Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

hereinafter set forth, have this day
 sociated ourselves together for the Dur- 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. E. 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 or Phoenix, territory of Arizona.
 The objects and purposes for which said company shall be created are as
 To acquire by appropriation. discov- cry, location, lease. license franchise. grant, gift, devise, bond, option, pur- wise and to own hold, possess, enjoy, construct, repair. develop, mine, dredge. | work operate and exploit gold silver and other placer or lode mines or de- posits. tunnels. mining ana tunneling property. and any right title, and inter est therein, also such lands, mills, mill sites, tunnel sites. buildings, con structions. plants. appliances. equip coveries. inventions, patents, patent rights improvements. dump and dump
 
 lines, water ditch, and reservoir rights. 1 or priorities: such railways. trauI-~vays, and rights of way as lead from their principal work to adjacent streams. rail- l ways or highways; easements, appurte- 1 nances, privileges, franchises and other property or rlShts 10 property real, per sOnal. mixed may be deemed | by the directors for the time being to be necessary, deSlrable and appropriate for : the practical working, development. min i ing, dredging, exploitation or enjoyment i of any and all of the company's prop ! critics acquired or to acduired the ' treatment, concentration. milling. smelt- i ing or reduction of ores or minerals and l mineral deposits; the receiving. shipping | or transportation of ores. minerals ! supplies on. to- or from any part of the l workings upon the company's g properties | or for the accomplishment of any other | purpose for which this company is form I ed; to purchase, own, construct or in any | wise possess, use or utilize and enjoy I machinery, dredges or other appliances | or devices used for raising and operat- : ing gold, silver and other metals from l such mines lodes, lodges, mineral or pla- 1 Ger deposits. l 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, l ! partnership. company, or corporation, ! private. municipal or governmental. To buy, sell, hold. use. pledge, loan, ] ti i ,l' Sii liS Settl III, oI cquiIt " Suh change therefor of stocks bonds or se- curities in consideration of work done or ] | or by, or for. any other lawful means ] | or consideration. the whole or any part i of the capital stock. notes. bonds mort | SaseS, oeDenIures or other securities. or ]. evidence of debt of any other company l | corporation or association carrying on . any hne or business within the United 1 States or elsewhere. whether such busi- ness is similar or dissimilar to that of this company. D.. To aid, promote and invest in such i other corporations other enterprises ! as may have been or may be organized Tor Inc working mining dredging F operating placer and lode mines or depos- it's of gold, silver or other minerals or | metals. or for the reduction or treat ment of ores or other minerals the ex- 1 traction of metals or minerals therefrom, cesses for such working, mining. raising. dredging or otherwise separating gold and silver and other minerals from pla- ger ana loue uepoSiIS, the production, use transmission or distribution of DOW er heat or light and the dealing in land.
 To enter into contracts with any per | son. company, corporation. or assOcia- uon within or without the United States or Amerlca Tor 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 Ter convey, bond, lease, pledge, hypOth- ecate or dispose of the whole or any part of its franchises, metals. minerals, mineral rights, ores or other property. real personal or mixed. any right,
 
 and whenever its directors may see fit and determine, and te mortgage or oth- efWlse cucumber its mines, placer depos- IIs, or us pants, or the principal ma chinery, as and when thereuntO author ized by law and to do any and all acts ana thlnSS necessary, incident, appropri- ate or relating to the aforesaid purpo- ses or any of them.
 To engage Tn and carry on general 1 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 | be be used in carrying out the objects here
 And generally, to transact any and all lawful business incident, appurtenant or relative to the various lines of business heIelhDeIore reIerrgd to or any of them. The amount of the capital stock of collars C5O,Og0), and the number of shares Of which said stock shall con sist shall be five million shares of the ! par value of one cent sop.
 The time of the commencement of the corporate existence of this company 1 shall be the date of the filing of copy i or the said articles. duly certified by the l county recorder of county. with the ter ritorial auditor, and the termination 1 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 1 the stockholders given at a meeting duly called Tor that purpose
 VI.
 The affairs of thIs corporation shall a " shall be elected annually by the stock holders: the number Ot said directors | shall be not less than two nor more Inan eleven, and the names of those who shall manage the affairs of the company for the first year of it's cor pofaUe existence, and until their sue cessors shall have been elected and uuaI- ined are k. B. Higbee and C. Nj. Hig- bee.
 The annual meeting of the stockhoId- CTS for the election Of directors and the transaction of other corporate business snail be held the second 'rnaSdaNy nf ! 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 and agents of the company as they may con slder necessary or eXpedient, and to re- move the same at nIeasIIra and tn fiy