Arizona republican., 1903-03-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE

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 corporation under the laws
 of the Territory of Arizona. and to that
 end make the following statement: FIRST. The names of the corporators
 ars: John F. Kidwell. Albert F. Froom,
 John B. Rodgers and Patrick B. 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 tho ! Territory of Arizona is to be transact ed is Phoenix, Maricopa. County. Arizo-
 na. 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 Direct OTIS may be held. and the Corporation ! may have such branch offices either
 with or without the Territory of Ari-
 zona as may be established by the Board of Directors.
 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 acquire. own, exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and al kinds of personal property, mines min- ing claims, oil lands. mineral lands, oil,
 gas, asphaltum. petroleum, asbestos, salt. water. and water rights and ma chinery and to work, mine. explore. operate and develop the sane: to do a general real estate. manufacturing and mercantile business: to own-handie and control letters patent and inventions and shares Of capital stock of other corporations: to bond. mortgages or
 and all rights. poH-ers and privileges of deeds of trust to secure the same and to exercise in respect of all such bonds mOrt"a geE. 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 nec- | essary to the proper conduct of the bus | mess of this Corporation in the Terri
 tory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and l the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corpora tion shall
 be One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (S150,OO0.O0 )divided into one | hundred and fifty thousand shares of the par value of one dollar G1.O0 each At such time as the Board of Directors | may by resolution direct. said capital
 stock shall be paid into this Corpora tion 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 Corpora tion | may be issued and the capital stock so 1 issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non-aS-
 sessable. and in the absence of actual | ud in the transaction the judgment of l the Directors as to the value of the
 property purchased shall be conclusive
 FOURTH: Tn time of the con- menccement of this Corporation shall
 he the date of the filing of these Arti-
 cles of Incorporation in the office of the l Secretary of Arizona, and the termina-
 tion thereof shall be twenty-five years l thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this Corpora
 ton shall be conducted by Board O; seven Directors and the following
 named shall constitute the Board of Dl- l rectors until their successors are elect
 ed: John r. Kidwell. Albert F.. Froom
 John B. Rodgers. Patrick B. Flanagan | Ernest w. Pitt. Michael J. Murphy. and
 Daniel J. Gawne. Thereafter the Boari
 of Directors shall be elected iron among the stockholders as the bylaws of the Corporation may provide Thf ] officers Of said corporation until theil
 successors are elected shall be: Aiber' F.. Froom. President: John B. Rodgers Vice President: Michael J. Murphy Secretary: John F. kidwell, Treasurer
 SIXTH: The highest amount of in debtedness CT liability, direct or cor tingent. to which this Corporation is
 any time subject shall be Five Thous and Dollars (S50OO.00), which amour
 does not exceed thirds the amour
 of the capital stock
 SEVENTH: The private propert. of the stockholders of this corporation sha.i be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 ! IN WITNESS WHEREON We hay hercunto set our hands and seals thi
 fourth day of March, 1902.
 JOHN r. KIDWELL, (Sea! ALBERT T.. FROOM, (Seal JOHN E. RODGERS CSeal
 PATRICK B. FLANAGAN, (Sea! State of Illinois
 County of Cook, ss.
 On this 4th day of February. in til
 year 1903, before me- Henry NJ. Gold smith, q Notary Public in and for th State and County aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworr personally appeared John F. Kidwel
 Albert F. Broom, John B. Rodgers an
 Patrick E. Flanagan, known to me |