Arizona republican., 1906-04-25
ARr1cLEs OF INCORPORATION
Nevada-Maahattan Mining Compa

Minnesota, being desirous of forming a company, for the objects and purposes hereinafter set forth, have this day as- sociated ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming corporation, and do make sign ana 6d 6 sese; setfTI 1Hr state and declare as follows, towit;
 The cornorate name of said company shall be the Nevada Manhattan Mining company, and the names of the incor- porators are R. B. Higbee and C. M. Higbee.
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 The principal place in which the bus mess of the said company, within the territory of Arizona, is to be transacted is at Phoenix.
 pany. upon whom process may be serv- ed in any action, suit or proceeding that Harvey J. Lee, residing in the city Of Phoenix, territory of Arizona
 The objects and purposes for which said company shall be created are as follows. to7iS-
 cry, location, lease, license. franchise grant. gift, devise, bond. option, .pur- chase c9nyeyanee' SgIS agreement a or other other construct, repair, develop, mine, dredge. work. operate, and exploit gold. silver posits, tunnels, mining ana tunneiing property, and any right, title, and inter mill sites. tunnel sites buildings. con mentS, fixtures, dredges, machinery, dis rights, improvements. dump and dump rights, ditches, fumes, pipes and pipe or pric sIties: such railways. tran,-says, and rights of way as lead from their principal work to adjacent streams. rail ways or highways; easements. appurte- nances, privileges. franchises and other property or rights to property, real, per by the directors for the time being to be necessary, desirable and appropriate for the practical working, development; thin min of any and all of the company's prop critics acquired or to DC acquired; the treatment, concentration, milling. smelt- ing or reduction of ores or minerals and mineral deposits; the receiving, shipping or transportation of ores. minerals or supplies on, to, or from any part of the workings upon the company's properties or for the accomplishment of any other purpose for which this company is form ed; to purchase, own. construct or in any wise possess, use or utilize and enjoy or devices used for raising and operat- ink gold, silver and other metals from such mines, lodes. ledges, mineral or pla- To Contract for. buy, take, acquire own, hold. enjoy, use. vote. utilize, guar antee and enforce any and all shares, stocks, bonds. debentures, mortgages or other securities or evidences of title, in- terest or indebtedness of any person, private, municipal or governme9taL
 
 Change therefor of Stocks. bonds % or se- curities in consideration of work done or labor performed or materials furnished, or by, or for, any other lawful means or consideration, the whole or any part of the capital stock. notes, bonds, mort gages. debentures or other securities. or evidence of debt of any other company, corporation or association carrying on any line of business within the United States or elsewhere, whether such busi- ness is similar or dissimilar to that of this company. 9,
 To aid, promote and invest in such other corporations or other enterprises may have been or may be organized for the working, mining, dredging, or operating placer and lode mines or depos- metals. or for the reduction or treat ment of ores or other minerals, the ex- traction of metals or minerals therefrom' the exploitation of patented, or other pro- cesses for such working, mining, raising, dredging or otherwise separating gold and silver and other minerals from pla- cer and lode deposits. the production, use, transmission or distribution of pow CT. heat or light and the dealing in land To enter into contracts with any per- son, company, corporation, or assocta- tion within or without the United States of America for any lawful purposes whatever which may, to this company and to, its directors, seem necessary or desirable.
 To borrow money and to execute and issue its notes, bonds, debentures, script or other securities therefor.
 To grant, bargain. sell, assign, trans fer, convey, bond, lease, pledge. hypoth- eeate or dispose of the whole or any part of its franchises, metals, minerals, mineral rights, ores or other property, real,< personal or mixed, or any right, title or interest therein or thereto as and whenever its directors may see fit, and determine, and te mortgage or oth- erwise cucumber its mines, placer depos- chinery, as and when thereunto author ized by law and to do any and all acts ate or relating to the aforesaid purpo- ses or any of them
 mercantile business, so Tar as, in the opinion of the directors, cit may be nec- essary to do so for the purpose of pro- Viding provisions and supplies used or to in set forth
 And generally. to transact any and all lawful business incident, appurtenant or relative to the various lines of business hereinbefore referred to or any of them. The amount of the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand shares of f'o which sRf said tae stock sham co4 sist shall be five million shares of the par value of one cent GOD.
 The time of the commencement of the corporate existence of this company shall be the date of the filing of a copy of the said articles. duly certified by the county recorder of county. with the ter ritorial auditor, and the termination after, and it's charter rights may be re- newed for another period of twenty-five JSoiS hpOlA AhS NOlc OI IlTtc-lOuTInS OA the stockholders given at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
 VI.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors who snail be elected annually by the stock holders: the number of said directors shall be not less than two nor more than eleven. and the names of those who shall manage the affairs of the company for the first year of its cor porate existence, and until their suc- cessors shall have been elected and qual- flied are R. B. Higbee and c. M. Hig- bee.
 The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS for the election of directors and the transaction of other corporate business shall be held on the second Tuesday o1 January in each calendar year, and may be held beyond the limits of the ter ritory of Arizona.
 The directors meetings may be held within or without the territory of Ari. Zona, as may be provided by the bylaws and the right to vote by proxy at the meetings of both stockholders and the directors is hereby established. The di rectors have the power to elect desig. nate and appoint such officers anC