Arizona republican., 1902-10-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE "SOCORRO MINE COMPANY"

Know All Men by These Presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the terri tory of Arizona, and to that end make t.-e following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators gre: s. r. Anderson, E. G.. Adams. Paul Gray. Albert Chapelle, H. J. Gavin. Tine name of the corporation shall be"SOCORRO MINE COMPANY The principal place in which the busi- ness of said corporation, within the territory of Arizona, is to be transacted is Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business, out side the territory of Arizona, shall be Chicago, Illinois, and a branch office shall be maintained at the Socorro Mine in Lower California. Mexico; the corporation may have such other branch offices. either within or without the territory of Arizona, as may be es- tablished by the Board of Directors.
 Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the principal place of business or at one of the branch offices as the Board of Directors may elect.
 Second: The general nature of the
 
 this corporation is primarily the pur- chase, sale. leasing and operating of mines and mineral lands. the milling and extraction or reduction of miner als. the construction and operation of pipe lines, fumes and canals for the purpose of conveying water, the pur. chase, sale and leasing of water and water rights, reservoir sites and of land appurtenant thereto. and the develop ment of water by drilling or other methods; the purchase. sale and leas- ing of lands supposed to contain oil, asphalt and natural gas. the drilling for same and the constructing. owning and operating of pipe lines. fumes, con- duits and reservoirs for storage of same; the building. leasing, operating and owning of smeiters in the United States and the Republic of Mexico: the buying. selling and leasing of agricul- tural timber and mineral lands. ores mines. bullion, mining machinery, min- ing supplies; the construction, opera tion and ownership of wagon roads. | railways, tramways. vessels, tanks reservoirs. warehouses and other fa- ! cilities for transportation of all arti- cles for use in commissary and general | stores mines. smelters and the means of transportat ton of the products there of the construction and operation of | telephone and telegraph lines and other | means of communication; the buying and dealing in personal property and merchandise the owning and conduct ! ing of general stores dealing in all kinds | Of supplies and merchandise; to make | contracts, to purchase, lease bond, | bond. locate or otherwise acquire. own | exchange, sell or otherwise dispose Of, pledge. mortgage, hypothecate and deal | in real estate and any and all kinds or i personal property, mines. mining claims. oil lands. mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos. 1 salt stone. onyx and marble; water and water rights and machinery: to work, mine, explore, operate and de- Vcl5p the same; to do a general real estate manufacturing and mercantile l business; to own, handle and control ] letters patents and inventions ani shares of capital stock of other cor | porati0ns; to borrow money and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same. and to ex- ercise in respect of all such bonds, ! mortgages. notes, shares of stock and ether securities and obligations and ! ieges of individual owners thereof, i'm cluding the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might CT could do; and. in general, to do all | things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation ir the territory or elsewhere, not incon- sistent with the laws of the United States and the territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be one million, two hundred and fifty | thousand dollars (S1,25O, GOOD divided into five million (5.0OO.OOO) shares of the par value of twenty-five cents (SO.25) each in the United States coin.
 At such time as the Board of Direc- tors may, by resolution, direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation. either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said cooperation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration shall be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and | thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable. and, in the absence ! of actual fraud in the transaction, the Judgment of the directors. as to the value of the property purchased, shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be tha date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Secre-