The Arizona sentinel., 1905-08-30
ARTICLES OF INcoRPoRATION Authorizations Copper Com
 pany.
ARTICLE I.

ARTICLEI.
 The undersigned J. D. Payne Jr., J. L. Poole, F. l.. Graves C. H Mathis and w C. Tonkin hereby associate ourselves together and execute these articles os incorporation for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. the name of which corporation shall be the California--Ari zona Copper Company, it's principal place of business shall be Yuma, County Of Y Yuma, Terri tory of Arizona with branch offices at such other place or places within the United States or foreign countries as may hereafter be desig- hated.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the business of said company shall be to own operate and dispose of quarries of marble and stone to mine for | gold and silver and all ether precious metals and to h0d purchase and locate mineral and other lands and water rights; to buy, sell, lease and mortgage real and personal property; to make, buy and sell bills, notes, bonds and debeptures; to erect and operate mills. smelters. refineries and other works for reducing and treating ores and minerals To develop electricity and buy and sell the same and any mining or water ma- chinery operated thereby; to erect houses and buildings to locate and establish town sites and survey the same; to dispose of mortgages, acquire and lease lots and acreage property; to erect and own and operate and lease and sell telephone and telegraph lines; to build roads. tramways and electric steam railroads and canals; to locate and develop oil lands con taining other kindred substances; to develop, produce and reduce oil and other hydro-earbon | substances and chemicals to construct and operate hotels to buy, sell and exchange and discount commercial paper, receive deposits and loan moneys to buy and sell all kinds of fuel and to do any and all things needful to con duct general mining, exploring, commercial and development business and to conduct any and all of the business before mentioned in the Territory of Arizona or any other state or terri tory in the United States or foreign countries.
 ARTICLE III.
 The capital stock of said company shall be S3GO,0O0 divided into 3GOO0O shares of the par value of S1.00 each Said stock upon issuance to be paid for in full in cash or it's equivalent in property conveyed to said company or for services rendered said company and when so issued shall be forever non assessable. ARTICLE ".
 This corporation shall commence business when it's articles of corporation are filed with the county recorder of said Yuma, County of Yuma, and the secretary of the Territory of thereafter.
 ARTICLE "
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con- ducted by a board of directors composed of five stockholders who shall be elected annually on
  until such election, J. D. Payne, Jr.. J. L.. Poole, F. l.. Graves, c. H. Mathis and ". C.. TonkiD shall constitute and act as such di- rectors.
 The persons named herein as directors (and annually hereafter. the Board of Directors) shall meet and select from their number the following officers: a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Manager, who shall manage the business of the Company under the bylaws governing the affairs of the Com pany.
 ARTICLE VI. The highest amount of indebtedness and liability to which this corporation shall subject itself snail be s25000.e0.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from it's corr porate debts.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 These articles of incorporation may be amend ed by majority vote of the stockholders of this corporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or any other meeting called for that purpose and the amendments shall be filed with the county recorder of said county Of Yuma, and presented as required by law
 ARTICLE TX.
 The directors of this Corporation pay adopt bylaws for it at their first meeting. An election of directors and stockholders meeting shall be held annually on the first Monday or September of each year. The annual or other meetings of the stockholders may bye Aeld be- yond the limits of the Territory of Arizona If any Directors shall cease to be s stocbholder, he shall cease to be d Director:
 w. c. TohEtn, {Seai} Territory of Arizona,
 County of Yuma, "''
 On this 2lSt day of November f9O4, before me A. D. Laughlin, notary public i'll and for the county of Los Angeles; State of California, per Sonally appeared, J. D. Payne, Jr., J. L.. Poole r. L. Graves and w. c. Tonkin, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed hereto, and who executed the an neXed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed.
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at the county of Los Angeles, State of California, the day and year last above written.
 Seal A. D. -Laughlin,
 Notary Public My commission expires June 24th, 1908. On this 26th day of November, 1904, before me, C. P. Cronin, a notary public in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, person ally appeared c. H. Mathis, known to me to be the person described in whose name is sub Scribed to and who executed the annexed inStru- ment, and he acknowledged to me that he exc cuted the same for the uses and purposes there in expressed.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at the county of Yuma. Territory Of Arizona, the date and year last above written.
 c. P. Cronin. fSeal) NotarG Public
 for the County of Yuma, Territory
 of Arizona.
 My commission expires Jan. 5, 1905.
 First publication June 2l 1905.