Williams news., 1903-10-03
Articles of Incorporation Anita Copper Company

Know All Men By These Presents, That we who have signed and executed these articles of incorporation do hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming d corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and more especially rnder Title 13, chapter 9 Re- vised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and under and by virtue of said incorporation, taking and pos- sessing all the rights, privileges and powers conferred by law on corporations.
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of this corporation shall be Anita be in Williams, Coconino County, Arizona, to- gether with office for the transaction of all business in the City of Boston, Massachusetts and with offices in such other place or places as may hereafter be selected and adopted by the board of directors. The names of those forming A.. N. White, A. H. Seabury and Henry I. Nes- mith.
 ARTICLE 9
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and the object and purpose for which this corporation is formed, are as fol- lows To take all powers of an Arizona body corporate, and to do any and all things herein set forth to the same extent as natural person might or could do, and more especially to con- duct business in any of the states, territories, colonies or dependencies of the United States, in Mexico, and in any and all foreign countries, to have and to maintain the necessary offices therein, and to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property without limit as to amount thereof. to acquire, pur- chase, own, lease and sell real estate, mines, minerals and mineral rights, and to develop and operate the same; to conduct general
 
 ness; to buy, sell, lease bond, work mines, ores and bullion; to build and construct any branch lines of railroads or tram-roads upon the prop critics of said corporation, and to connect with established lines of railroads or public high ways and to operate and maintain the same; also to construct, operate and maintain all lines Of telegraph and telephones needful in the operation of the mines smelters, reduction works or other properties of said corporation; also to build, operate and maintain all neces- sary dams, ditches, pipe lines, water towers, reservoirs and any system of water-works con a III hrli1 n ino machinery, equipment, pumps, and everything needful to construct and operate and maintain rent, lease, acquire hold, own, use, sell, rent and trade in water, water-power, water rights ditches, tunnels fumes, buildings machinery dams, canals and other works for the convey ance of water, either for the use and operation Of the property of this corporation or to toners to whom the same may be sold leased or furnished; to lay out construct and acquire by purchase, or in any other legal manner, and accept hold, possess and enjoy, operate and use, franchise from any municipality or private corporation, wagon roads, canals, mills, facto- rles, houses, reduction plants, smeters, smelt- ing works, capital stock; bonds and notes of corporations chattels, goods, wares and mer- moneys, buy and sell, discount, hold and deal in all kinds of negotiable paper, stocks, bonds, copper, lead. and all otber Kinds of metair slvGs' bullion and ores, bills of exchange and ali other evidences of debt; to buy, manufacture. install, operate, maintain, sell and deal in electricity and electrical appliances whether for lighting motive power, and any other purpose for which electricity may be used; also to hypothecate. mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property that this corporation now owns or may hereafter acquire, any part thereof, for the purpose of securing the payment of any debt or debts of this corpora t1on, with interest thereon, subject to the linn 1tatlons prescribed in these articles or by the territorial laws; also to build, acquire, con- struct, own, operate, lease, mortgage and ac- quire plants machinery and appliances, pat ents, and patent rights, for the extracting of metals of all kinds from their ores, and to ac. quire, take out, sell or otherwise dispose of patents or patent rights respecting appliances, | methods and processes of extracting metals | from their ores. It is expressly provided that the foregoing | shall be construed both objects and powers, | 1t being hereby expressly provided that the | foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall | not be held to limit restrict in any manner the powers Of this corporation.
 ARTICLE 8. The amount of capital stock hereby author ized shall be Five Million (S5OOO, ,OOO) Dollars, divided into one million q ,OOOOOO) shares of the par value of Five (s500) Dollars each, all of | which shall be issued fully paid and non-assess- able, and shall be paid for at the time of issue at such times and upon such conditions as may | be provided by the board of directors, and said directors are hereby authorized to issue any part or all thereof, fully paid and non-assess- l