Arizona republican., 1906-01-23
A. q. SIlNSON. lS C. F. VAN SCHOICK Cst- tn nf ----n .I
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION OF THE STERLING COPPER
 COMPANY.

Know All Men By These Presents. That We, whose hands are hereuntO affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of f9TrnlnE corporation under the laws of the Territory of Ari- first: The names Of the incorporators are Neil McEwen, !. r. Nelson and Jud- son 4. Elliott. and tbe name of the cor pOraDon shall be The Sterling Copper Company The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the busi- ness of said cOrpOration is to be trans acted is Phoenix, but the corporation may have such branch offices either within or outside of Arizona as the board Uermine, at any of which places meetings of the stockholders and board of direct Second: The general nature of the bus mess proposed to be transacted is to mare maze coHtrac, $; lo purchaSe lease Donu. locate or OIneiWlSe acquire own. eE- change, sell. or otherwise dispose Of. pledge. mortgage, hypOthecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, including bonds and shaleS or the capital stock of other cor poratIons, mines. mining claims. oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands. oil. gas coal. Shale 2Sphaltum. petroleum. asbestos salt. water and water rights and Inachin- cry, and to work, mine, explore. operate and develop the same; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds, mortgages or to exercise in respect thereof and of all shares of capital stock and other securi- powers and privileges of individual own CTS. including the right to vote any shares of stock he'd by it to the same extent that a natural person might or could do, and in general to Co all things necessary to the proper conduct Of the business of this corporation
 Third: The authorized amount of capi- tai stock shall be one million collars CSl.OlG O30.0l} divided into one million q, ,009, 000) shares of the par value or one dollar GI.0J each. At such time as the board or directors may by resolution di- rect, said capital stock shall be I5s.d in either in cash or by the sale and trans Ter or real or personal property to the poses, m payment Tor which. capital stock may he issued. and the stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby be- assessable, and the judgment of rne di- reetors as to the value of the property purchased shall be concIus- -ve-
 meEt of this corporation shall be the Fist day of November. A. D. 1905. and the termination thereof shall be twentv-fivts years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs Of this corporation shall be conducted by a board of not less than five @ nor more than seven @ directors and the following named per their successors are elected and qualified: Neil AtccEen, l. E. Nelson. Geo. II. Will son. J. Frank Nelson and Judson A Elliott Thereafter the board of direct orS shall be elected from among the stockholders on the third Wednesday in November of each year, commencing in
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebt- edness or liability to which this corpo- ration is at any time subject shall be fifty thousand dollars (S50.00l.OO
 Seventh; The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever
 Tn witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 20th day of November A D 1905
 NEIL McEWEN. (SeaD
 T. E. NEI SON tSeau
 HUDSON A ELLIOTT. (seaB Territory of Arizona
 County of AIaricopa. ss.
 Before me, W. H. Teasley. a notary public in and for the Territory ana county aforesaid. on this day personally appeared Neil McEwen, I. E. Nelson and Judson A. Elliott, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument. and they ac- knoWledged to me that thev executed the same for the uses ana purposes therein mentioned
 G-ven, under T1., hand and seal of office. this 20th day of November. A. D. 1905. (SeaD w II TEASLET.
 NOtar-- Public 1907
 Filed according to law, Nov. 21 1905.