Arizona republican., 1916-12-26
STATE OF ARIZONA
 Office of ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIS


 1 COMMISSION does hereby certify t..at the annexed is a true and com plete transcript of the
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 i. ARIZONA SUPERIOR MINING COM PANY
 which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation commission on the 9th day of December A. D., 1916 at I0:0O o'clock A. M. as provided by law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the Ar 1 izona Corporation Commission, by it's chairman has hereunto set it's hand and affixed it's official seal. Done at the City of Phoenix. the Capitol, this 9th day of December A. D., 1916. i (SEALl
 ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMlS- i SION
 F. A. Jones. Chairman. Attest: Amos A. Betts. Secretary. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 ARlZONASUPERIOR MINING COM
 PANY
 ! KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE RESENTS: That we, the undersigned have this day associated ourselves to- 1 gether for the purpose of forming and ! rganlZing a corporation under the laws l of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt the following Ar i ticles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE
 The names. residences and post of i flee addresses of the incorporators of ! this corporation are as follows: A. A. falrchild whose post-o office address is Phoenix, Arizona; James E. Nelson, whose post office address is Phoenix Arizona and c. F. Schillings, whose post office address is Ray, Arizona. The name of this corporation is the | Arizona Superior Mining Company and the principal place for tranSacting bus mess of the corporation shall be at 1 Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona. but other offices may he established ! nd maintained within or outside of Ar izOna as the Board of Directors may esignate, where meetings of stockhold- CTS and directors may be held and any and all corporate business transacted.
 ARTICLE II
 The genefala nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poration is as follows, to-wit: | To purchase, lease, option, locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell. or otherwise dispose of. pledge mort gage, hypothecate and deal in mines. mining claims, mineral lands, oil lands, timber lands, real estate. water and water rights and to work, explore. ol- crate and develop the same, and Co eN- tract any and all minerals. oils and gas therefrOm. and to deal in the products and byproducts thereof; 10 purchase, lease and otherwise acquire. erect uwi. operate or sell smelting and orc fr- duction works. oil refinerieS, saw mills and power plants; to do a general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, handle and control etters patent and inventions and shares of Its own capital stock and that oI other corporations, and to vote any stock owned by it the same as d nat ural person might do; to make con tracts, to issue bones notes. dehen lures, and other evidences of indebted - ness. and 10 secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise to act as agent. trustee. broker or in any other fiduciary ca pacity, and to borrow. and loan money and in general to do all things neces- sary or proper in the conduct of the business of the corporation in the State or elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws of the T:.ited States and of the State of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III
 The authorized amount of tho cap ital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (s1. 000O00) divided intn one million five hundred thousand G,J00. 000l shares of the par value of One Dollar t$1.00) each. which shall be paid ' at such times as the Beard of Direc tors may designate in cash real or personal property. services. leases, op- tions to purchase or any other valuable right or thing for the uses and pur- poses of the corporation. and all shares of capital stock when issued in eN- FhanUa thQrafA. cl1an fhnrottnrr, .1 thereby become and be fully paid the same as though paid for in cash at par and shall be n-assessable forever and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of any property right thing or services rendered in exchange for capital stock shall in the absence of actual fraud, be conclusive.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commend cment of the corporation shall be the day these Articles of Incorporation are filed ir : accordance with law. and the termina : tion thereof shall be Twenty five (25l years thereafter with the privilege oi renewal and the right of perpetua z succession now proVidcl by law.
 ARTICLE V { The affairs of the corporation shall he conducted by a board of not less than three nor more than five director, by whom d President and Vice Pres ident and d Secretary and Treasure, Shall be elected from anon. thcii number. The offices of Secretary anu Treasurer may be combined in on' 2 person at the discretion of the Bcart ' of Directors. The Directors shall D, 5 elected from among the stockholder. 2 at the annual stockholders meeting {, |. he held on the second Tuesday in Feb ruary of each year. Until their sue cessors are elected and have qualified !. the following named persons shall b' :, the directors: James E. Nelson, who's ', address is Phoenix Arizona C. r y Schillings whose address is Ray, Ari e zona; w. ]. Galbraith, whose addres 4, is Phoenix, Arizona.
 - ARTICLE VI
 The directors shall adopt by-law Q for the government of the corporation s and may amend the same They sha v have power to fill vacancies appearin
 in the board from any cause. e. ARTICLE VII l. The highest amount of indebtedness tf or liability, direct or contingent 1 which this corporation may be subiet if at any one time shall be one Millio = Dollars t$1,000,O ,O00.00) which amour does not exceed two thirds of tn amount of the canital stock. m ARTICLE VIII .. The private property of the stock y holders and officers Of this corpora ie ton shall be exempt from all corporat U debts of any kind whatsoever. ns IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we ha, - hereunto set our hands and seals tn f, 9th day of December \. D., 1916 . (SEAL) A. A. FAIRCHILD
 tSEAL) JAMES E. NELSON
 STATE OF ARIZONA