Arizona silver belt., 1903-05-07
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
or the Arizona Hancock Consolidated Mining
 Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, whose hands are hereuuto aflixed, do here by associate ourselves together for the pur pose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end make the following statement
 First The names of the incorporators are John D. Cuddihy, Henry l., Baer, Philip Carroll, Louis II. Richardson, Frank c. Mayworm and Charles D. Hanchette, all of Hancock, Tough ton county, Michigan,
 Second-The name of the corporation shall be the ARIZONA HANCOCK CONSOTIDA- TED MINING COMPANY.
 Third The principal place of business in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Aiizona, Is to be transacted is to be Globe, Gila county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory Of Arizona shall be the Village of Hancock, County Of Houghton. state Of Michigan, or such other place as the Board of Directors may, by resolution, direct,
 Fourth-rhe general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows: To purchase lease. bond, locate or otherwise acq~ire, hold, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hy- pothecate and deal in mines, mining claims or in lands real estate, interests in real estate mineral lands, ores, metals, oil, gas asphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights and all kinds Of timber and lumber, and to work mines and explore and develop the same to build acquire, lease and operate works for smelling and refining ores and metals to do a general real estate and mercantile business to erect and maintain boarding houses; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same to con struct and maintain water works, reservoirs, dams, aqueducts, roads and roadwayS; to erect and maintain works mlls, factories, sawmls shops and other structures to engage in the business of treating, smelling and refining gold, silver, copper and other ores; to manu facture buy, sell or deal in gold, silver, copper and other ores and metals and articles made wholly or in part of the same to engage in he business of purchase and sale or other dis position of stocks bonds and other securities of this company or other companies to en- gage ,n the business Of selling and leasing Of power electrical or compressed air to en. gage in the electrical business and tel -pt one telegraph and electric lights to engage in the business of building, acquiring, leasing
 
 roads for use in connection with the mine and other properties Of this company or Of other compani, $ and, in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct Of the busi- ness Of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona, and the State of Michigan, not incon. sistent with the laws of the United Stat, and of the Territory of Arizona.
 Fifth - The authorized amount of capital .g. dred Thousand Dollars (s5OO, 600 OO, divided in. to Fifty Thousand (50OOOD shares Of the par value of Ten Dollars 5000 each At such time as the Board Of Directors shall by reso- lution, direct, said capital stock shall be paid in to this corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer 10 1t Of real or personal prop erty, for the uses and purposes Of said corpor. ation in payment for which, shares Of capital stock Of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non aSsessable. Sixth-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date Of the filing of these Articles Of Association in the office of the County Record Ter of Glia county ArizO- na and certified copy thereof filed with the Auditor Of the Territory Of Arizona; and the time Of the termination thereof shall be twen- ty y-hye (25) years ohereafter.
 Seventh The affairs of said corporation l shall be conducted by board Of nine @ di- | rectors who shall be elected annually by the i stockholders of said corporation.
 Eighth-The highest amount Of indebtedness i or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be One | Hundred Thousand Dollars GlOO,OOO. .OO). The | prlyate property of the stockholders of this | shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IY WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto | set our hands and seals this S5tn day Of Febru. | ary AID 1903.
 JOHN D. CUODIHY
 HENRY l.. BAER
 F. C. MAY WORM
 LOUIS II. RICHARDSON