The Parker post., 1917-03-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF EMPIRE-ARIZONA con-
SOLIDATED COPPER
COMPANY.

OF EMPIRE-ARIZONA con-
SOLIDATED COPPER
COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS:
That we, the undersigned, have
this day associated ourselves to-
gether for the purpose OF forming
and organizing a corporation under
the laws of the State of Arizona, and
for that purpose do hereby adopt,
sign, acknowledge, file, record and
publish the following Articles Of
Incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
The names, residences. and post
office addresses of the incOrporatOrs
are: John E. Coffin, whose residence
and postoffice address is the town
of Whittier, County of Los Angeles,
State of California; Milton Suther-
land, whose residence and postOfflce
address is the town of Parker, Coun-
ty of Yuma, State of Arizona; and
H. A. Culloden, whose residence and
postoff1ce address is the City Of Los
Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State
of California.
The name of the corporation shall
be and is ''EMPIRE-ARIZONA CON-
SOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY"
The principal place of business OF
the corporation shall be at the town
of Parker, in the County of Yuma.
State of Arizona, but the corpora
tiOn may establish and maintain such
oth 0PA ni< vxrifh Wi
out the State of Arizona as shall be
determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors; at any or all
of which offices the meetings of the
Board of Directors and stockholders
may be held, and any and all cor
porate business transacted.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the busi-
ness proposed to be transacted and
conducted by this corporation is, and
the objects and purposes for which
1t is Incorporated, are:
To do any and all Of the things
herein mentioned as fully and to
the same extent as natural person
might or could do without limit
as to amount, as principal, agent. con-
tractor or otherwise, and this cor
poration shall have full power and
authority as follows:
To purchase, option, lease, bond,
locate. appropriate, build. construct.
manufacture, take, receive, accept,
or otherwise acquire, hold, improve,
control. maintain, develop, conduct,
operate, exchange, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate, sell. assign.
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dispose Of and deal in mines, mining
claims, mineral lands, oils, ores, met
ais, buildings, pumping plants, pow
er plants, cOndu1ts, pipe lines, poles,
telegraph and telephone plants, re-
servOirs, mills, reflneries, factories,
smelters, reduction works, rights of
ways, easements, inventions, vehi-
cles, power boats. fiat boats, live
stock, shares of the capital stock,
and notes, bonds, warrants, deben-
lures, or other evidences OF
interest in, and debts and
claims against other corpOr-
atiOnS or of this corporation,
or of any individual, firm or associa-
ton, and Of all kinds of municipal
county, district, state, territory, gov
ernment and corporation warrants,
bonds and other obligations, and all
kinds of real estate and personal
property and other property
To exercise in respect to shares of
stock of other corporations or asso-
Citations and of other securities and
obligations any and all the rights,
powers and privileges of Individual
owners thereof, including among 9th
ers the right to vote upon any shares
Of stock held by 1t to the same ex-
tent as natural person might or
could do
To borrow money and contract
to repay the same, with or without
interest, and execute and issue notes
warrants, bonds, certificates, deben-
lures, mortgages, deeds of trust, as
signments and other negotiable and
transferable instruments, or other
wise to secure the same
To lend money, with or without
interest, and to take security there
for, and enforce the collection there
Of
To remunerate any person, firm
or corporation for services rendered
or to be rendered In selling, plac-
Ing, uuucI WIllIAS, guaranteeing or
dispOsing of any of the shares Of
stock, bonds, debentures, certificates,
securities or other papers issued, or
property OF this corporation, or in
or about the formation. organization,
promotion or conduct of the bust
ness of the same
To engage in, conduct and trans
act a general mining. milling, smelt-
ing, reduction, refining, Industrial,
real estate, lumber, construction ,mer-
camille, manufacturing, foundry, hos
pital and sanitarium, commission,
contracting, agency, and brokerage
business.
TO cause this corporation to be
registered or recognized, authorized
and empowered to establish, main
tain, and Operat one or more offices
or plants, and to purchase, hold, own,
improve, use and operate, sell, as
sign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage,
convey or otherwise dispose of real
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