Arizona republican., 1901-10-31
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE EEL PASO-SONORA MINING COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. wnose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associ- ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under th. laws of the Territory or Arizona, ara l to that end make the following state ment:
 FIRST: The names of the corpora. tors are Lew Gilbert. H.. n. Slater Hamilton Rayner, Michael Rotunno Ramon Merino. Thos- C. Borden. R. w. ! Curtis. M. H. Kane. and the name or 1 the corporation shall be the Fl 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- lutiop direct.
 SECOND: The general nature of the 1 business proposed to be transacted bY ! this corporation is 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 | mining claims. onyx lands. oil lands. mineral lands. oil. gas. asphaltum, pc | troleum, water and water rights. and | to work, mine, explore and develop th. same; to do a 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 neccs- sary to the proper conduct of the busi- ness of this corporation in the Territory | and elsewhere, 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 ThousanI Dollars (s450. .000.00) divided into four hundred and fifty thousand shares of the par value of one dollar (s1.0o) each. At such time as 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 sait 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.
 
 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 termin2- | tion thereof shall be twenty-five years | thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by Board cs | Five (5) Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the | corporation
 | SIXTH: The highest amount of in tingent. to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20.000).
 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. (Seal.) ) II. D. SLATER. (Seal) | HAMILTON RAINIER. (Seal.) MICHAEL ROTUNNO. (Seal) ! RAMON MERINO. (Seal)
 THOS. c. BORDEN. (Seai) R. w. CURTIS. (Seal.; l M H. KANE. (Sea1) ) State of Texas. County of Fl Paso, s:;. | On thiS bth day or september. m the year 1901. before me. James L. Marr. :, 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 be the persons described iii. | whose names are subscribed to. and | who executed the annexed instrument, | and they acknowledged to me that they
 executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.