Williams news., 1903-09-12
Articles of Incorporation Anita Copper Company

Know All Men By These Presents, That we who have signed and executed these articles of incorporation do hereby associate ourselves to- under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and more especially rnder Title 13 chapter ?, Re- vised Statutes of Arizona, 1901 and nnder and by virtue of said incorporation, taking and pos sessing all the rights, privileges and powers conferred by law on corporations.
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this corporation shall be Anita Copper Company, and its principal office shall be in Williams, Coconino County Arizona, to- gether with an office for the transaction of all business in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, and with offices in such other place or places as may hereafter be selected and adopted by the board of directors. The names of those forming this corporation follows: Paul W. Abbott, A. N. White, A. H. Seabury and Henry I. Nes- mith.
 ARTICLE ?.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and the object and purpose for which this corporation is formed, are as fol- lows To take all powers of an Arizona body corporate, and to do any and all things herein set forth to the same extent a natural person might or could do, and more especially to con- duct business i'll any of the states, territories, colonies or dependencies of the United States, in Mexico, and in any and all foreign countries, to have and to maintain the necessary offices therein, and to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property without limit as to amount thereof, to acquire, pur- chase, own, lease and sell real estate, mines minerals and mineral rights, and to develop and operate the same; to conduct general HHllHS, SmeltlnS ana reQuctlOn DuSl- ness; to buy, sell, lease, bond, work mines ores and bullion; to build and construct any branch lines of railroads or tram-roads upon the prop ertles ot said corporation, and to connect with established lines of railroads public high ways, and to operate and maintain the same i; also to construct, operate and maintain all lines of telegraph and telephones needful in the operation of the mines, smelters, reduction works or other properties of said corporation also to build, operate and maintain all neces- sary dams, dltcheS, pipe lines, water towers, reservoirs and any system of water-works con- nected herewith, with all necessary buildings, machinery equipment, pumps, and everything needful to construct and operate and maintain said system of water-works, and to buy, locate rent lease, acquire, hold, own, use, sell, rent and trade in water, water-power, water rights and prlyeleges; and to construct and own ditches, tunnels, fumes, buildings machinery dams, canals and other works for the convey, ance of water, either for the use and operation of the property of this corporation or to GUS or furnished; to lay out, construct and acquire by purchase, or in any other legal manner, and use, franchise from any municipality or private corporation, wagon roads, canals, mills, facto- ries houses reduction plants, smelters. smelt- ing works. capital stock, bonds and notes of corporations, chattels, goods, wares and mer- chandise, choses in action, borrow and loan moneys, buy and sell, discount, hold and deal in al! kinds of negotiable paper, stocks, bonds municipal and other securities, gold, silver copper lead, and all other kinds of metals other evidences of debt; to buy, manufacture install, operate, maintain, sell and deal in
 
 for lighting or motive power, and any other purpose for which electricity may be used :; also to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all any part of the property that this corporation now owns or may hereafter acquire, or any part thereof, for the purpose of securing the payment of any debt or debts of this corpora tion, with interest thereon, subject to the lim- itations prescribed in these articles or by the territorial laws; also to build, acquire con- struct, own, operate, lease, mortgage and ac- quire plants, machinery and appliances, pat ents. and patent rights, for the extracting of metals of all kinds from their ores, and to ac- quire, take out, sell or otherwise dispose of patents or patent rights respecting appliances, methods and processes of extracting metals from their ores. It is expressly provided that the foregoing shall be construed both as objects and powers, it being hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation.
 ARTICLE 3.
 The amount of capital stock hereby author- ized shall be Five Million (S5,0O0,000 Dollars, divided into one million q ,0OO0 0O0) shares of the par value of Five (s5.0O) Dollars each all of which shall be issued fully paid and non-assess- able, and shall be paid for at the time of issue at such times and upon such conditions may be provided by the board of directors, and said directors hereby authorized to issue any part or all thereof fully paid and non-assess-