Arizona republican., 1901-10-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE EEL PASO- MINING
 COMPANY

1 hNOW ALL MEN b1 l
 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. ana
 to that end make the following state
 ment:
 FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are Lew Gilbert, IT. D. Slater,
 Hamilton Rayner. Michael Rotunno.
 Ramon Merino. Thos. c. Borden. k. w. Curtis. M. H. Kane. and the name or
 the corporation shall be the Fl Paso- Sonora Mining Company. The prin-
 cipal place in which the business of
 said corpora tion within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoe
 nix, Maricopa County. Arizona. and th. principal place of business of said COZ pora ton outside the Territory of Ari- | zona shall be the City Of Fl Paso. iu 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
 mining claims. onyx lands oil lands.
 mineral lands. oil. gas. asphaltum, pe- | troleum, water and water rights. and to work, mine, explore and develop the 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 neces-
 sary to the proper conduct of the busi-
 ness of this corporation in the Territory
 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 ThousanI
 Dollars ($45O. .Oo0.o0) divided into four
 hundred and fifty thousand shares of the par value of one dollar (s1.00) 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 sail corporation, in payment for which
 shares of the capital stock of said coz 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 mcncement 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 cf
 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 (s2O.00O).
 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) | H. D. SLATER. (SeaD HAMILTON RAINIER. (SealO 1 MICHAEL ROTUNNO. (Seal)
 RAMON MERINO- (Seal) THOS. c. BORDEN. (Seal.) R. w. CURTIS. (Seali M H. KANE. (Seal)
 State of Texas. County of Fl Paso, s:'. | On this 9th day of September. in 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. 1 ally appeared Lew Gilbert, H. D-
 Slater. Hamilton Rayner. Michael Ro- tunno. Ramon Merino, Thomas C. Bor- | den. R. w. Curtis, NJ 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