Arizona republican., 1901-10-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE EEL PASO- MINING
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associ> ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under th,. laws of the Territory Of Arizona, ana to that end make the following state ment:
 FIRST: The names of the corpora. tors are Lew Gilbert, H. D. Slater Hamilton Rayner. Michael Rotunno Ramon Merino, Thos. c. Borden. R. w Curtis, M. H. Kane. and the name or the corporation shall be the Ell Paso- Sonora Mining Company. The prin- cipal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted Is Phoe- nix. Maricopa County. Arizona. and the principal place of business of said cor poration outside the Territory of Ari- zona shall be the City of Fl Paso, in the State of Texas. or such other place as the Board of Directors may by reso- lution direct.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted bv this corporation is as follows. ~to- wit: To purchase. lease. bond, locate or otherwise acquire. own. exchange. sell. or otherwise, dispose of. pledge. mort gage, hypothecate and deal in mines
 
 mineral lands. oil. gas. asphaltum. pe- troleum. water and water rights and to work. mine, explore and develop the same; to do general real estate and mercantile business: to own, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions; to borrow money and execute mortgages of trust to secure the same; and in general to do all things neces- sary to the proper conduct of the busi-
 
 and elsewSere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($45o 000. .00) divided into four hundred and fifty thousand shares of the par value of one dollar (s1.O0) each. At such time the Board of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora ton either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of sail corporation. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued. and the capi- tai stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and nOn-asseSSable.
 FOURTH: The time of the com mencement of this corporation shall he the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termina- tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a Board cs Five (5) Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the corporation.
 SIXTH: The highest amount of in debtedness or liability. direct or con tingent. to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,oO0).
 SEVENTH: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In Witness Whereof: We have here unto set our hands and seals this third day of August. 1901.
 LEW GILBERT. (SeaI)
 H. D. SLATER. (Seal)
 HAMILTON RAINIER. (Seal)
 MICHAEL ROTUNNO. (Seal.)
 RAMON MERINO. (Seal.)
 THOS. c. BORDEN. (Seal.)
 R. w. CURTIS. Seal,
 M. H. KANE. (Seal) State of Texas. County of Fl Paso, ss. On this 9th day of September. in the year 1901, before me, James L. Marr, a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, person. ally appeared Lew Gilbert, H. D. Slater, Hamilton Rayner. Michael Ro- tunno. Ramon Merino, Thomas C. Bor- den, R. w Curtis. M. H. Kane. known to me to De the persons described iI, whose names are subscribed to. ani who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes