Arizona silver belt., 1903-04-09
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Of the Arizona Hancock Consolidated Mining
 Company.

KNOW ALIsMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we whose hands are hereunto aflixed, do here by associate ourselves together for the pur pose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement
 First-The names of the incorporators are John D. Cuddihy, Henry l.. Baer Philip Carroll, Louis H. Richardson, Frank c. Mayworm and Charles D, Hanchette, all of Hancock, Hough ton county, Michigan.
 Second-The name of the corporation shall be the ARIZONA HANCOCK CONSoLIDA- TED MINING COMPANY.
 Third - The principal place Of business in which the business of said corporation, within the Territory of Arizona, is to be transacted is to be Globe, Gila county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside Of the Territory Of Arizona shall be the Village of Hancock, County of Houghton, State Of Michigan, or such other place as the Board of Directors may, by resolution, direct.
 Fourth-The general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows: To purchase, lease. bond locate or otherwise acquire hold, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hy pothecate and deal in mines, mining claims or in lands. real estate, interests in real estate, mineral lands, ores, metals, oil, gas, ,asphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights and all kinds of timber and lumber, and to work mines, and explore and develop the same; to build, acquire, lease and operate works for smelling and refining ores and metals to do a ger reral real estate and mercantile business to erect and maintain boarding houses; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same; to con struct and maintain water works, reservoirs, dams, aqueducts, roads and roadways; to erect and maintain works mllls, factories, sawmills shops and other structures; to engage in the business of treating, smelting and refining gold, silver, copper and other ores; to manu- facture, buy, sell or deal in gold, silver, copper and other ores and metals and articles made wholly or in part of the same to engage in he business Of purchase and sale or other dis position of stocks bonds and other securities of this company or other companies to en- gage in the business of selling and leasing of power-electrical or compressed air to en- gage in the electrical business and telept one, telegraph and electric lights to engage in the business Of building, acquiring, leasing, selling and disposing of tramroads and rail roads for use in connection with the mine and other properties of this company or of other compani. $ and, in general, to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the busi- ness Of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona, and the State of Michigan, not incon- sistent with the laws of the United Stat and of the Territory of Arizona,
 
 stock of this corporation shall be Five Hun dred Thousand Dollars (s5OO.OOo .OOl, divided in. to Fifty Thousand (50OOOD shares Of the par value of Ten Dollars CslOOO) each. At such time as the Board Of Directors shall, by reso- lution, direct, said capital stock shall be paid in to this corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t of real or personal prop erty, for the uses and purposes of said corpor- ation; in payment for which, shares of capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non assessable.
 Sixth-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles Of Association in the office of the County Recorder Of Gila county, Arizo- na and q certified copy thereof filed with the Auditor Of the Territory Of Arizona; and the time Of the termination thereof shall be twen- ty-five (25) years thereafter.
 Seventh The affairs of said corporation shall be conducted by board Of nine C9) di- rectors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of said corporation.
 Eighth-The highest amount Of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars GlOO,0OO .00). The prlvate 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 25th day of Febru- ary, AID. 1903
 JOHN D. CUDDIHY
 HENRY l.. BAER
 F. c. MAYWORM
 LOUIS H RICH ARDSON