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

hNON ALL MEN D1 HE>soE | PRESENTS: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming 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 , ican Copper Extracting and Refining company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within ' the territory of Arizona is to 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 it's branches.
 To construct manufacture and sell machinery. tools. appliances and ap- paratus for mining in all of its branches, and for smelting. 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. iconsruct, 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 it's 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 ac- 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, sel! and otherwise dispose of mines, fac tories, mills, works, structures and inn provements.
 To make, purchase or otherwise &C., quire. 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 doins any thereof; may borrow money anC ) incur debts and issue corporate obliga I tions therefor: may carry on any busi
 ness or operation deemed advanta geOus. incidental or accessory to tn, r exercise of any of said powers and ob I jects, and may exercise any or all O
 said powers, and may engage in any
 and all classes of business that a na' , tural person might or could. in th'
 United States and in any part of thu
 world.
 The corporation may purchase, ac' ! quire. hold and dispose of, the stock
 bonds and other evidences of indebted . ness of any corporation, domestic O C foreign. and issue in exchange therefo
 it's stock, bonds or other obligations. r The foregoing expressed powers here
 by conferred are in furtherancc and no r in limitation of the powers created b.
 statute. and the enumeration thcrco r hall not be held to limit or restrict II
 any manner the powers of the corpora n ton, and the corporation may do al
 things necessary to the proper conduc
 of it's business not inconsistent witt
 the laws of the United States and tn
 territory. of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount O
 capital stock of this corporation shai
 be five million dollars (SJ.OOO,000) di = vided into five million shares of tn ,. par value of one dollar (Sl.0O) each.
 such time as the Board of Director | may by resolution direct. said capita
 stock shall be paid into this corpora
 tion, either in cash or by the sale an
 transfer to it of real or personal prop
 erty for the uses and purposes of sai Il corporation, in payment for whic
 shares of the capital stock of said cor =