Arizona republican., 1917-06-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

associate ourselves together and form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and adopt the fol- lowing Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE 1. The name of the cor poration is
 COPPER BLUFF MINING COMPANY and it's principal place of transacting business in Arizona is Phoenix Of fices may be established, business tram sacted and meetings of stockholders and directors held at such places with in or outside of Arizona as the By Laws of the Company shall provide.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the bushes proposed to be transacted is to make contracts, to purchase lease, option. locate. or otherwise acquire own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge, mortgage. hypothecate and deal in mines, mining claims min eral lands, coal lands, oil lands. timber lands, clay lands water and water rights and other property, both real and personal and to work, explore, oper- ate, develop the same. and to deal in the products and by products thereof; to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, erect. own. operate and sell milling, smelting and other ore reduction works, oil refineries, saw mills, clay works, power plants, railroads, and tramways to lead from the Company's principal works, to do general manu- l. featuring and mercantile business; to own. handle and control letters patent and inventions: to own, cancel and re- issue shares of it's own capital stock and to own and vote shares Of other corporations; to issue bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the payment of same by mort af trttc har act as agent, trustee. broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, and to borrow and loan money; and in general to do and perform such acts and things ard 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 corporation. ARTICLE III. The amount of the authorized Capital Stock of the Cor poration is ONE MILLION DOLLARS. divided into ONE MILLION SHARES of the par value of ONE DOLLAR each, which shall he paid in. at such times as the Board of Directors may designate, in cash real or personal property, ser vices. lease. option to purchase or any other valuable right of thing for the uses and purposes of the Corporation, and all shares of Capital Stock when issued in exchange therefor shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and 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 eX- | change for Capital Stock, shall be con- elusive.
 ARTICLE ". The time of the com mencement of the Corporation shall be 1 the day these articles are filed Tn ac- | cordance with law. and the termlnatlon 1 thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal and the right of perpetual succession as now provided by law.
 ARTICLE V. The affairs of the 1 Corroration shall be conducted by a i board of not less than three nor more than seven directors, by whom | President and Vice President shall be 1 elected and a Secretary and Treasurer appointed The offices of Secretary and Treasurer can he held by one and the same person. The Directors shall | he elected by and from among the l stockholders on the first Monday in i June of each year. Until their sue 1 cessors are elected and quaiifled. the 1 following persons shall be the directors l and officers as stated. D. l.. Conner, C- 1 P. Lee and H. G. Murphy.
 ARTICLE VI The directors shall adopt bylaws for the government of 1 the Corporation and may amend the same. They shall have power to fill vacancies occurring in the board from i any, cause and to appoint from among | their number an executive Committee i which to the extent provided by reso- lution or. by said bylaws, shall have | the exercise and powers granted the Directors by these articles.
 | ARTICLES VII The highest amoun' 1 of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to sub i feet itself is SIX HUNDRED FIFTY | THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 ARTICLE VIII. The private proper l tv of the stockholders of the corpora ton shall be forever exempt from cor 1 porate debts of any kind whatsoever. 1 ARTICLE TX. This corporation here bv appoints, authorizes and empowers G. P. Bullard. of Phoenix. Arizona, its resident agent for acceptance. by elthel of them. of service of all necessary pro 1 cess in any action. suit or proceeding ] that may be had or brought agains this company in any of the Courts ol i the State of Arizona.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we here unto affix our signatures, this 18th day of May, 1917.
 c. P. LEE.
 H. G. MURPHY. | STATE OF ARIZONA
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 COUNTY OF MARICOPA)
 Before F. M. Erhart, Notary Pub lie in and for the County and Stat' | aforesaid on this day personally ap l peared c. P. Lee and H. G. Murphy | known to me to be the persons Wht signed the foregoing instrument an' | acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and conisd eration therein mentioned.
 Given under my hand and seal of ol l flee this 24th day of May. 1917. 1 tSEAL)
 E. M. ERHART. l Notary Public.
 My commission expires Dec. l, l9Zo
 Filed in the office of the Arlzon; 1 Corporation Commission this 24th da. of May A. D. 1917 at 3:30 P. M. at re l quest of H. G. MURPHY. whose pos office address is Phoenix, Arizona. | ARIZONA CORPORATION COM MISSION,
 By F. A. JONES,