Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE BRITT COPPER MINING COMPANY

Know All Men by These Presents:
 That we, ]. c. Britt and A. T. Ham mons, of Globe, Arizona, both citizens ot the United States of America, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, and we hereby certify, acknowledge and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this company shall be and is the Britt Copper Mining Com pany.
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of this corporation shall be in the City of Globe, Gila County, Arizona Territory, and it shall have branch offices at such other places as its Board of Directors may from time to time select.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of business trans acted by this corporation is as follows; (a). To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, bond, rent, lease, mine and work mines and mineral lands and the products thereof.
 (b). To purchase or otherwise ac- quire, own, hold, sell, bond, rent, lease and sublet water, water rights, machin- cry, supplies, materials and other arti- cles necessary or convenient for use in connecti with and in the carrying on of the business herein mentioned or any part thereof.
 (c). To purchase or otherwise ac- Quire, own, hold sell, bond, rent, lease, snblet, maintain, manage or construct pipe lines, tracks, reservoirs, roads, tramways, fumes, canals, ditches, em- bankments, telephone or telegraph lines, railroads and other works, smelting and refining plants, property or appliances that may be incident or auxiliary to the main business of this corporation, as set forth in subdivision (a) herein above, or that may be deemed neces- sary, expedient, useful or convenient to said main business by the Board of Di- rectors of this corporation.
 (d). To sell, convey, bond, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any and all of its property of every char acter whatsoever.
 ARTICLE ".
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (S1 ,250,000) Dollars, divided into One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand (l25.- O0O) shares of the par value of Ten (Sl0.00) Dollars each. The said stock may be issued for money, services or property and at such times as the Board of Directors shall direct, and the con ditions of the issuance and payment therefor shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The stock of said corporation shall be nOn-assessable.
 ARTICLE V.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing, in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Arizona, certified copy of these Articles of Incorporation and the termination shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors consisting of not less than five (5) per sons, who shall be shareholders. A ma jority of said Board shall constitute quorum for the transaction of business, and the first directors shall be J. C. Britt, A. T. Hammons, A. G. Smith, Geo. R. Hill and J. B. Newman, who shall hold office until ten O clock A. M. of the first Monday of March, 1908, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Thereafter the directors, annually, at a stockholders meeting to be held at the office of the Company in Globe, Arizona, on the first Monday in March, at ten o clock A. M., in each year, shall be elected and qualified for the term of office commencing on the first Monday in March of each year.
 The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to fill vacancies therein.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The officers of this corporation shall be President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and such minor officers as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, deem it wise and epedient to have. The President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elect. ed annually by the Board of Directors from their own number at the first meeting of the Board following the an. nual election of the said Directors. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may, in the discretion of the Board of Di- rectors, be held by one person.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation IS at any time to subject itself, shall in no ease exceed Five Hundred Thousand (S5OO,0OO) Dsllars.
 ARTICLE TX.
 The Board of Directors shall adopt Bylaws for this corporation, which may be altered, repealed or amended by said Board.
 ARTICLE X.
 The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be ex- empt from any and all liability for the corporate debts of this corporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have