Arizona silver belt., 1904-12-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of the Rye Copper Company

Know All Men by These Presents, That we the undersigned. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming corpor' a,ion under and pursuant to the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end adopt ,he following Articles of Incorporation.
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 The names Of the corporators are F. F Eisenhour. Chas T. Martin w Butler W n Fisk and C. l. Lewis, and the name oi the corporation shall be RYE COPPER SoI'PAN'' and inc place in which the principal business n, saia corporation shall be transacted lS ciohe cha county. Arizona Territory and the oo,,ora,lon may establish branch offices either ,yi,b,n or without the Territory Of Arizona where meetings Of the Board oI D'e''o'' may be held. .,u
 The general nature of the business proposeu to be transacted by this corporation Is as TOT lows to wit: Mining, purchasing and deNeioP' ing mines to make contracts to purcnhse' lease bond. locate or otherwise acduire' own. exchange. sell, or otherwise olspose o'' pledge mortgage hypothecate' anu oeai U, real estate and any and all kinds or person"' property mines mining claims, OH iahos' mn eral lands coal lands, oil. gas, asphaitum'c coa'' petroleum. water and water rights anu ma chinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same to build railroads'elec' tric roads electric light and power lines teie yrapb and telephone lines to do general real estate. manufacturing and mercantile h,siness to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares Of capital
 t{,, tf,h money and execute notes. bonds mortgages,or deeds of trust to secure the same and In general to do all things necessary to the proper cohdueI Of the business of this corporation in the Ter ritory of Arizona and elsewhere, not incon- slstent with the laws Of the United StateN and of the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III
 The authorized amount of Capital stock or this corporation shall be One Million Doliars fsi OO0 ,O0 divided into One Million 0,OOoUO shares. of the par value of One Dollar sLOO) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid Into this corporation eitner III cash. or by the sale and transfer to it Of real or personal property for the uses and purposes ofsaid corporation, in payment TOT "h'cn shares of the 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, and in the ao' sence of actual fraud in the transaction she judgment of the Directors as to the value or the property purchased shall be conclusive
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 The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the filing or a certified CODY of these Articles of 1ncorpora- t,ou in the office of the Auditor of Arizona Territory. ard the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 ARTICLE V,
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con ducted by a board of five (5ldirectors, and the following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected viz: E. F. Eisenhour, Chas y. Mar. tin. w. H Butler w D. Fisk and c. l. Lewis, and thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Monday In December in each year. Said Board of Directors may be increased to seven at any regular or special meeting of the stock holders of this corporation by majority vote of the stock then outstanding and repre- sented at the meeting. and such Directors shall thereafter be elected as herein provid ed. The officers of said corporation until their sue