The oasis., 1910-08-06
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 a 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 Interpretations
 ARTICLE ONE. The names of the incorpor- ators 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 1 PER COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting business and its principal office | shall be in the town of NOgales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory But this corpora | tion may also transact a " of it's business and | establish and maintain offices and own. man. aye, and operate all kinds of property at any | place within or without the said Territory of 1 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 Jack,on, 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, leas- ing, contracting for managing, operating,
 developing, and improving mineral lands,
 mines, and mining property wherever the
 
 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 proper by the Board of Directors: also to buy, hold sell, assign and dispose of stocks Of other cor poratiOns, aud also for 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 thai purpose to mortgage, pledge and hypothecatt
 any or all of it's property: to make such con tracts, acquire, hold, mortgage, operate and transfer such property and possess all tn, powers in relation thereto as private indi vidual may, under the law, possess and enjoy. ARTICLE THREE. The amount of the capita stock of this corporation shall be Two Million ($2, ,000, ,00000) Dollars divided into Two MillioI (2,00O O00 shares of the par value of One ($ 100 | Dollar each, and all shares when issued shal be fully paid and non assessable.
 ARTICLE FOUR. The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date O the filing of these Articles in the office of tn
 zona Territory, and in the Office of the Secre
 tary of the Territory of Arizona and the termi
 nation thereof shall be twenty-five (25) year
 thereafter, but the same may be renewed iron time to time for a like period of twenty-fv (2O years when the holders of & AjOrity c
 the issned stock shall, at any meeting dul
 called and held for that purpose, vote in favo
 of such renewal.
 ARTICLE FIVE. The management of the bus
 ness and the affairs of this corporation shal
 be vested in the Board of Directors consistn
 of not less than three nor more than seve
 persons any and all of whom shall be stocl N holders said directors shall be elected annua
 ly by the stockholders on the first Monda
 after the first Tuesday of January of each yea provided however that s. F Johnson. Edwi Nj. Miller, D. B. Wal,is and Martin Lyons sha be and constitute the Board of Directors unt the annual meeting of the stockholders in tn year 1911. The number of directors shall determined flom time to time by a majOrii vote of the issued stock of the corporation. The officers of this corporation shall be President. NicePresident, Secretary, Treasure
 and General Manager; provided that the office
 of Secretary and Treasurer, or President an
 General Manager may be held by the same pc
 son, and all of said officers shall be chose \ from among the members of the Boar of Directors and shall hold their ofic, 7 for term of ole year and until their succe