The oasis., 1910-07-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -oF THE QUEEN BESS COPPER COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we the undersigned residents of the County or Jackson, State of Missouri, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing corporation under the laws OI the Territory of Arizona, and pursuant thereto do hereby make, sign, execute, acknoWledgei
 ile record and publish the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE ONE. The names ot the ineorpor- ators are S. F. Johnson, Edwin NJ. Miller D. B.
 Wallis and Martin Lyons, and the name oi the
 corporation shall be and is QUEEN BkSS COP
 PER COMPANY, and its principal place oi transacting business and It's principal once shall be in the town Of Nogales, santa cruz County Arizona 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 Oi property at 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 oihce Tn the Clty
 of Kansas City, County of Jackson, State ol | Missouri and hold meetings Of the Board or | Directors in said city at such times as the l Board of Directors may determine and any ] directors meetings held in said city shall be
 regular directors meetings.
 | ARTICLE Two. The general nature oi the
 business to be transacted by this corporation IS that of locating, buying, owning, selling leas- ing, contracting for, managing, operating, developing, and improving mineral lands
 mines and mining property wherever the
 same may be situated also erecting, purchas-
 ing leasing, managing and operating mls,
 smeters, concentratOrs and any and al Rlnus
 of works, machinery and appliances TOT 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, ana
 operating, managing letting, selling ana dls-
 posing of any and all kinds of property, real personal or mixed that may be deemed proper
 by the Board of Directors: also to buy, hold sell assign and dispose of stocks or other cor porations and also for the carrying on or the general business of merchandising; to buy
 locate construct, own, manage, and operate 5 and sell toll roads and railroads: to borrow , money and to contract to repay the same Wlth , or without interest upon such terms as tht ! Board of Directors may determine and TOT Una , purpose to mortgage. pledge and hypothecat' any or all of its property to make such con F tracts, acquire, hold, mortgage, operate anC transfer such property and possess all tn' | powers in relation thereto, as private indl ,, vidual may, under the law, possess and enjoy U ARTICLE THREE. The amount of the capita Il stock of this corporation shall be Two Million : (s2 900 0OOOO) Dollars, divided into Two Milliol . 1000 0OO) shares of the par value of One (S lOC U Dollar each, and all shares when issued shal be fully paid and non -assessabe.
 | ARTICLE FOUR The time of the commence l. ment of this corporation shall be the date c l. the filing of these Articles in the office ot th e county Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ar l. zona Territory, and in the Office of the Secr' u tary of the Territory of Arizona, and the term IS nation thereof shall be twenty-five (25) year T. thereafter, but the same may be renewed fror time to time for like period of twenty-hy D. (2E) years when the holders of a majority { le the issned stock shall, at any meeting dul d called and held for that purpose, vote in fave s of such renewal
 oi ARTICLE FIVE. The management of the bus ness and the affairs of this corporation sha 'n be vested in the Board of Directors consistin a. of not less than three nor more than seye 't- persons any and all of whom shall be stoc 1T. holders said directors shall be elected annua 'n ly by the stockholders on the first Monda c,, after the first Tuesday of January of each yea ld provided however that s. F. Johnson. Edwl sd Nj. Miller, D. B. Wallis and Martin Lyons sha ne be and constitute the Board of Directors unt
 the annual meeting of the stockholders in tl te year 1911. The number of directors shall ld determined from time to time by majori d' vote of the issued stock of the corporation. m The officers of this corporation shall be
 President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasur and General Manager; provided that the ollie as- of Secretary and Treasurer, or President al pc General Manager may be held by the same DC rst son, and all of said officers shall be chos ng from among the members of the Boa ne of Directors and shall hold their offic nd for term of enc yesT and until their succ'