The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-07-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
California-Arizona Copper Com
pany.

ARTICLE /.

ARTICLE
The undersigned, J. D. Payne, Jr., J. L
Poole. +. L. Graves. c. II. Mathis, and ". {
| Tonlxin hereby associate ourselves togethe
and execute these articles OF Incorporation 70
the purpose of forming u corporation under TIL
laws OF the Territory OF Arizona, the name o
which corporation shall be the California Ari
zona Copper Company it, principal place o
business shall be Yuma County of Yuma, Terri
tory of Arizona with branch Offices at such othe
place or places within the United States OF
foreign countries as may hereafter be desig
| mated.
! ARTICLE II.
The general nature Of the business OF sax
company shall be to own, operate and dispose
| OF quarrieS of marble and stone, to mine fo
! gold and silver and all other precious metal:
and to hold, purchase and locate mineral anC
other lands and water rights: to buy, sell, least
and mortgage real and personal property; t;
make, buy ard sell bills. notes
bonds and Iebenturcs; to erect anC
operate mills. smelters. reineries and othel
works for reducing and treating ores arC
minerals. TO develop electricity and buy anC
chinery operated thereby; to erect houses ant
buildings; to locate and establish town site.
and survey the same: to dispose of mortgages
acquire and lease lots and acreage property: tC
erect and own and operate and lease and sci
| telephone and telegraph lines; TO build roads
tramways and electric steam railroads ant
canals: to locate and develop oil lands con
tanning other kindred substances; to develop
produce and reduce oil and other hytlrocarbor
substances and chemicals; to construct anC
operate hotels; to buy, sell and exchange ant
discount commercial paper, receive deposit,
and loan money; 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 ttC
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
S300OCO, divided into 100000 shares of the pal
value OF 81. 90 each. Said stock upon issuance
to be paid for in full in cash or its equivalent
in property conveyed to said company or fol
services rendered said company and when SC
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
Arizona, and it shall continue for p years
thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
ducted by board OF directors composed Of five
stockholders who shall be elected annually ON
the first Monday in September of each year and
until such election. j. D. Payne, Jr.. J. L.
Poole, f. l.. Graves c H. Mathis and W. C.
Tonlin 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: q 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 lall be IS OCOOO
ARTICLE VII.
IHC pIlbdUC property vi Iuc OF
this corporation shall be exempt from it's cor
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 *.
The directors of this Corporation may adopt
bylaws for it at their first meeting. An
election of directors and stockholders meeting
shall be held annually on the first Monday Of
September OF each year. Tne ANNUAL or other
meetings of the stockholders may be held be-
yond the limits of the Territory of Arizona. If
any Directors Snan cease to be Il StockhOlder.
he shall cease to be a Director.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 2ist day of November
1900.