Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Pinto Copper Mining Company
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT,

Tho Pinto Copper Mining Company KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we, J. c. Clark, H. A. Sidow, o. &. Cross, Hinson Thomas, Thomas F. Kelly. Carl Eder, George Bowen and Wade Sotel, all of Gila county, Ari- zona, do hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation underline laws of the ter ritOry of Arizona, and for this purpose we-do hereby declare and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE 1.
 The names of the incorporators are lJ. c. Clark, H. A. Sidow, o. s. Cross, Hinson Thomas. Thomas P. Kelly, Carl Eder, George Bowen and Wade Sotel. The name of this incorporation shall be and is The Pinto Copper Min ing Co.,, and it's principal place of trans acting business shall be at Globe, Gila county, Arizona, at which place the meetings of the stockholders and di- rectorse shall be held;l provided that branch offices may be established at other points within the territory of Ari- zona, to be selected by the stockholders in meeting assembled, and at such places any and iall business may be transacted necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this incorporas tion. 5Q0i#C flj ARTICLE II. -1oJ
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation is: To buy, sell. bond or mortgage mines and mining property, and to work, op- crate and maintain the same; to ac- quire, by proper conveyance, all real estate necessary for the purposes of its business, either in or out of the terri tory of Arizona; the erection and main tenance of works, mills and smelters necessary for it's purposes; to deal in merchandise of all sorts, and to engage in and carry on the business of treat ing, smelling and refining copper and other ores and metals; to construct all necessary buildings, roads and tram ways for the carrying out of the pur- poses of this corporation; and in gen. eral, to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary for and incidental to the objects aforesaid or in any wise connected herewith.
 ARTICLE III,
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars (Sl ,00O.- 000), divided into one million q ,000, : O00) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l.0O) each Each share of stock, wheu issued. shall be first fully paid for in cash or its cash equivalent, and such shares of stock, when so is sued, shall thereafter be non-assess- able.
 ARTICLE ". H4.'
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date upon which these articles are filed in the off, flee of the County Recorder of Gila County. Arizona, and copy thereof filed in the office of the Territorial Au- ditor of Arizona, and it's termination shall be twenty-five years from and af- ter the filings aforesaid.
 ARTIc.E V.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of seven dir ectors, elected annually by and from among the stockholders thereof The first annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS for this purpose, and for the tran saction of such other bu,iness as may properly come before them, shall be held on the first Monday of November, 1907, and annually thereafter on said date. The officers of this corporation shall consist of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer and a general manager. Until such board of directors shall have been elected, the following named persons who shall become owners of shares of stock hereinbefore qualifying as such, shall constitute the board of directors of this corporation: Hinson Thomas, O. S. Cross, J. c. Clark, H. A. Sidow, Wade Sotel, Thomas P. Kelly, Carl Eder; and majority of such board shall have the power to call such meet ings and transact such business as may be deemed necessary or expedient and adopt bylaws.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The board of directors shall have or in the offices of this corporation, and until their successors are elected and qualified, such board and such officers are hereby empowered and authorized to do any and all things necessary to the proper conduct of the affairs of this corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation may at any time subject itself shall be and hereby is fixed at the sum of fifty thousand dollars 1850, ,000).
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be for ever exempt from liability for the debts thereof.
 In Witness Whereof, we, the incor- porators aforesaid, have hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th day of November, 1906.
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