Arizona republican., 1901-10-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE FL PASO- MINING
 COMPANY"

l KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associ-
 ate ourselves together for tine purpose of forming a corporation under th. laws of the Territory Of Arizona, ara 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 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 Phoc-
 nix, Maricopa County. Arizona. and tn.
 principal place of business of said or
 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 b.
 this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To purchase. lease, bond. locate or 1 otherwise acquire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mort gage, hypothecate and deal iu> 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 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- nf raf tnn In, he Y
 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 Thousanl Dollars ($450. .O00.0 .00) 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 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 terrnina- 1 tion thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corpora- tion 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 l tingent. to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Twenty | Thousand Dollars (s20.O0O).
 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 (Seal0 HAMILTON RAINIER. (Seal.)
 MICHAEL ROTUNNO. (Seal.) | RAMON MERINO. (Seal-) THOS. C. BORDEN. (SeaI) R. w CURTIS. (Seal , NJ. H. KANE. (Seal) ) 1 State of Texas. County of Fl Paso. s:s.
 on this 9th day of September. in the year 1901. before me. James l.. Marr, a
 notary public in and for the State and l 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. M. H. Kane. known | to me to be the persons described in, | whose names are subscribed to. and | who executed the annexed instrument. | and they acknowledged to me that they | executed the same for the purposes