Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-27

 under the laws of the Territory of Ar izona, and we hereby certify, acknow- ledge and adopt the following Articles of Incorporatlons
 ARTICLE |
 Tho name of this corporation shall be THE ORPHAN COPPER COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II. The principal place of business shall be at the city of Globe in the county of Gila, and tho Territory of Arizona, with branch offices at such other places within the United States of America, ss the Board of Directors shall from time to time direct.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business, pursuit and enterprise proposed to be conducted by this corporation is as follows:
 (a) To make contracts; to purchase. lease, bond, locate, or otherwise own, exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of, to pledge. mortgage, hypothecate, and doal in any and all kinds of real and personal property and merchandiso, in- cluding bonds and shares of tho capital stock of it's own and of other corpor- ations, mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, water, water-rights, fumes, ditchcs, reservoirs, machinery, electric light and power plants. tramways, rail road, telegraph and telephone lines, pipelines and waterways, trademarks, copyrights, md patent devices, ard to work. mine, explore, operate and con struct, own and operate smelters, con centratars, and other reduction works for tho reduction and refining of ores and metals; to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust, to secure tho same and to ex- ercise in respect thereof and of all shares of capital stock and other secur- ities, and obligations, any and all rights, powers and privileges of indi- vidual owners, including the right to vote any share of stock held by 1t, to tho same extent that natural person might or could do; to acquire and ac- ccpt assignments of, and to hold, en- force and collect claims for damages for conversion of ores and for trespass to mining claims and for other damages to real and personal property; to organ ize or create subsidiary, auxiliary or other corporations and subscribe for stock thereof, and to buy or sell prop erty to such other corporations, and to make and carry into effect all arrange ments with respect to union of inter ests, aTalgamation or consolidation with other companies or corporations having objects similar te or included within the objects of this corporation, and. in general. to do all things neees- sary to the proper conduct of the bus mess of the corporation. | (b) To own and conduct stores for the sale of merehand of whatever nature; to owa and eopduet boarding houses, hotels or restaurans.
 ARTICLE ".
 The authorized amount of capital stock shall be Three Million Dollars (s3,o0O. .0O0.0O), divided into Six Hundred Thousand (600.0o0) shares of the par value of Five Dollars (s5.oo) DOT share. At such time as the Board of Directors shall direct, said capital stock shall bo paid in, either in cash or by ihe sale and transfer of real or per sonal property or the assignment of ation for it's uses and purposes, in pay ment for which capital stock may be issued; and the stock SO issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and non-assessable; and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of such property or contracts shall bo conclusive.
 ARTICLE V.
 The timo of tho commencement of this corporation shall he the date of the filing in the office of the County Re. corder of Gila County. Arizona, of a certified copy of these Articles of In corporation: and the date of termina ton shall he twenty yive (25) years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of not les. than five nor more than nine Directors a majority of whom shall decide al matters pertaining 10 the business oi this corporation. The following named persons shall constitute such board with the right to elect os directors suct other persons as they may deem best but the total number of such person: so elected together with the person. herein named as directors, shall mol exceed nino:
 CHAS NJ. CLARK K.....D Director R. c. FOX Director
 A. c. SMITH. Director
 CHAS. T. MARTIN.........D Director
 r. P. GREER-..-............... Director : The election of further directors, anC of the following officers of the corpora , ton, President, president. Secre tary, Assistant Secretary, and Treas urer, may take place at any regular !, meeting of the Board of Directors al above named; and thereafter tho Boart of Directors shall be elected iron among the stockholders, at the regulal meeting of the stockholders, on thu third Tuesday of the month of May oi each year, and shall serve until thei successors are duly elected and qual . flied.
 At tho first regular meeting of th' Board of Directors after such annua election the said Board shall elect iron among themselves the following officer of the corporation. who shall serve unti their successors are properly electc,