Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

TreXler. A. ID. ChldSey. John Denair. II. IA hOff. Jr., A. C. Godshall H. H. Godshall and l.. D. Godshall have become associated together for a certain undertaking and for the better carrying on of the same the undersigned have agreed to organize a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona; Now, Therefore, know all men by these pres ents:
 That We. the undersigned. do hereb- aSso ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the general laws of the Territory of Arizona, the name of which corporation shall be:
 COCOPAH COPPER COMPANY and the principal place of transacting business of which corporation shall be kingmau, in Mohave county. in the Territory of Arizona.
 
 The general business to be transacted by said corporation is to purchase. lease, locate and otherwise acquire mineral lands and mining claims to sell and convey mineral lands and mining claims; to explore lands for minerals and metals; to mine for mineral, and metals: to extract. concentrate and reduce buy and sell and deal in ores. minerals aud metals to erect, maintain and operate Smelters and other plants, tO treat and reduce ores: to purchase. lease, locate, approprlate develop or otherwise to acquire water and water rights and the same to sell and convey; to acquire by pur- chase. location or otherwise mill sites. dam sites reServO'r sites. rights of way for ditcheS, cOuduitS. acQueductS. pipe lines and canals. to erect and maintain telegraph and telephone lines and electric light and power lines. and acquire by combination or otherwise rights of way for such lines; to erect and maintain plants for operating telephone and telegraph systems and electric power plants in connection with the mining operations of the company, to build, maintain and operate wire. cable or Oth CT tramwav or railroads to be operated and run by electricity. steam. gravItatiOn or otherwise. leadiug from it's Irincipal works or place of business to some navigable stream or to some existing railroad. turnpike or public highway: 10 condemn land necessary for the construction of any such tramway or railroad and for all purposes necessary and convenient in the Op erutiou thereof; to acquire by location or Oth- erwiSe lands and riGhtS for tunnels and all az purtenanceS thereto incident and appertain ing: to sell, exchange. lease and grant licenses. privileges and interests in and to any of the properties, and iighiS ac luired by the corpora | tion; to carry on the business of merchandise | ing and general trading in connection with | such mining and reduction business and to construct maintain operate and lease any of | the things nece esSary. proper and incident to carry On such business of merchandising and general tracing; to lay out towns and .townsit IS and to sell and cispnSe of lots therein aud i'm l provementS on the same O borrow money; tO | make and issue prOmiSSOry notes. bills Of eN- change. debeni ureS and obligations and other l evidences of indebtedness Of every kind and | description necessary or convenient in thu con l duct of its business and to secure The same by mOrtgaGe. pledge or otherwise; 10 acquire. hold | and sell stock in other corporations and tn ! hold. acquire and sell bonds and other secure | ties and evidences of indebtednt Ss. III
 1 The amount of capital stock Of said corpora tion shall be One Million Five Hundred Thou l sand Dollars (Sl.5O1.OOO), divided into One Hun | dIed and Fifty Thousand O5O.OOOl shares of | Ten Dollars. SlO) each and the said stock shall | be paid in upon assessments to be levied by the ! Board of Directors. provided that no assess l mcnt shall be for more than ten per cent Of l the face value Of the stock. and aSSeSSme dts shall not be levied oftener than once in two months. Provided. further. that said capital stock may be paid into this corporation either l iu cash or services. or by sale and transfer to the corporation Of real Or personal property Tor the uses and purposes of the corporation, as the Board of Directors may determine. When shares of stock shall have been paid for in any | Of said ways. certificate for such shares may be issued and the shares so issued shall thereupCn | and thereby become and be fully paid and ncn assessable. and in the absence Of actual fraud l in the transaction. the judgment or the Dlrec, l tors as to the value of the property purchased l shall be conclusive. The stockholders may vote by written proxy for the election of directors l and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the stockholders meetiI 2.
 The time Of the commencement of the said corporation shall be the time Of the hling oi the certified copy Of these articles in the office of the Auditor uf said Territory and the time Of the determination of this corporation shall be twenty-five t25) years from the date O. such filing.
 The affairs of said corporation shall be con. ducted by Board Of Directors consisting of nine stockholders. who shall be elected an nually on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of February.
 VI
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia' bility to which said corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be One Million Dol lars tSLOOO.OOO).
 VII
 Private property of the stockholders of said 2 corporation shall be exempt from the debts oi , said corporation.
 In Witness Whereof. we have hereuntO sci our names this 18th day of May. l9UG.
 (Srd) C. HOT .TEPUOFF, JR.
 lSgd) A. q. WELLS
 (Sgdl DAN MURPHY
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