Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THA AzURITE COPPER MINING
 COMPANY

Know All Men by These Presents: That we, Carl Eder, H. A. Sidow and Jacob Suter, of Globe, Gila County, Ari- zona, c. w. Clement, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and c. w. Parsons, of Denver, Colorado, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for this purpose we do hereby declare and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I.
 l The names of the incorporators are Carl Eder, H. A. Sidow, Jacob Suter, | c. w. Clement and c. w. Parsons. The name of this corporation shall be and is THE AzURITE COPPER MIN. ING COMPANY, and it's principal place of transaeting business shall be at Globe, Gila County, Arizona, at which place the meetings of the stockholders and directors shall be held; provided that branch offices may be established at other points to be selected by the stockholders in meeting assembled, and at such places any and all business may be transacted necessary to the car rying out of the purposes of this eorpor ation.
 | ARTICLE IT. | The general nature of the business to be transacted is: To buy, sell, bond or mortgage mines and mining property, and to work, operate and maintain the same; to acquire, by proper conveyance, all real estate necessary for the pur- poses of it's business, either in or out of | the Territory of Arizona; the erection and maintenance 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 treating, smelting and refining cop per and other ores and metals; to con struet all necessary buildings, roads and tramways for the carrying out of the purposes of this corporations; and, in general, 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 (sl,000, ,000.00) | Dollars, divided into one million G,000,- O00) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l.00) each. Each share of stock, when 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 nonassessable ARTICLE ".
 i The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date upon which these Articles are filed in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, and a copy thereof \ filed in the office of the Territorial Auditor of Arizona, and it's termination shall be twenty-five years from and af ter the filings aforesaid.
 I ARTICLE V. = The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of five Direct ors, elected annually by and from among the stockholders thereof. The first annual meeting oI the stockholders for this purpose and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before them shall be held on the first Monday of February, 1908, and annually thereafter on said date. The officers of this corporation shall consist of President, Vice ,,resident, Secretary and Treasurer, and Gen eral Manager.
 Until such Board of Directors shall have been elected, the following named persons, who shall become owners of shares of stock herein, before qualifying as such, shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporations:
 Carl Eder H. A. Sidow Jacob Suter c. w. Clement and c. w. Parsons
 and majority of such Board shall have the power to call such meetings and transact such business as may be deem ed necessary or expedient and adopt | Bylaws.
 ARTICLE VT. | The Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in said Board 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 ($5O,000.00 Dollars. ARTICLE VIII. The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be for ever exempt from liability for the debts thereof