty thousand shares of | the par value of One dollars ($1 1.00) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora ton either in cash or by l 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 Oi
 said corporation may be issued and the
 capital stock so issued shall there
 upon and thereby become and be fully
 paid up and non-assessa ble, and in the
 absence of actual fraud in the trans l action, the judgment of the Directors 7 as to the value of the property pur- } chased shall be conclusive.
 ? Fourth: The time of the commence. ment of this corporation shall be ths , date of the filing of these Articles O. Incorporation in the office of the Secre tary of Arizona, and the termination ? thereof shall be twenty-five year: 2 thereafter
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora
 ton shall be conducted by a Board O ,, seven directors and the following named
 shall constitute the Board of Directors
 until their successors are elected: S :. N Hecht, Tony R. Kerr, Henry B
 Pierce. Frank Staubitz. Walter R g Pierce. Ernest Lackey. D. c. Thomp l son. Thereafter the Board of Direct ? ors shall be elected from among tn
 stockholders as the bylaws of the cor :. poration may provide. The officers O
 ] said corporation until their successor