Arizona silver belt., 1906-03-01
ARTICLES OF Incorporation


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That we, the undersigned, Thomas
M. b. Hicks, of the City of Williams
port and State of Pennsylvania, and
Leroy Scholl of the city of Williams
mort and State of Pennsylvania, and
Thomas P. Kelly, of the City of Lara
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation
under the laws of the Territory of Ari-
iona. And we hereby certify:
1900. .ts
FIRST. That the name of the corpor-
alton shall be, 1.-THE Arizona National
Copper Company" and its principal
place of transacting business shall be
the town of Globe in the county of ella
and territory of Arizona.
SECOND. That the general nature of
the business proposed to be transacted
by the said corporation is as follows:
The buying, leasing, holding and selling
of mines, and the mining, milling,
smelling. treating and marketing of
copper, gold, silver, and other ores and
metals, and the doing of any and all
things appropriate to the successful
carrying on of the said business, in
of a railroad or railroads, tramway or
tramways, turnpike or turnpikes, canal
or canals, to lead from its principal
works or place of business to some
navigable stream, or to some existing
railroad, turnpike or public highway.
THIRD. That the amount of the
capital stock of said corporation shall
be Three Million Dollars, and the num-
Der of shares into which it is divided is
Three Hundred Thousand shares of
the par value OF Ten Dollars each,
times and upon the Conditions follow
inc namely: The ownership of stock
in said CORPORATION shall be evidenced
by certificates of stock, signed by the
proper officers and under the common
and corporate seal of said CORPORATION.
and shall be issued only for money,
services or property paid to the cor,
alton. which PAYMENT shall be made
within three months of the subscrip-
ton to any such stock, and the GER
tiicates of stock shall not be issued
until fully paid for. The stock, when
issued. shall be full paid and nom
assessable.
FOURTH That the time of COM
mencement of said CORPORATION is the
first day of February, in the year of
our Lord. one thousand nine hundred
and six. and the time of its termina-
tion shall be the thirty-first day of
March. in the wear of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred and thirty one.
The said CORPORATION shall have the
right to be renewed from time to time
for a like period of TWENTY-FIVE wears.
in accordance with the nrovisions of
law.
FIFTH That the officers of said corpor-
alton to conduct its affairs shall con-
sist of board of directors, consisting
of not less than three nor more than
five persons, and those who shall be
directors of the said corporation until
others are duly elected in their places
shall be Thomas M. B. Hicks, Of the
city of Williamsport and state of Penn
sylvania, Leroy Scholl, of the city of
Williamsport and state of Pennsyl-
vania, and Thomas P. Kelly, of the
city of Laramie and state of Wyoming.
DlTecIOTS SHALL De elecIeQ Dy VOIe VI
the stockholders at regular meeting on
the first day of February. A. D. 1907,
thereafter. The board of directors
shall have the power to fill any vacan-
cies in said board until the then next
annual meeting of the stockholders.
The board of directors shall annually
elect president, treasurer secretary
and superintendent of said corporation,
and suct olser officers as said board NAV
from time to time provide: and NAV
elect one person to fiji anv two of said
offices. The board of directors shall
have the power to adopt bylaws defin-
said Corporation and for the manage.
ment of the affairs of the CORPORATION,
and from time to time change. alter AND
amend the same: but the Stakeholder
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of directors shall have the power, upor
such terms as they may determine, Il
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