Arizona republican., 1917-06-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

FH iICLco UT INCORPORATION
 BE IT KNOWN, THAT we. the un- dersigned, residents of the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, do hereby associate ourselves together and form a corporation under the laws Of the state of Arizona. and adopt the fol- lowing Articles of Interpretations
 ARTICLE l. 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 al 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 ana 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 COmpanys s principal works. to do a general manu- 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 nd fn nd cHo -f corporations: to issue bonds, notes and other evidences Of indebtedness and to secure the payment of same by mort gages, deed of trust, or otherwise; to 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 and 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 corpora tion.
 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 be paid in, at such times as the Board of Directors may designate, in cash real or personal property. ser l vices, lease option to purchase. or any other valuable right of thing, for the ! uses and purposes of the Corporation, l and all shares of Capital Stock when 1 issued in exchange therefor, shall thereupon and thereby become and be | fully-paid and the same as though paid 1 for in cash at par, and shall be non- assessable forever, and the judgment of 1 the directors as to the value of any 1 property right or thing acquired in ex- 1 change for Capital Stock shall be con- | elusive
 ARTICLE ". The time of the com | mencement of the Corporation shall be l the day these articles are filed in ac- | cordance with law. and the termination thereof shall he 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 Norroration shall be conducted by a board of not less than three nor more than seven directors. by whom a President and Vice e-President shall be 1 elected and Secretary and Treasurer | appointed. The offices of Secretary i and Treasurer can be held by one and | the same person. The Directors shall | be elected by and from among the l stockholders on the first Monday in June of each year. Until their sue | ceSSOrS are elected and ualifled, the
 following persons shall be the directors l and officers as stated D. l.. Conner, C. 1 P. Lee. and H. c. Murphy.
 ARTICLE VI. The directors shal 1 adopt bylaws for the government oi ! the Corporation and may amend the same. They shall have power to fill
 vacancies occurring in the board from | any cause and to appoint from among l their number an executive Committee 1 which, to the extent provided by resO- lution or by said bylaws, shall have l the exercise and powers granted the l Directors by these articles.
 1 ARTICLES VII The highest amount 1 of indebtedness or liability to which | the corporation is at any time to suh- 1 feet itself is SIX HUNDRED tTFTY l THOUSAND DOLLARS.
 ARTICLE VIII. The private proper
 tv of the stockholders of the corpora
 ton shall be forever exempt from cor
 porate debts of any kind whatsoever. 1 ARTICLE TX. This corporation here | hv appoints, authorizes and empower! l c. P. Bullard. of Phoenix, Arizona, its
 resident agent for acceptance by either | of them, of service of all necessary pro-
 cess in any action, suit or proceeding | that may be had or brought agains
 this company in any of the Courts 0
 the State of Arizona.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we here
 unto affiy our signatures, this 18th da,
 of May, 1917.
 c. r. LEE