Graham guardian., 1916-03-03
Articles of incorporation
of
SAN JUAN COPPER MINING COMPANY

unfairly hSSOCldIGu ourselves IOT IIlG
purpose of forming a corporation under
the laws of the State of Arizona, and
we do adopt the following articles of
incorporation:
ARTICLE |.
(a) The names of the corporators
are John c. Adams and Thomas J.
Sparkes, whose residence and post of
fee address is Adams Hotel, Phoenix,
Arizona;
(b) The name of the corporation shall
be San Juan Copper Mining Company;
(c) The corporations S office and prin-
cipal place of transacting business shall
be at Stafford, in Graham County, Ari-
zona. Branch offices may be estab-
| lished and business of the corporation
may be transacted at any place or
places either within or without the
State of Arizona that the board of di-
rectors may designate.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by the cor
| poration is as follows: To acquire by
location, entry, patent, purchase, or
otherwise, to own and hold, to develop,
explore, operate and control either un-
der bond, lease, or any other contract
giving the right of possession, and to
sell, lease to others, and otherwise
dispose of, mines, mining claims,
mining property, and any other kind
or form of real property; to ac-
quire, hold and dispose of, personal
property of every kind that may be re-
quisite or useful in the operation or con-
troll of any real property that may be
owned, operated, or controlled by the
company; to receive, hold, enjoy and
transfer, franchises, easements and in
corpOreai hereditaments; to locate and
otherwise acquire, to own, enjoy and
transfer. water and water rights; to ac-
quire, hold, sell, transfer, pledge and
otherwise dispose of evidences of in
debtedness issued or created by any
other corporation, and shares of stock
of this or any other corporation, and
while holder of such stock to exercise
all the rights of ownership thereof, in
cluding the right to vote stock of any
other corporation.
ARTICLE Ill.
The amount of the capital stock of
the corporation shall be Twenty Thous-
and Dollars ($20, 900. 00), divided into
two million e, 900. .000) shares of the par
value of One Cent SOD each. The
capital stock shall be issued as provided
by the board of directors and shall be
full paid at the time of its issuance. 1t
may be issued in exchange for money,
property, services, or rights of any
nature whatever, and the Judgment of
the board of directors as to the value
of such property, services and rights
shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE w.
The corporation shall commence when
these articles are fled for record in the
office of the Corporation Commission of
the State of Arizona, and a certified
copy thereof recorded in the office of
the County Recorder of Graham Coun-
ty, State of Arizona, and a certificate
of incorporation delivered to the COM
pany by said Corporation Commission;
and the corporation shall terminate
twenty-five years thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
(a) The officers of the corporation
shall consist of a president, a vice
president, a secretary, and treasurer,
all of which shall be elected by the
board of directors from their own num-
ber. Any two of said offices, except
those of president and vice-president,
president and secretary, and president
and treasurer, may be held by the same
person.
(b) The affairs of the corporation
II h. ,orl,,afnl h., Lrn~l e
directors, who shall be elected by the
stockholders at their annual meeting,
to be held at Stafford, Arizona, on the
3rd Tuesday of October, 1916, and on the
3rd Tuesday of October of each year
thereafter; provided, however, that the
board of directors to act until the first
annual meeting above provided for,
may be elected at special meeting of
the stockholders called for that pur-
pose. Until the first annual election or
said special election is held, the man.
agement of this corporation shall be
vested in a board of three directors
composed of John c. Adams, Thomas J.
| Sparkes and Robert W. Craig. The di-
rectors shall hold office until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified, and
any vacancies in the board shall be
filled for the unexpired portion of the
term by election by the remaining
members of the board.
(c) The board of directors shall
adopt bylaws for the corporation and
said bylaws may be amended or re-
pealed as provided therein.
(d) The board of directors shall
have power to sell, convey, mortgage,
lease and otherwise dispose of all the
property of the corporation either for
cash or in exchange for other property,
on such terms and conditions as they
may deem proper; provided that such
action be authorized or ratified by the
holders of majority of the stock
issued and outstanding either at a
meeting of the stockholders duly called
and held for that purpose, or by an in-
strument or instruments in writing.
(e) The directors herein named
shall, after the corporation is qualified
to commence business, hold the first
meeting of the board of directors of
the corporation at the office of the
Adams Hotel, at Phoenix, Arizona, and
at said meeting the directors shall elect
officers for the corporation, adopt by
laws, provide for the issuance of and
subscription for the capital stock, make
provision for the purchase or other ac-
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