The oasis., 1902-07-26
ARTICLES OF lNcoRroRArIoN or

1 SONORA MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY : KSow ALL MEN BY THESE PREsESrs: Thai we the undersigned. to.wit Lycurgus Lindsay and Braeey Curtis of Nogales. Arizona, and ProspeTO SandOynl Oi Nogaies Sonora Mexico have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together Tor the purpose Of forming corpora ton under the laws ol the Territory of Arfzona and we dO hereby certify: ] FIRST; That the name of this Corporation i- "sonora Mines Development Conn pany" sEcoND: That 6 existence shall commence ! on the hrsi Gay Of August A. D. 1902 and con tinue for the full period oi twenty-five years THIRD: That the general nature Of the busi- ness proposed Co be transacted by this corpo- ration is the development of mines; the min ing ana milling Oi ores; and to acquire title to | mines and mining claims, lands, mills ma cninery, water rights, timber rights, and 10 elspose oi the same; and to buy, own, sell and deal m the stocks bonds and debentures of other corporations. and to conduct mercan- ule business In connection with the business Oi this coTporatiOn and to do all other things necessary, expedicnt and incidental in the prosecution oI said business
 FOURTH; That the principal place Of trans acting Its business is at Nogales, santa Cruz County, Territory Of Arizona; with branch offices at such places the Board of Directors may from time tO time determine.
 FIFTH. That the amount oi the Capital Stock oi this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars lSj00,0OO O0J divided into Five Thousand shares (5,O0t) of the par value Of One Hundred Dollars lSl0O.00l each which shall be pHih III iull at the tune Of lSSutng certificates thereof, and shall be non assessable
 SIXTH: That the highest amount of indebt- edness and liability, direct or contingent to when this corporation is at any time 10 be Dollars (SiO.uO0OO
 sEvENIH: That the private property of the slockloiders oi this corporation shall be eX- empt iron it's corporate debts
 EIGHTH That the business of this corpora. ton shall be conducted and controlled by a board oi three directors who shall be stock holders and who shall be elected annually by the stockholders at the annual meetings there of, and said Directors shall have power to elect the officers of said board and to fl II vacancies occurring among their numbeI
 NINTH. The officers of said corporation shall be q President Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, of whom the President and Vice President shall be members of the Board of Directors' and any two offices may be held by the same person
 TENTH That the first annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first Monday Of July, A D. 1903 and annual meetings shall be held on the first Monday of July in each year thereafter.
 ELEVENTH: That until the first annual meet ing the said Lycurgus Lindsay, Braccy Curtis and Prospero sandoyal shall constitute its In Witness Whereof, we have hereuuto set our hands and seals this 2lst day of July A. D 1902
 LYCURGUs LINDSAY { seal
 BRACEY CURTIS < Seal Witness:
 EB WILLIAMS.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Santa Cruz ss Before me, Eb. Williams, Notary Public in and for said County, on this day personally ap- peared Lycurgus Lindsay, Bracey Curtis and ProsPero sand0yal, known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed 10 70 the foregoing instrument, and seyeraly ac- knowiedged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this Fist day of July 4. D. 1902
 EB. WILLIAMS.
 seal Notary Public. My Commission expires Feb'y 2S, 1904
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA
 County of santa Cruz. | sS l. Phil HerOld County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that l have compared the foregoing with the original Articles of Incorporation of the sonora Mines Development Company" fl led and recorded in my office on the 2ist day Of July, l9O, ill Book of Miscellaneous Rec 1 ords at Page. ct seq; and that the same is Iuil, true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof.
 Witness my hand and seal of office this 22nd | ~ day of July, A. D. 1902. ! SEALl PHIL HEROLD, " County Recorder First Publication July 26. 1902.