Arizona silver belt., 1906-01-04


 selves under the provisions of the laws of the territory of Arizona, and espec,, ially under Title XIII, of the revised statutes of the territory of Arizona, concerning corporation, being chapter II of said title of the laws of l9Ol, ana amendatory thereof, for the purpose or engaging in the lawful enterprise, bus mess. pursuit and occupation hereinaf- ter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge according to law, these ar ticles of incorporation, and declare:
 The name assumed by this corpora tion by which it shall be known IS the Radium Mines Company, and its prime ipal place of transacting business IS m the town of Globe, county of Gila, ter ritory of Arizona, and 1t may have branch offices for the purpose of trans acting any business of any kind and nature whatsoever,a at such 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 corpora tion proposes to acquire by location, purchase or otherwise, mines of copper, gold, silver, lead, coal, and mines and mineral land of every kind and descrip- tion whatsoever, and to operate, lease or sell the same; to erect and maintain mills, reductions works, teaching plants, concentrating works, smeltlng plants, and any and all kinds of mining and milling machinery for the economl- cal handling and reduction of ores; and to acquire, construct, own and operate railways, tramways, turnpikes and ca nals to lead from it's principal works, or place of business, to some navlgable stream or to some existing railroad, turnpike or public highway; to erect, operate, maintain stores, boarding houses and hotels; to do general mer- chandise business, to acquire by pur- chase, location and in any other lawful manner. real estate, lands and all other kinds of property, real personal andmlx- ed;to lay out, construct, acquire by pur- chase or in any other lawful manner, and accept, hold, possess, enjoy, oper- ate and use franchises from 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, chat tels, goods, wares, merchandise and choses in action; to buy, manufac- ture, sell, and deal in all kinds of prop erty, real, personal and mixed, electrical appliances for driving machinery, motor power for propelling any and all kinds of mechanical appliances where cleo tricity is applicable; telephone and cleo trie lines, telegraph lines, electric lights; transacting any and all kinds of business which may be transacted by natural person, to hold, cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same, and to alienate sell, lease, demise and dispose of the same. or any part there of, as well as any other property thls 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 it's board of directors deem proper and see fit, and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property which this corporation may hereafter acquire to secure pay ment of such money with interest, or to secure payment of any debt of this "llil lIlltltol lii1A IOi as it may be legally obliged to pay.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be five million (5,0O0, O00 OO dollars, divided into five hundred thousand (500,000) shares, of the par value of ten ($l0.00) dollars each, and the time when; and the con dtions upon which it is to be paid are as follows, to-wit: The whole of the capital stock may be paid in, in cash oi ia property, or in valuable services nee essary for the purposes of the corpor ation, upon resolution of the board ol directors, and evidence of title ant value satisfactory to said board of di rectors.
 The time of the commencement of thi! corporation shall be the day of the fiji ing of these articles for record in thu office of the county recorder of Gil; county, in the territory of Arizona, anC the termination thereof shall be twen ty-fve years thereafter, unless by law further extended by the company.
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 The affairs of this corporation are t' be and they shall be conducted by |; board of directors consisting of fv, persons. who shall be elected annually on the first Monday in May, by thu stockholders, at o'clock p. m. of sait day, of which every stockholder shal hereby take notice, and after the an nual meeting in May 1906, no persoi shall be eligible to the office of directol unless he is stockholder in the cor poration. Said board of directors shal have full power to fill vacancies ir their number, but cannot create tho vacancy arbitrarily, and may elect sucl officers and appoint such committee ol committees, from their own number and to aid in the management of tn, business and conducting the affairs oi this corporation as they may see fit and vest in such officers and in sai, committees or committee, all such pow CTS as they may deem expedent.
 The following named persons who ar subscribers hereto, shall constitute tn board of directors of this corporation for the first year and until their sue cessors. duly qualified shall be elected towit: W. H. Mercer, William H Butler, T. Shields Collins. Johl