The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-08-31
STATE OF ARIZONA

STATE OF ARIZONA
 Office of the
 Arizona Corporation Commission,
 United States of America,
 State of Arizona, ss.
 The Arizona Corporation Commis- sion does hereby certify that the an- neXed is a true and complete tran script of the
 Articles of Incorporation of the
 MoRENCI INSPIRATION COPPER
 MINING COMPANY
 which were filed in the office of said Arizona Corporation Commission on the 14th day of March, A. D. 1917, at 10:0O o'clock a. m., as provided 1 by law.
 l In testimony whereof, The Arizona Corporation Commission, by it's Chair man, has hereunto set it's hand and affixed it's Official Seal. Done at i the City of Phoenix, the Capital, this 14th day of March, A. D. 1917. 1 (SEAL)
 Arizona Corporation Commission, ! F. A. Jones, Chairman. w. N. SangSter, Secretary. 1 Articles of Incorporation ] Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, having as- sociated ourselves for the purpose of ! forming a corporation under the laws ] of Arizona do hereby adopt the fol- lowing Articles of Incorporation: 1 ARTICLE 1. The incorporators are Charles M Gibson, 3421 Fort Boulevard, Fl Paso, Texas, George F. Reed, HOS East Missouri St., Fl Paso, Texas, and the name of the cor poration shall be MORENCI INSPIR- ATION COPPER MINING COM PANY.
 It's principal place of business with in Arizona shall be Clifton, Arizona, but other offices may be established and maintained within or outside of Arizona at such places as the Board of Directors may designate, where meetings of stockholders and direc- tors may be held and any and all cor porate business transacted. ARTICLE II. The general nature acted is, to-wit:
 To purchase, locate, lease, or in any other way acquire mines, min ing claims and rights and land in Arizona, or in any other part of the | United States or the Dominion of Canada or in any other part of the world or Mexico, and to explore, work, develop and turn to account the same; and acquire by appropri atiOn, purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to own and use water and water rights, incident to the business of mining and for domestic and all proper use; to buy, use, sell, manu facture and deal in minerals, plant, machinery, mills, smelters, imple- ments, provisions and things used in or in connection with the mining op- erations of the company; to extract, treat, reduce and prepare for market, ore, metal and minerals of all kinds and to construct and own pipe lines, telegraph and telephone lines, and to do anything else which may seem con ducive to the company's interests; and to construct, operate or aid any railroad, tramway, turnpike, bridges, or canals, which lead from the com pany's works, mines and proper ty. to any navigable stream, or some existing railroad, turnpike or public letters patent and inventions and shares of it's own capital stock and that of other corporations, and to vote any shares of other corporations owned by it the same as a natural person might do; to borrow money and issue bonds, notes, .debentures and other 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 ca pacity: and in general to do and per form such acts and things and trans act such business in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsist- ent with the law, in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the advantage of the cor poration.
 ARTICLE III. The capital stock of the corporation shall be Three Mill lion Dollars tS3,000,O0O. .0O) divided into Three Million (3,0OO,OO0) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($1 .00) 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 purchase, or any other valuable right or thing, for the use and purposes of the corporation, and all shares of capital stock, when issued in ex- change therefor, shall thereupon and thereby become and be full-paid the same as though paid for in cash at par. and shall be non-assessable for ever. and the judgment of the direc- tors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE ". The commencement of the corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of certificate of incorporation by the Arizona Cor poration Commission, and it shall endure for the full term of twenty five years thereafter. with privilege of perpetual succession as provided by statute.
 ARTICLE V. The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors and such officers as the said directors may elect or appoint. The number of directors shall be designated by the bylaws