Arizona republican., 1908-05-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the AMERICAN COPPER EXTRACTING AND REFINING COMPANY.

ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming d corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement.
 FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are: Henry K. Hess, Richard Plechner and William Bromer and the name of the corporation shall be Amer jean Copper Extracting and Refining company. The principal place in which The business of said corporation within the territory of Arizona is 10 be trans acted is Phoenix. Arizona, and the cor pOration may have other offices, prin- cipal or branch, either within or with out the territory of Arizona at which offices all meetings of incorporators and stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To carry on the business of smelting. reducing, extracting and refining ores and metals of all kinds and descrip- tions, in all of its branches.
 To carry on the business of mining in all Of its branches.
 To construct, manufacture and sell machinery. tools. appliances and ap-
  branches, and for smelling. reducing, extracting and refining ores and met als of all kinds and descriptions, and to construct. install and operate plants for the like purpose either for itself or for others, and to manufacture and sell all other articles of manufacture.
 To buy. construct. own and operate and to sell or otherwise dispose of rail roads, tramways turnpikes and canals, leading from its principal works or place of business to any navigable stream. existing railroad, turnpike or public highway wherever and to the extent permitted by law, and to buy, construct, own and operate and to sell or otherwise dispose of telephone and tel egraph lines, wherever and to the ex- tent permitted by law.
 In aid of, or in connection with the foregoing, in the use. management, i'm provement, or disposition of its prop erty, and in addition to all other powers conferred by law, the corporation shall have also the following powers:
 To purchase lease or otherwise &C., quire, improve, develop, hire and use, and to let, sell or otherwise dispose of. real estate and all titles and interests in, or in respect to, real estate, water or water rights. either in the territory of Arizona or elsewhere.
 To construct, purchase, lease or oth- erwise acquire, to hold, use, improve, maintain and to operate, and to let, sell and otherwise dispose of mines, fac tories, mills. works, structures and im- prOvements.
 To make, purchase or otherwise &C., qure sell and dispose of and gener- ally deal in and deal with personal property of all kinds and descriptions.
 To buy, lease or otherwise acquire the whole or any part of the business, good will, money and assets of any person, firm, association or corporatoin (foreign or dOmestic), engaged in a business of the same general character as that for which this corporation is organized; in whole or in part.
 To apply for, obtain, register, pur- chase and otherwise acquire, give li- censes under, and dispose of inventions, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, and secret or other processes, and all rights therein and hereunder.
 The corporation may do any of the things hereinbefore enumerated for it. self, or for account of others, may make and perform contracts for doing any thereof; may borrow money and incur debts and issue corporate obliga- tions therefor; may carry on any busi- ness or operation deemed adVanta- geous, incidental or accessory to the exercise of any of said powers and ob- 1ects, and may exercise any or all of said powers, and may engage in any and all classes of business that a na- tural person might or could in the United States and in any part of the world.
 The corporation may purchase, &C., quire, hold and dispose of, the stock, bonds and other evidences of indebted ness of any corporation, domestic or foreign. and issue in exchange therefor it's stock, bonds or other obligations.
 The foregoing expressed powers here by conferred are in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers created by statute, and the enumeration thereof shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of the corpora ton, and the corporation may do all things necessary to the proper conduct of it's business not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be five million dollars ($5000,00O di- vided into five million shares of the par value of one dollar ($100) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora tion, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it Of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non -assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the val ue of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 FOURTH: The time of the com mencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the county recorder, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. with thc privilege of renew al as provided by law.
 FIFTH: The affairs ol this corpora ton shall be conducted by hoard of not less than three nor more than seven