Graham guardian., 1906-07-27

That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed.
| do hereby associate ourselves together 'or the
| purpose of forming corporation under the
| iaws'of the Territory of Arizona, and to that
end make the following statement
| FIRST: The names of the corporators are
James +. Bell, John X. Hill, JO,eph :. Van
| Fleet William 6. Boyd, Matthew II. Ramage,
| Edward j. Dimmick, and Benjamin F.
| Edwards, and the name of the corporation
| shall be Consolidated Copper Company OF
! Arizona The principal place in which the
business of said CORPORATION within the Terri
| tory of arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix,
! Maricnpa County, arizona, and the principal
| place of business of said corporation outside
of the Territory of Arizona, shall be the City of
| Washington, in the District of Colombia, a.
which meetings of the stockholderS and the
| board Of directors may be held, and the ec r
pnrg ton may have such branch othc either
| within or without the Territory of Arizona as
may be established by the board of directors
SECOND: The general nature of the business
| uropnsed to be transacted by this corporation
and other mineral lands in the United states,
| aud the mining and smelling and milling OF the
minerals found in the property owned by sal
| com pary particularly In Tizona TO make
| contracts to purchase lease bond, locate or
| otherwise acquire, own, exchange, SELL or
| OtherRise dispose Of pledge, NOR gage,
| hypothecate and deal in real estate and any
| and all kinds of personal property, mines,
mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, OIL
| gas asphaltum, petr leum, asbestos, sat
water and water rights and machinery. ana to
work mine explore, operate and develop the
same aud in general TO do all things necessary
| to the proper conduct Of the business OF this
corporation in the territory aud elsewhere, noi
! inconsistent with the laws OF the United states
and the Territory of Ariz ma
THIRD: The authorized amount of capital
stock of this cOrpo alton shall be Three Million
Dollars. 81 OOO O6O) divided into Three Hundred
Thousand Shares Of the par value OF Ten
Dollars $1,000 each, At such time as the
| board of directors may by resolution dlret
said capital stock shall be paid into this cor,
pOration, either In cash or by the sale and
transfer to it of real or personal proper y ior
the uses and purposes of said corporation N
payment for which 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 absence of actual fraud
in the transaction the Judgment of the direc,
tors as to the value of the property purchased
shall be conclusive.
FOURTH: The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date Of the filing
of q certified copy OF these 'rttcies OF lncorpO-
ration in the office of the territorial auditor and
the termination thereof shall be twenty y-hve
years thereafter
FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation sha
be conducted by board of not less than seven
nor more than twenty-one directors and the
following named shall constitute the board OF
directors until their successors are elected:
James e. Bell, John X. Hill, Joseph $. Van
Fleet, William 5. Boyd, Matthew II. Ramage,
Edward J. Dimmick ard Benjamin F. Edwards.
Thereafter the board of directors shall be
elected from among the stockholders on the
first Monday Of May of each year. The officers
of said corporation until their successors are
elected shall be: President, Benjamin Il. Ed
wards; Secretary, Matthew II, kamage.
SIXTH: The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent, to which this
corporation is At any time subject shall be
Two Million Dollars, lS2,0OO0OD which al cunt
capital stock,
SEVENTH The private property of the stock
hOlicrs of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.