Arizona republican., 1906-04-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Nevada- Manhattan Mining Comnanv

company, for the objects and purposes hereinafter set forth, have this day as Sociated ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming a corporation, and do make, sign and acknowledge these, our articles of incorporation, and do certify, state and declare as follows, towit:
 The corporate 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.
 The principal place in which the bus mess of the said company, within the territory of Arizona, is to be transacted
 The name of the agent of this com pany, upon whom process may be SerV ed in any action, suit or proceeding that may be brought against this company is Harvey J. Lee, residing in the city or Phoenix, territory of Arizona.
 III.
 The objects and purposes for which said company shall be created are as
 To acquire by appropriation: discov cry, location, lease. license, franchise chase. conveyance, agreement or other wise. and to own, hold, possess, enjoy, work, operate, and exploit gold, silver and other placer or lode mines or de- posits, tunnels, mining ana tunnehng est therein, as also such lands, mills, mill sites. tunnel sites, buildings, con- structiOns. plants, appliances, equip ments. fixtures, dredges, machinery, dis coveries, inventions, patents. patent rights, improvements, dump and dump rights ditches fumes, pipes and pipe lines, water, ditch, and reservoir rights, or priorities: such railways. tranr-~ays, 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 SOnal, or mixed. as may be deemed by the directors for the time being to be necessary. desirable and appropriate for the practical working. development, min- ing, dredging, exploitation or enjoyment of any and all of the company's prop critics acquired or to Oe acquired; the treatment, concentration, milling, smelt- ing or reduction of ores or minerals and 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 machinery, dredges or. other appliances or devices used for raising and Operat- ing 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 securltieS or evidences oI ulie, ln- terest or indebtedness of any person. partnership. company. or corporation, private. municipal or governmental
 To buy, sell, hold, use, pledge, loan, and generally deal in or acquire by sub scription. purchase pledge or by the ex- change therefor of stocks bonds or se- cuTities 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 EageS. debentureS or other securities. or 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.
 To aid, promote and invest in such other corporations or other enterprises as 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 treat ment Of ores or other minerals, the eX- the exploitation or 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 aSSocia- tion within or without the United States of America for any lawful purposes whatever which may, to this company and to it's directors, seem necessary or
 To borrow money and to execute and issue it's notes, bonds, debentures, script 1 or other securities therefor.
 To grant, bargain, sell, assign, trans fer, convey, bond, lease, pledge, hypOth- i ecate or dispose of the whole or any part Of it's franchises, InetaIS, minerals, 1 mineral rights, ores or other property real, personal or mixed, any right, ! title or interest therein or thereto as and whenever it's directors may see fit, 1 and determine, and te mortgage or oth- l erwise cucumber its mines, placer depos- | as and when thereuntO author ! iZed by law and to do any and all acts |. and things necessary, incident. appropri- i ate or relating to the aforesaid purpo- | seS or any Of them.
 To engage in and carry on a general ] mercantile business, so Tar as, in the | opinion of the directors, it may be nee | essary to do so for the purpose of pro- viding provisions and supplies used or to | De used Tn carrying out the objects here | in set forth.
 And generally, to transact any and all 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 | dollars G5OOGO, and the number of l sist shall be five million shares of the 1 par value of one cent c.OD.
 The time of the commencement of the existence of this company shall be the date of the filing of a copy i ritorial auditor, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years there- after, and It's charter rights may be re- newed for another period of twenty-five years upon the vote of three-fourths of 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 shall be elected annually by the stock holders; the number or 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 it's cor porate existence, and until their sue cessors shall have been elected and qual- Ined are k. B. Higbee and c. NJ. 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 or January in each calendar year, and may be held beyond the limits or the ter ritOry of Arizona.
 The directors meetings may be held within or without the territory of Ari- | 1ona, as may be provided by the bylaws, and the right to vote by proxy, at the 1 meetings of both stockholders and the is hereby established. The di- -ectors have the power to elect, desig- nate and appoint such officers and |