Arizona silver belt., 1903-03-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Globe Mining Company.

Wright, of the County of Cook, and the Stat, | of Illinois, and l.. E. West, of the County O | Rock Island, and State of Illinois, all ctizen | of the United States, do hereby associate our | selves together as and into body corporat, | under and by virtue of the provisions Of tn, | laws of the Territory of Arizona, for the pur pose of engaging in the lawful enterprises | business pursuits and occupations hereinafter | specified and do hereby adopt the following | Articles of Incorporation, and declare ARTICLE I. The name of such corporation shall be ant | is, the Globe Mining Company. The principa | place of business of said corporation shall bt | in the town of Globe, county of Gila and ter | ritory of Arizona, and 1t shall have a branci ofiice in the city of Chicago, county of Cook and state of Illinois, and at such other place, as may be hereafter legally designated as nee essary and convenient for any of the purpose. | Of said corporation ; and the business of this corporation may be conducted in Arizona ol in any Of the states and territories in the United StateS'of America; and the regular meetings Of the stockholders and directors may be held in said city of Chicago or at any other place which may be designated by the Board of Directors of said corporation, and the proceedings of the stockholders or Board of Directors had at such meeting shall have the same force and effect as if hek at said principal place Of business at Globe, Arizona
 ARTICLE IL
 The general nature Of the business proposed toEbe transacted S as follows, towt The business of mining and locating and purchas- ing of mines or mineral lands of all kinds: and to operate, lease or sell the same and to dis pose of the mineral or other products Of the same, and to carry on and conduct the bust ness Of opening, equipping and developing such mineral lands and mines, and to conduct the business of extracting, concentrating, z, re- ducing, teaching smelling and retining copper gold, silver and other metaliferous ores to borrow money, contract debts and issue notes of the corporation and to secure the payment of any indebtedness so contracted.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the Capital Stock authorized by the said corporation is Two Million Five hundred thousand Dollars Cs2 5OOCOO OOD divided into Two Million five hundred thousand shares (2.5OO,0OO) of the par value of One Dollar lsD per share, and such stock, when issued st all be transferable fully paid up and non-assoss able.
 ARTICLE ".
 The highest amount Of indebtedness or ia bility, direct CT contingent to which said cor poration shall subject itself or become liab c, Is two hundred and fifty thousand (s25O, ,l(O dollars
 ARTICLE V.
 The private property Of the stockholders Of the said corporation shall be forever exempt frnp ha Ian AF tRa afI tion.
 ARTICLE VI
 The said corporation shall begin business on the date of filing of these Articles of IncOr- poration in the onice of the County Recorder 10 and for the County Of GIla, territory of Ari zona, and a certified copy with the Secretary of the said territory, and shall terminate in twenty-five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VII
 The officers of the said corporation st all consist of President, Vice Presiden a Secretary, and a Treasurer. who shall be elected from the board of directors, and no person shall be eligible to the office of dire co. tor unless he Is a stockholder in said cor,Or- ation.
 And the affairs Of the said corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors con ,i>t- ing of not less than five nor more than nine persons, who shall be elected by the stock holders of the said corporation at the first an nual meeting to be held on the second Tues day in January, in the year 1901, and annually thereafter. The officers and directors of the said corporation shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The said Board Of Directors shall have full power to issue stock of the said corporation and to sell the same at such price as they may or shall agree upon.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The officers and directors who are appointed to manage the affairs the said corporation until the first annual meeting are as follows 1: J. F. Hechtman, President and Director Walt NJ. DeKalb, Vice President and Director George l.. Beach, Secretary and Director l.. E West Treasurer and Director M. A. Pat tersOn Director; George Goodwin, Director; F. A. V right, Director.
 The said appointed officers and directors shall have the same powers as delegated by these Articles of Incorporation to the officers and directors to be elected at the first annual meeting of the said corporation.
 ARTICLE TX
 
 tion shall have full power and authority to i'll vaca ncies on their Board and to adopt such rules and bylaws as they may deem necessary for the government of said corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, or with the Statutes of the Territory of Arizona, or with the Articles of Incorporation of the said Company.
 ARTICLE x.
 These Articles may be altered or amended at any regular meeting, or any special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, in manner hereafter to be provided for by the bylaws of the said corporation, not inconsist- ent with the laws under which the said Com pany has organized and if any such altera- tions or amendments be made the same shall be filed with the County Recorder of Gila County, Territory of Arizona
 In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 30th day of January, A. D. 1903. J. F. HECHTMAN
 GEORGE GOODWIN
 WALT NJ. DEKALB
 l.. F.. WEST
 GEORGE l.. BEACH
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