Arizona republican., 1916-12-25
STATE OF ARIZONA
OffiCe of ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIs

DUN
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ARIZONA, SIS.
 THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION does hereby certify fiat the annexed is a true and com plete transcript of the
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 SUPERIOR MINING COM
 PANY
 which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation commission on the 6th day Of December A. D., 1916 at 1O!OO o'clock A. NJ. as provided by law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the Ar izona Corporation Commission, by it's chairman has hereunto set its hand and affixed it's official seal. Done at the City of Phoenix. the Capitol, this 9th day of December A. D., 1916
 (SEAL)
 ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIS- SION
 F. A. Jones' Chairman. Attest: Amos A. Betts Secretary
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 ARlZONA-SUPERIO MINING COM
 PANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE RESENTS: That we, the undersigned have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming and rganlzing corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt the following Ar tlcles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I
 The names. residences and post of lice addresses of the incorporators of this corporation are as follows: A. A. Fairchild whose post-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 a; Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona, but other offices may be established nd maintained within or outside of Ar lzona 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 general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poratlon 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 op- crate and develop the same, and to eA- tract any and all minerals, oils and gas therefrom, and to deal in the products and by products thereof; to purchase lease and otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate or sell smelting and ore re- 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 it's own capital stock and that ol other corporations, and to vote any stock owned by it the same as a nat ural person might do to make con- tracts, to issue bonds notes, deben- lures, and other evidences of indebted = ness, and to secure the payment O. 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 United States and of the State of Arizona
 ARTICLE III
 The authorized amount of the cap 1tal stock of this corporation shall be One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars G1,500 000.00) divided into one million five hundred thousand 1,50O, OOO) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($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- nf ha ion, el II .l... of capital stock when issued in ex- change therefor shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully 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, thing or services rendered in exchange for capital stock shall, in the absence of actual fraud, be conclusive.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of the corporation shall be the day these Articles of Incorporation are filed in accordance with law, and the termina- tion thereof shall be Twenty five (25) years thereafter with the privilege of renewal and the right of perpetual succession now providel by law.
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs of the corporation shall pO NOiluuIltU Dy d DOdTu OL not less than three nor more than five directors by whom a President and Vice Pres ldent and a. Secretary and a Treasurer shall be elected from among their number. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be combined in one person at the discretion of tho Board of Directors. The Directors shall pc elected from among the stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting to be held on the second Tuesday in Feb ruary of each year. Until their suc- cessors are elected and have qualified the following named nersons shall be the directors: James E. Nelson, whose address is Phoenix. Arizona: c. F Schillings whose address is Ray, Ar- zona; w. J. Galbraith, whose address is Phoenix, Arizona.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The directors shall adopt bylaws for the government of the corporation and may amend the same. They shal have power to fill vacancies appearing in the board from any cause.
 ARTICLE VII
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. t( which this corporation may be subject at any one time shall be One Million Dollars O00O0O.O0) which amoun