The copper era., 1903-01-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
ERA PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Know AT Men Ky Those Presents
 That. we inc undersigned. Henry Hlt Ahl. iah G. Smith: William Leonard. N A Pi,t. and Mark J. Esau. have this day associated ourselves together for thc purpose of fnrminra Corporation. under th. Law, of thc Territory Of Arizona.
 And We do hereby certify.
 l. That the name Of the Corporation shall te Era Publishing Company. and it, principal place Of trsnsactinS bushes, shall be in The Town Of Clifton, County of GIshsr1. Territory Of Arizona.
 That the general uAturc O the business proposed to be transacted. is as follows To A-- quirc. print, publish. conduct and circulstc or otherwise deal wish any newspaper or newspapers, or other publications and generally to carry on the business of newspaper propriotors aul general pub fishers: to cArry ou. if aui when it shall seem desirable, thc trade or business of seuer.l printers. stauoucrs. uthosraphcr>. cugraycr, dealers in office supplies and advertising agents to build. cou>i.uc,. erect. purchase hire. or otherwise acquire Or provide any build in->. oticcs. workshops. plant and machinery. or other things necessary or useful for thc rur- pose of carrying out thc object, of thc Com pauy.
 That the amount of capital stock author izcd Is fifteen thousand dollcrs si5.uuo cn. and the number Of shares into hich ii Is divided is fifteen hundred of Inc par vnllc cf len dollars lsloOW each. of which amount the sum of eight thousand. five hundred dollars g. 'p1 o0i. i> to be paid at the time of thc execution of these presents. and the balance shall 10, set apart and known as treasury stock
 {. That the timc of the comms ucerncut of said Corporation shall be on the date of hling .,F sN.. County Recorder in and for Graham County. Territory of Arizona. and certified roPy of tho same with the secretary of said Territory. and shall terminate at the expiration of twenty Eve l25l years thereafter.
 g. That the affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by BoarI of Director, consist ing of five stockholders. who shall hc elected annually by the stockholds on the nrst Tucsia, after tue first Monday m December of each year. Said Directors >hnll hold their office for the term of one year from the iatc of their cleo. ton. and until their succe>~or> shall hc duly elected and qualified. unless they shall iu ths meantime cease Co hc stock holders in this Cor poration. and any person ccasiug Co hc a 't"ck holder in this Corporation. shnil ccA., tn hc Director or officer iu the same
 The following named persons who ntr sub scribcrs To the Capital Stock of this ,orpor.
  this Corporation until the fret Tuesday aner the first Monday in December A. n IPiz and until their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed. and qualified. and the names and rcsidcn scs Of the Directors who appointed for the first year are Hs follows Co wit
 Names R",ILcnce Henry Hill. .......-.......... Clifton. Arizona Abijnh C. Smith. ..... .......-.... William A. Leonard. .... ....... W. A. Pitt, ......... Mark J Egan, ............ G. That the highest amount Of iudebtcduc,- or liability to which the Corporation |, at any time to subject itself. is i've thousand dollar, lS5 OIO.Ool.
 7 That the private property uf each ofr~r and stockholicr Of said Corporation is Co bs exempt from all corporate dcbt,
 In witness whereof we have h,rcuut" set our hands and seals this IOih day of December A. D. 1902
 HENRY HILL f-cal.
 ABIJAH C SMITH .s-An
 VA. LEONARD l~can.
 VA PITT t~rau
 MARK J EGAS -caI RECORDERS OFFICE.
 GahahHm Co. Arizona. '
 Filed for record the 2oth day of Dee. ip12 s, II o'clock n m. and recorded m Book Article. of Incorporation on pages l6 and Y at thc rc- quest of C. r. solomon
 THoNAS SWIM
 County Recorder.