The border vidette., 1898-12-31
ARTICLES OF Incorporation
The Kansas City and Sonora Mining
and Milling Company,
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County of Pima, %

Know all men by these presents, that we, the
undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated
ourselves together for the purpose of forming
| corporation under the laws of the Territory of
Arizona, and we hereby certify:
First-rhat the names OF the aforesaid incor-
porators are John H. Turner Geo. w. Vaughan,
John S. Wallace John w. Simpson and Alvin ].
Simpson.
Second-That the name of the corporation is
''The Kansas City and Sonora Mining and Mill
ing Company" That its principal place of
business is at Noge1es, Pima County, Territory
of Arizona, at such other place shall here
after be named by majority of the board of di-
rectors.
Thrd-That the general nature ofthe business
proposed to be transacted by said corporation is
bonding, locating, buying, selling, leasing and
working mines and mining claims; buying, sell
ing, mining milling and extracting gold silver
and other minerals from the earth, quartz and
all base metals or other substances to buy, sell
and lease lands, to erect and lease buildings
thereon; and of owning the necessary mills,
naill-stes, water privileges, rights of way, and
generally to do and transact a general mining
business in the State of Sonora, Republic of Mex
leo, and owning and operating general mer-
chandise store in connection with said mines
and mills, to locate mining claims under the
laws of the Republic of Mexico, and to obtain
patents and titles to such lands and mining pro-
perties.
Fourth-That the AMOUNT of the capital stock
of the corporation shall be ONE MILLION DOL
LARS, divided into million shares of the par
value of one dollar each, and noa- assessable and
that the time when, and the condition upon
which said capital stock is to be paid in shall be
regulated, and provided for by the Board of Di-
rectors ofthis corporation.
Fifth-That the time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the 18th day of Decem-
ber 1898, and that the termination shall be
ty-fve years from said date.
Sixth-The affairs ofthis corporation are to be
conducted by a Board of Six Directors, of whom
shall be the President, and one shall be Vice
President aud one shall be Secretary of this
corporation Said Board of Directors shall be
elected by the stockholders of this corporation
within ten days from the execution of these pre-
scnts, and shall hold Office until their successors
elected and qualified.
Thereafter said board of directors shall be
elected by the stockholders of this corporation
on the second Monday of December of each year
The board of directors is to elect out of its own
number the officers hcreinabove mentioned
There shall also be treasurer and such other
officers the board of directors shall deem
cessary. who shall be appointed by the board of
directors.
Seventh-The board of directors shall have
power to adopt bylaws for the corporation and
a majority OF the board OF directors shall have
authority to change amend the same.
Eighth-The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which this corporation is at any
time to subject itselfto is the of Fifty Thou
slnd-SSo, ooo-dol1ars.
= Nineth-That the private property of the
shareholders ofthis corporation is to be exempt
from corporate debts.
Tenth-That these articles of incorporation
may be amended-the number of the board of
directors, the amount ofthe capital stock and all
other provisions herein, may be amended at any
regular special meeting of the stockholders
of this corporation upon the vote of at least three
fourths of all the shares of stock of the corpora
ton sold at the time of said meeting.
In witneas whereof we have hereento placed our
hands and seals this 18th day of December, 1895.
GEORGE W. VAUGHAN, [sEAL.l
JOHN S. WALLACE, IsEAL.)
JOHN W. SIMPSON. [sBAL.1
ALVIN ]. SIMPSON, GsEAL.I
JOHN H. TURNER, [sKAL.J