The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-04-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Lynch, Richard T. O'Donnell and AL bert G. Shaw, do hereby associate our | selves together and form a corpora | tion under Chapter II of Title XIII, | Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and acts amendatory thereto, and adopt | the following Articles of incorporation
 ARTICLE I.-The name of the Cor poration is ARIZONA-CELTIC COP PER Company and it's principal place of tranSacting business in Arizona is Clifton. Offices may be established, business transacted and meetings of stockholders and directors held at such places within or outside of Ar1- zona as the Bylaws of the Company shall provide.
 ARTICLE 1.-The general nature of the business proposed to be tran sacted is to make contracts; to pur- chase, lease, option, locate or other wise acquire, own, exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal in mines, mining claims, mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands,s timber lands, water and water rights and other property, both real and personal, and to work, explore, op- crate and develop the same, and to deal in the products and by-productS thereof; to purchase, lease or other wise acquire, erect, own, operate and sell smelling and other ore reduction works, oil reinerieS, saw mills, power plants, railroads and tramwayS to lead from the company's principal works, and steam, electric and motor rail- roads to serve as common carriers and otherwise outside the territory of Ari- zona; to do a general manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, han dle and control letters patent and in- ventions, to own, cancel and reissue shares of it's own capital stock and to own and votes hares of other corpora tions; to issue bonds, notes, and oth- CT evidences of indebtedness and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, and to borrow and loan money; and in gener- al to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business, not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world, as the Board of Directors may deem to the advantage of the cor poration.
 ARTICLE III-The amount of the authorized Capital Stock of the Cor poration is Three Million Dollars, di- vided into Six hundred thousand shares of the par value of five dollars, each, which shall be paid in at such time as the Board of Directors may designate, in cash, real or personal property, services, lease, option to pur- chase, or any other valuable right or thing, for the uses and purposes of the corporation, and all shares of capital Stock, when issued in exchange there for, shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be full-paid the same as though paid for in cash, at par, and shall be non-assessable forever, and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for Capi- tai Stock shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE IV-The time of the con- mencement of the corporation shall be the day these Articles are filed in ac- cordance with law, and the termina- tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal and right of perpetual succession as now provided by law.
 ARTICLE V-The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of not less than three nor more than fifteen Directors, by whom President and Vice-PreSident shall be elected and a Secretary and Treasur- CT appointed. The Directors shall be elected by and from the Stockholders on the first Monday in March of each year Until their successors are cleo ted and qualified, the following named persons shall be the Directors: Daniel M. Lynch, Richard T. ODonnen, Ar chibald Morrison, Benjamin F. Taylor, Albert G. Shaw, Walter J. Webb and Stephen w. Dorsey.
 ARTICLE VI-The Directors shall adopt Bylaws for the government of the corporation and may amend the | same They shall have power to ill vacancies occurring in the Board from any cause, and to appoint from among their number an Executive Committee which, to the extent provided by reso- Iution or by the said Bylaws shall have and exercise the powers granted the Directors by these Articles.
 ARTICLE VII-The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to sub- ject itself is Two Million Dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII-The private prop erty of the Stockholders of the corpor- ation shall be forever exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatso- ever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WE have hereunto affixed our signatures this goth day of February, 1912.
 DANIEL M. LYNCH, (SeaD
 RICHARD T. O'DONNELL (SeaD
 ALBERT G. SHAW, (SeaD STATE. OF CALIFORNIA,
 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
 SS.
 Bo1Oro me, l.. O. h. oIOTeT, d 1NOIdiS Public in and for the county and state aforesaid, on this day personally ap- peared Daniel M. Lynch, Richard T. O'Donnell and Albert G. Shaw, known to me to be the same persons who signed the foregoing instruments, and acknowledged to me that they eve cuted the same for the uses and pur- poses therein mentioned.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this goth day of February, 1912.
 My commission will expire on the 21st day of February, 1915.
 l.. D. G. STORER,
 Nnta1.u P11hlin