Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
LEszL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ARTICLES OF NCORPOEAT1ON
OF THE
THE ARCANUM MINING COMPA

The ARCANUM 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 corporation under the laws
of the Territory of Arizona. and to that
end make the following statement:
FIRST. The names of the corporators
airs: John F. Kidwell, Albert T. Froom,
John B. Rodgers and Patrick Il. Flan-
agan, and the name of the Corporation
shall be The Arcanum Mining Compa-
ny The principal place in which the
business of said Corporation within the
Territory of Arizona is to be transact
ed is Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizo-
ma, and the principal place of business
of said Corporation outside the Terri
tory of Arizona shall be the city of
Chicago in the State OF Illinois, at
which meetings of the Board OF DirecN
ors may be held. and the Corporation
may have such branch Offices either
with or without the Territory Of Ari
IONA as may be established by the
Board of Directors.
SECOND: The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
this Corpora ton is as follows, to-wit:
To make contracts; to purchase. lease
bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own,
exchange. sell or otherwise dispose Of
pledge. mortgage, hypothecate and
deal in real estate and any and all
kinds OF personal property. mines. min
ing claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil.
gas, asplhaltum, petroleum, asbestos,
,.<vl,{ md
chinery. and to work, mine, explore,
operate and develop the same; to do
general real estate. manufacturing and
mercantile business: TO own.handle and
control letters patent and inventions
/ and shares OF capital stock of other
corporations: to bond. mortgages, or
and all rights. powers and privileges of
deeds of trust to secure the same, and
to exercise in respect of all such bonds,
mortga ges. notes. shares of capital stock
and other securities and obligations any
and all rights, powers nd 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 or could
do; and in general to do all things nee
essary to the proper conduct of the bus
tory and elsewhere, 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 One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,0 100000 )divided into one
hundred and fifty thousand shares of
the par value of one dollar (s1.00) 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 trans
fer to it of real or personal property for
the uses and purposes of said corpora
| ton, in payment for which shares of
the capital stock OF said Corporation
may be issued, and the capital stock so
issued shall thereupon and thereby be-
| come and be fully paid up and non-as-
sessable, and in the absence of actual
fraud in the transaction the judgment of
the Directors as to the value of the
property purchased shall be conclusive.
FOURTH: The time of the COM
menccement of this Corporation shall
be the date of the filing of these Arti-
cles of Incorporation in the office of the
Secretary of ARIZONA, and the termina-
ton thereof shall be twenty-five years
thereafter.
FIFTH: The affairs of this Corpora
ton shall be conducted by Board OF
seven Directors and the following
named shall constitute the Board of Dr.
rectors until their successors are elect
ed: John F. Kidwell, Albert E. Froom,
John B. Rodgers. Patrick B. Flanagan,
I M1Ir q
Daniel j. Gawne. Thereafter the Board
of Directors shall be elected from
among the stockholders as the bylaws
of the Corporation may provide. The
officers of said corporation until their
successors are elected shall be: Albert
Z. Froom, President: John 3. Rodgers.
Vice-President; Michael j. Murphy,
Secretary; John F. Kidwell. Treasurer.
SIXTH: The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability. direct or con-
tingent. to which this Corporation is AT
any time subject shall be Five Thous-
and Dollars C$5,0G0.00), which amount
; does not exceed two-thirds the amount
of the capital stock.
SEVENTH: The private property
of the stockholders of this corporation
shall be exempt from corporate debts
of any kind whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
fourth day of March, 1903.
JOHN F. KIDWELL, (SeaD
ALBERT E. FROOM, (SeaD
JOHN B. RODGERS (SeaD
PATRICK B. FLANAGAN, (SeaD
State of Illinois
County of Cook SIS.
On this 4th day of February, in the
year 1903 before me. Henry NJ. Gold
smith. a Notary Public in and for the
State and County aforesaid, residing
| therein, duly commissioned and sworn
personally appeared John F. Kldwell'
| Albert E. Froom, John B. Rodgers and
Patrick 3. Flanagan, known tc me to
be the persons described in, whose
names are subscribed to, and who exc
| cuted the annexed instrument, and they
acknowledged to me that they eXecut-
ed the same for the purposes and con-
siderations therein expressed.
! IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have
| hereunto set my hand and affixed my
| Official Seal, at my office in the SAID