Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of Rio Yaqui-Arixona Copper Com
 pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the under signed, hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Ter iitory of Arizona, United States of America, and, to that end. We hereby adopt, sign, acknowledge and publish the following:
 ARTICLE l.
 The NAMES OF THE CORPORA TION shall be RIO YAQUI-ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY; the names of the corporators are A. F. Gressler and J. E. Morrison; the principal place within the said Territory of Arizona at which the business of this corpora ton is to be transacted is Bisbee, Ari- zona, and the Board of Directors Of this corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona, where meetings for the transaction of any and all cor porate business may be held by either the stockholders or the Board of Di- rectors.
 ARTICLE II.
 The GENERAL NATURE of the bus II liteSS tO Dt tIduSdCttu NHAo tbi poA | ton is: To own and operate. handle and control mines, mining properties and mining claims, smelting, refining, milling and reduction works of any and all kinds: to make contracts; to purchase, lease. bond, locate. de nounce, patent. title and otherwise ac- quire, to own, sell, buy, exchange or otherwise dispose of, to pledge, mort -l in na all | ways, deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, stocks of other corporations, whether organ ized under the laws of ehe United States of America or other countries. bonds, mines, mining claims and prop critics, Announcements, oil lands, oil, water and water rights for mining and irrigation Purposes; to build. con struct. operate. own, control, mortgage. pledge and otherwise dispose of and sell mills, cyanide plants, reduction works of sll kinds, electric railways, telephone and telegraph lines, electric and steam power plants. electric light plants; to mine, purchase, sell, trade and deal in any and all kinds of ores; to own and conduct any and ail kinds of supply houses and stores: to construct, build, own, operate, con trol, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge and issue bonds upon railways, wag- on roads, conduits, pipes and pipe lines. rights of way and any and all things appertaining thereto, as may be necessary or expedient in and about its principal works and leading to some existing avenues of transporta- ton; to borrow money and to execute notes, bonds, mortgages and deeds Of trust to secure the payment of the same and, in general, to do any and all things necessary and expedient to the management, conduct and carry ing on of the business of the corDora- ton within the Territory of Arizona or elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States of Amer lea or other countries in which said company may do business.
 ARTICLE III.
 The CAPITALIZATION of this com pany shall be Two Million, Five Hun dred Thousand Dollars (s2,500. 100000. divided into two hundred and fifty thousand (250.000) shares of stock of the par value of Ten Dollars (s10.00) each; said stock shall be non-assessa- ble and shall be fully paid before is suance, either in cash, property, stock Of other corporations or any other thing Of value, in the discretion of the Board of Directors; and, in the ab- sence of actual fraud in the transac- tion, the judgment of the Beard of D. rectors as to the value of the proper ty purchased, services, stocks and oth- CT things of value shall be conclusive and final.
 ARTICLE W.
 The TIME of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date Of the filing of a certified copy of these articles in the office of the Territo- rial Auditor at Phoenix, Arizona, U. s. A., and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE v
 The AFFAIRS of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Five Directors, and the following named persons shall constitute the Board Of Directors until the first Monday in May, 1910, and until their successors are elected and qualified. to-wit: George E. Buxton, F. L. Harrington, A. F. Gressler, R. L. Hogue and J. E. 1iOIIiSOu. lut diubdl of the stockholders shall be held on the first Monday of May, 1910. and the annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first Monday of May of each year following, at which meetings the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the s;ockhold. CTS. and the members of said Board of Directors shall hold office for the term of one year and until their sue cessors are elected and qualified. The officers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer and such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may. by resolution, authorize or ap- point: the officers herein named must all be directors and shall be elected by the Board of Directors immediately after the annual meetings of the stock holders, for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified: until the first annual meet ing of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. the following named persons are here by designated and appointed the off cers os this corporation, to-wit:
 F. L. Harrington, President
 George E. Buxton, vice-President.
 A. F. Gressier, Secretary.
 J. E. Morrison, Treasurer.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The HIGHEST AMOUNT OF IN DEBTEDNESS or liability to which this corporation can, at any time, sub jsct itself Is the sum of one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1.- EO0 O0O OOl