The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1899-02-04
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County of Pima,

County OF PIMA,
Know all men BY. these presents. that We the
undersigned. havethis day voluntarily sssoeiatea
ourselves together for the purpeseof forming =
corporation under THE laws OF the Territory Of
Arizona, and we hereby certify:
First-That the names OF the aforesaid incor.
porstors arc John II. Turner, Geo. W. vaaxhap,
John $. Wallace. Johz W. Simpson and Avis J.
Simpson
second-That the name of the cooperation il.
"The Kansas City and Sonora Mining and Mill
ing Company" That its principal place OF
business is at Noga1es. Pima csxnty. Territory
of Arizona, or at such other place shali here
AFTER be named by majority efthe board Of di-
rectors.
Third-That the general nature sfthe business
proposed to be transacted syrsaid corperatisa 10
bending, locating, buying, selling, leasing AID
working mines and mining claims; buying. SELL
ing mining, milling and extracting gold, silver
and other minerals from the Garth quartz and
all base metals other. substances; to buy sell
and lease lands, to erect and lease buildings
| thereon; and of owning the necessary mills,
mill sites, water privileges, rights of way. and
generally to do and transact q general mining
business in the State of Sonora, Republic of Mex
leo, and owning and operating 4 general mer-
chandise store in connection with said mines
and mills, to loc2te mining claims under the
laws of the Republic of Mexico, and to obtain
patents and titles such lands and mining pro-
perties.
Fourth-That the amount of the capital stock
ofthe corporation shall be ONE MILLION DOL
LARS, divided into million shares of the par
value of one dollar each, and non 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 D-
rectors Ofthis corporation. -E
Fifth-That the time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the Izth day OF Decem-
ber 1885, and that the termination shSli be TWEEN
ty-fve years from said date.
Sixth-Th> afIirs of this corporation to be
conducted by Board of Six Directors, of whom
one shall be the President and one shall be Vice
President, ard 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-
sents, and shall hold oihce until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Thereafter said board of directors shall be
elected by the stockholders of this corporation
the secoui Mond - OF Dece:nber of each year.
The board of directors is to elect out of its own
number the officers lereinabove mentioned.
There shall also ne treasurer and such other
officers as the board of directors shall deem ne
| cessary, who shall be appointed By the board of
directors.
Seventk-The board of directors shall have
power TO ADOPT bylaws fCr the corporation, ana
majority ofthe 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 itself 90 is the of Fifty Thou
sand-S5o, ooo-dollars.
Nineth-That the private property of the
shareholders ofthis corporation is to be exempt
from corporate debts.
Terth-Tlat these articles of incorporation
may e,amended-the number of. the board of
directors, the amount ofthe capital stock, and all
other provisions herein, may b. amended at any
regular or specaI meeting of the stockholders
of this corporation upon the vote of at least three
fourtils of all the shares OF stock of the corpora
ton sold at the time ofssid meeting,
Il witness wIlereofve have he"e INTO placed our
hands and seals this 18th day of December 1893.
GEORGE w. VAUGHAN, [sEAL.l
JOHN 5. WALLACE, [sEAL.l
JOHN w. SIMPSON, [sEAL.l
ALVIN J. SIMPSON, lsEAL.I
JOHN H. TURNER, lsEAL.l