Arizona republican., 1908-05-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 Of th- COPPER EXTRACTING AND REFINING COM PANY.
45 w. Adams St.

PRESENTS: That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby asso- 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 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: NThe 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 ,r -o1T oil other articles of manufacture.
 To buy, construct, own and operate and to sell or otherwise dispose of rail- roads, tramways, turnpilIes and canals ! leading from its principal works ol place of business to any navigablt 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 ana 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 shal 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, Of 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 i'm. prOvements.
 To make. purchase or otherwise ac- qruire. sell and dispose of and gener- ally deal in and deal with persona 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 corpOratoir 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 anC incur debts and issue corporate obliga- tiOns therefor; may carry on any busi- ness or operation deemed advanta- geous. incidental or accessory to tn, exercise of any of said powers and ob. 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 the United States and in any part of the world.
 The corporation may purchase. ac- quire, hold and dispose of. the stock bonds and other evidences or indebted ness of any corporation. domestic ol foreign. and issue in exchange therefor it's stock, bonds or other obligations.
 The foregoing expressed powers here by conferred are in furtherancc and mol in limitation of the powers created b! statute, and the enumeration thereul shall not be held to limit or restrict 1T any manner the powers of the corpora tion. and the corporation may do ali 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 1 be five million dollars (S5,0O0,OOO di vided into five million shares of th' par value of one dollar Cs1.00) each. A 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 ant , transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of saiC | corporation. in payment for whici shares Of the capital stock of said cor