The oasis., 1910-07-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -oF THE QUEEN BEss COPPER COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we the undersigned residents of the County of Jackson, State of Missouri, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and pursuant thereto do hereby make, sign, execute. acknowledge file, record and publish the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE ONE. The names of the incorpor- atOTs are S. F. JOhnsOn Edwin NJ Miller D. B. Wallis and Martin Lyons. and the name of the corporation shall be and is QUEEN BkSS COP PER COMPANY, and its principal place of transacting business and it's principal office shall be in the town of Nogales santa Cruz County, Arlzona Territory: But this corpora tion may also transact any of it's business and establish and maintain offices. and own. man. age, and operate all kinds of property a any place within or without the said Territory of Arizona that the Board of Directors may by resolution provide and determine and this corporation may maintain an office in the City of Kansas City, County of Jackson, State Of Missouri and hold meetings of the Board of Directors in said city at such times as the Board of Directors may determine and any directors meetings held in said city shall be regular directors meetings.
 ARTICLE Two The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation is that of locating buying owning selling eas- developing, and improving mineral lands, mines and mining property wherever the same may be situated also erecting. purchas. ing, leasing, managing and operating mills, smelters, concentrators and any and all kinds of works, machinery and appliances for the purpose of treating reducing, handling, and otherwise dealing in any and all kinds of ores and minerals: and also acquiring by purchase, bond, lease or by any other lawful means, and operating, managing letting, selling and dis posing of any and all kinds of property, real personal or mixed that may be deemed prop,r by the Board of Directors: also to buy, hold, sell, assign and dispose of stocks of other cor pOrations, and also Tor the carrying on of the general business of merchandising: to buy locate, construct, own, manage, and operate and sell toll roads and railroads: to borrow money and to contract to repay the same with or without interest upon such terms as the Board of Directors may determine and for that purpose to mortgage, pledge and hypothec cate any or all of its property: to make such con tracts, acquire, hold, mortgage, operate and transfer such property and possess all the powers in relation thereto, as private indi- yidual may, under the law, possess and enjoy.
 ARTICLE THREE. The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Million t$2 OOO. .OO0.O0) Dollars, divided into Two Million t2 000) shares of the par value of One IS 100) Dollar each, and all shares when issued shall | be fully paid and n0n-assessable.
 | ARTICLE FOUR. The time of the commences ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles in the office of the | county Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ari- ] zona Territory, and in the Office of the Secre- tary of the Territory of Arizona and the termi- nation thereof shall be twenty-five (29 years thereafter but the same may be renewed from time to time for q like period of twenty-five (2t) years when the holders of a majority of
 the issned stock shall, at any meeting duly called and held for that purpose, vote in favor
 of such renewal
 ARTICLE FIVE. The management of the husi
 ness and the affairs of this corporation shall
 be vested in the Board of Directors consisting
 of not less than three nor more than seven
 persons any and all of whom shall be stock
 holders: said directors shall be elected annual
 ly by the stockholders on the first Monday
 after the first Tuesday of January of each year
 provided however that s. F. Johnson. Edwin
 M Miller, D. B. Wallis and Martin Lyons shal
 be and constituteth the Board of Directors unti
 the annual meeting of the stockholders in tho
 year 1911. The number of directors shall bC
 determined flom time to time by majority vote of the issued stock of the corporation.
 The officers of this corporation shall be
 President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
 and General Manager provided that the office.
 of Secretary and Treasurer, or President anC
 General Manager may be held by the same per son, and all of said officers shall be choser
 from among the members of the BoarC
 of Directors and shall hold their office, for term of one year and until their success