Arizona republican., 1902-12-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE

DON PEDRO GOLD MINES.
 Know All Men by These Presents That We, the undersigned. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming cor poration under and pursuant 10 the laws of the Territory of Arizona, United States of America, and do here by certify:
 First: That the names of the incor- porators of said corporation are: J. II. McClintock. A. w. Galpin, V. C. Cook, l.. C. Masten, all of the City of Phoe- nix, County of Maricopa. Territory of Arizona; and w. H. McClintock or Sonora, Tuolumne County, State of California.
 Second: That the name of said cor poration, and by which it shall be known in the law is Don Pedro Gold Mines.
 Third: That the principal place for the transaction of its business shall be at Phoenix. Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business Or said corporation outside of the territory of Arizona shall be the City of San Francisco in the State of California. at which meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch offices. either within or without the Territory of Arizona, as may be established by the board of di- rectors, and to transact any and all business thereat; and the said corpora tion may also carry on and transact
 business of the kind and nature here matter provided in all or any other states and territories of the United States of America, and in all or any other country or countries whatsoever. Fourth: The general nature of the | business. proposed to be transacted by the corporation is that Of a general | mining. milling and reduction of any and all kinds of ores, minerals and metals: to make contracts; to purchase. | lease, bond, locate, issue its capital 1 stock for purchase or otherwise, aC- | quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise | dispose of pledge, mortgage, hypOthe- | cate and deal in real estate and any l and all kinds of personal property,
 mines, mining claims, mining rights,
 oil lands, mineral lands, wood lands l timber lands, water and water rights and to work, mine, explore. develop and operate the same; to operate smelt-
 CTS, mills and any processes for the ex- ] lIdtllOH Ol liltldlS dul llllIltIdlS, anu u !; carry on a custom business in connec-
 ton herewith; to operate stores and
 boarding houses. electric power and lighting plants; to do a general req
 estate, manufacturing and mercantile | business; to own, handle and contro
 letters patent and inventions ans
 shares of capital stock of other cor
 pOrations; to borrow money and exc l q |.
 of trust to secure the same. and to eX-
 ercise in respect of all such bonds
 mortgages, notes, shares of capita
 stock and other securities and obliga
 tions any and all rights, powers anc
 privileges of individual owners thereof
 including the right to vote upon an!
 shares of stock held by it to the sam,
 extent that a natural person might o
 could do, and generally to do any an,
 all acts and things, and to transac
 any and all other business incidenta
 to the purpose aforesaid, and not con trary to the laws of the Territory }
 Arizona or the United States of Amer
 ica, or other country or countries il
 which said company may be Operatin,
 or doing business, it being eXpressl,
 provided that the foregoing enumera
 tiOns of specific powers shall not b held to limit or restrict in any manne
 the powers of this corporation.
 Fifth: That the capital stock of thi corporation shall be five hundred thou
 sand dollars C$500, ,000), divided into fiv hundred thousand shares of the pa value of one dollar $1.OO) each. A ] such time as the board of directors ma by resolution direct, said capital stoc
 shall be paid into this corporatio : either in cash or by the sale and trans fer to it of real and personal propert J for the uses and purposes of said cor poration, in payment for which share of the capital stock of said corporatio may be issued, and the capital stoc so issued shall thereupon and thereb become and be fully paid up and non assessable.
 , Sixth: That the life of this corpora tiOn shall commence immediately upo ) the filing of these articles of incorpora with the county recorder of Maricop county, Territory of Arizona, and sha , continue for the full term and period c
 twenty-five years thereafter.
 Seventh: The management and con Q trol of the business affairs of this COT ,. poration shall be vested in and con | ducted by board of directors consist } ing of five members who must | stockholders of this corporation an !. shall be elected annually by the stock l, holders at the annual meeting of tf ,. stockholders, which shall be held 2 |. such place, within or without the Tel }, ritory of Arizona. as may be designate ?, by the bylaws, and hold office fC r, the term of one year from the electio ,. and until their successors are duI !, elected and qualified, unless a directC O shall cease to be a stockholder, l. which case his office shall be declare ] vacant, and such vacancy filled for u {, uneXpired term by a majority vote y the remaining members of the board | directors. The directors shall have Il
 right to fill any vacancy occurring O the board by death. resignation Il otherwise, by a majority vote of q d remaining directors of the corporatio @ the person elected to fill the vacanC