Arizona republican., 1902-09-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
PARA RUBBER PLANTATION CO.'

OF THE
 PARA RUBBER PLANTATION CO"
 Know All Men by These Presents:
 That we. whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following state ment:
 First: The names of the incorpora- tors are Allen T. Haight. Francis M. Crawford and John NJ. Gartside, and the name of the corporation shall be Para Rubber Plantation Co.,"
 Second. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be tran sacted is Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of New York, in the county Of New York and state of New York, and the City of Chicago. County of Cook and State of Illinois, at which places 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 es- tablished by the board of directors.
 Third: The time of the commence rnent Of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fourth: The affairs of this corpora ha Inv pd of directors; and the number of directors shall be not less than three nor more than thirteen: and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected, to- wit: Allen T. Haight, Chicago. Illinois; w. J. Hilands. Chicago. Illinois; Fran cis M. Crawford, Chicago, Illinois.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected by the stockholders. as the bylaws of the corporation may provide.
 Fifth: The purposes for which this corporation is formed are as follows, to-wit:
 1st. To acquire, hold, buy, work farm and operate lands.
 2nd. To buy, acquire. own and oper- ate plantations for the production of rubber and other commodities, in the United States of Venezuela and else where.
 srd. To lease, buy, acquire, improve and develop real estate in any state or country.
 4th. To incorporate and plat town sites and to sell and dispose of lots and blocks therein.
 5th To deal in general merchandise, lumber, timber water. and electric power and light.
 9th: To buy land, whether mineral or otherwise; to build and construct railroads or tramways and operate the same. charging for carriage or trans portation reasonable fares or tolls, and to use such motive power as may be deemed best.
 7th. To invest it's funds or property in the capital stock of and become stockholder in any other corporation formed or to be formed or in the bonds of such corporation; and to retain or dispose of such stock or bonds in whole or in part at pleasure.
 Sth. To consolidate and amalgamate itself with any other corporation or corporations by a two-thirds vote or the stockholders of each of said cor porations, and form one general com- pany under such name and style as may be agreed upon; and to issue and appcrtion the stock of such consoli- dated corporations as may be agreed upon by said two-thirds of the stock holders of each of said corporations; and to take up. if deemed proper and best, the individual stock of each com pany: and to replace it with the stock of the general company in such man ner and amount as may be agreed upor by said two-thirds of the stockholders.
 9th. To lease and purchase and to hold and own the real. personal. or mixed property or stock, or franchise of other corporations, and to pay for the same in money. bonds, notes or other property, or by an issue of its own stock or otherwise on such terms and in such amounts and upon such conditions as such corporation may deep best: acting by and through its stockholders in convention assembled, or by it's board of directors. they hav- ing been fully authorized to act in the premises.
 10th. To do all things pertaining to or connected in any way with gen eral mining. reduction and smelting business.
 11th. To buy and sell ores. mills and other furnace products: to smelt and reduce lead. gold. silver. copper and other ores and refine bullion; to manu- facture lead. copper. iron, and other products and articles of merchandise; to do a general smelling. refining and metallurgical and manufacturing busi- ness: to lease, own, build and operate furnaces and smelters, oil refineries, pipe lines and storage tanks, and con- struct. own and operate water works or other public works; to lease own and operate manufactures of any and all kinds; to buy and sell any and all kinds