Arizona silver belt., 1904-07-14

| concernug corporations. being Chapter II or
 said title Of the laws of 1901 and amend | ments thereto, for the purpose Of engaging m l the lawful enterprise, business, pursuit | and occupations hereinafter specified, do
 make, subscribe and ackno wledge according | to law, these Articles of Incorporation, and declare
 | The name assumed by this corporation, and | by which 1t shall be known is THE UNITED
 MINES COMPANY and its principal place Of | transacting business is in the Town of Globe | County of Gila, Territory of Arizona and 1t | may have branch ofices for the purpose Of transacting any and all business of any kind | and nature whatsoever, at auch other places as the Board of Directors may from time to | time determine.
 The general nature of the business proposed | to be transacted Is mining, and as incidental thereto this corporation proposes to acquire by location, purchase or otherwise, mines of copper, gold, silver. lead, coal. and m nes and mineral land of every kind and description
 whatsoever, and to operate. lease or sell the same to erect and maintain mills, reduction
 works. teaching plants, conccntrators, concen.
  and milling machinery for the economical han ding and reduction of ores to acquire, con. struct, own and operate railways tramways, turnpikes and canals to lead from it's principal works, or place Of business, to some navigable stream or to some existing railroad turnpike or public highway;to erect operate and dmaintain stores, boarding houses, hotels to doa gener' al merchandise business, to acquire by pur- chase, location and In any other lawful man ner, real estate. lands and all other kinds of property real personal aud mixed to lay out. construct, acquire by purchase or in an other lawtu manner, and accept, hold, possess, en- joy, operate, use franchises fro n any state or territory of the United States or any county, municipal or private corporation, wagon roads, mills, factories. houses, capital stock and bonds of corporations, chattels, goods wares, merchandise and choses in action to buy manufacture, sell and deal iu all kods of prop erty. real personal and mixed, electrical ap pliances for driving machinery, motor power for propelling any and all kinds of mechanical appliances where electricity is applicable; tel ephone and telegraph lines, electric lghtstran acting any and all nds of busaesS which may be transacted by natural person, to hold. cuiti- vate, prove up. use and enjoy the same, and to alenate, sell, lease, demise and disp)s Of the same. or any part ttereoi, as well as any oth- CT property this corporation possesses, be seized Of or be entitled to to borrow money and contract to repay the same at such time or times with such rate or rates of interest as its Board Of Directors deem proper and see fit, and to hypothecate. mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property which this corpora tion may hereafter acquire, to secure pay ment of such money with interest, or to SC cure payment Of any debt of this corpora tion, with such interest thereon as 1t may be lega lly obliged to pay.
 The amount Of the Capital stock of this cor poration shall be Five Million Osi,00o,c0Ol Dol lars. divided into Five Hundred Thousand (50O,000 Shares, Of the par value Of Ten Dol lars isiO oO each, and the time when and the conditions upon which IL Is to be paid are as follows, ts-wlt The whole of said Capital Stock may Le paid min cash or in property. or in valuable services necessary for thepurpoSes of the corporation, upon resolution Of tn e Board ot Directors, ani evidence Of title and value satisfactory to said Board of Directors
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 The time Of the commence nent of this cor. pOratlOn tildu DC tue usf oi tue hltuk UT tHtNt ! articles for record in the oifice of the county recorder Of Gila county, in the Territory Of Arizona nd the terninaton thereo shall be twenty-five years thereafter. unles, by law | further extend ed by the company.
 V.
 The affairs of this corporation are tO be and | they shall Do conducted by Board Of Direct | ors consisting Of i've persons who shall be | elected annually on the first Monday in June, | by the stockholders. at o'clock pm. Of said | day Of whcN every stockholder shall hereby | take notice and after the annual meeting in | June 1905 no person shall be eligible to the | once of director unless he is q stockholder in | the corporation Said Board of Directors | shall have full power to fill vacancies in their | number, but cannot create the vacancy arbi l trarily. and may elect such officers and ap | point such committee or committees, from | their own number, to aid in the management | Of the business and conducting the affairs Of | this corporation as they may see fit, and vest | in such officers and in said committees all such | powers as they may deem expedient.
 The following named persons who are sub | scrbers hereto shall constitute the Board Of | Directors of this corporation for the first year and until their successors, duly qualified, shall | be elected. to wit Lee Crandall, A II, More. | head Theodore Crandall, W. H. Mercer and | Porter w. Fleming, and thereafter if any di- | rector shall cease to be a stockholder he shall | cease to be director.
 Immediately or as soon as practicable after | the filing of these articles in the office ot the county recorder of the County of Gila. Terri l tory of Arizona, and the fl ing Of certified | copy hereof with the auditor Of the Territory | of Arizona, the persons named herein di | rectors to serve for the first year and until l their successors, duly qualified, shall be elect | ed shall meet and organize as Board of D | rectors, adopt bylaws and prescribe ia said | bylaws the method of calling stockhoders ] and directors meetings.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia. | bilIty. direct or contingent, to which this cor | poration Is at any time to be subject Is the | sum of Five Hundred Thousand (s5cO,0 ,0O0 Dol | lars |
 The stockholders of this corporation and | their private property shall be exempt from | the corporate debts of this corporation.
 The Board of Directors of this corporation | shall have power to establish bylaws and |