Arizona silver belt., 1905-01-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of the Rye Copper Company

Oi the kye copper company
 Know All Men by These Presents, That we the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselve together for the purpose of forming corpor ation under and pursuant to the laws of th Territory of Arizona, and to that end adop the following Articles of Incorporation. | ARTICLE l. The names of the corporators are E. Eisenhour. Chas. T. Martin, w H Butler, w | D. Fisk and c | Lewis, and the name of tn 1 corporation shall be RYE COPPER COMPANY | and the place in which the principal bushes ot said corporation shall be transacted | Globe Gila county, Arizona Territory and th corporation may establish branch offices eithe within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings of the Board of Director may be held.
 ARTICLE H. The general nature of the business propose' to be transacted by this corporation is as fol lows, to wit: Mining, purchasing and develop ing mines to make contracts to purchase lease, bond. locate, or otherwise acquire own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of pledge mortgage, hypothecate, and deal II real estate and any and all kinds of persona property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, min eral lands coal lands oil, gas asphatum, coal petroleum, water and water rights and ma chinery, and to work mine, explore, operate and develop the same l; to build railroads, cleo tric roads electric light and power lines, tele graph and telephone lines to do general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions, and shares Of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow 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 conduct of the business of this corporation in the Ter ritory of Arizona and elsewhere, not incon- sistent with the laws ot the United States and of the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III
 ' he authorized amount Of Capital Stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars (Sl coo O0) divided into One Million Q00O0s0) shares, of the par value of one Dollar tsl.00l each At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation. in payment for which
 
 may be issued. and the capital stock So issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assesssble. and in the ab- sence of actual fraud in the transaction she judgment of the Directors to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the dling of certified copy of these Articles Of Incorpora. ton in the office of the Auditor Of Arizona Territory aLd the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE "
 The affairs Of this corporation shall be con ducted by board Of five (s)directors, and the following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected, viz; E. F. Eisenhour, Chas T. Mar. tin w II. Butler. w. D. Fisk and c. 1, 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 ihe meeting and such Directors ndH tnercaiterDt elected as herein proslueu. The officers of said corporation until their sue cessors are elected shall be F. F. Eisenhour, pre- esident; W II Butler, vice president; Chss T. Martin, secretary and treasurer.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount Of indebtedness or lia- Dility, direct contingentto to which thls corpor- alton is at any time subject shall be Four Hundred Thousand Dollars tsiOO,O0o), which amount does not exceed two thirds Of the amount of the capital stock.
 ARTICLE VII
 The private property of the stockholders Of this corporation shall be exempt from all cor porate debts of any kind whatever,
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the twenty-irst day of December. A. D. 1904
 F. F. EISENHOUR
 CHAS. T. MARTIN
 WILLIAM II. BUTLER
 W D. FISK
 c. LEWIS