Arizona republican., 1902-01-03
{ ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SONORA MINING AND DEVEL- OPMENT COMPANY OF PHOE-
 NIX ARIZONA


 ciated ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming a Corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and do hereby certify as follows, to- wit:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of said Corporation shall be sonora Mining and Development Company, and it's principal place of Sransacting business shall be at Phoe- mix. Maricopa County, Arizona, with branch office at the City of Toledo. State of Ohio. and at such other places as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
 The names of the incorporatcrs of said Corporation are: Arthur E. klauser, F.. w. Tolerton.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The general nature of the different kinds of business proposed to be trans acted by this Corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To purchase. lease, bond or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or other wise dispose of. pledge, mortgage. hy- pothecate and deal in mines. mining claims. oil lands, mineral lands. oil, gas. water rights. and to work, mine, explore and develop the same.
 To do a general real estate and mer- cantile business.
 To own and carry on milling and smelting works.
 To borrow money, execute mort gages or deeds of trust to secure the same. and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation, not in consistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE III
 Among the powers of this body corp crate shall be: To have perpetual sue ceSsion; to sue and be sued by its cor porate name; to have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure: to prescribe the mode of making trans fers of stock or interests of it's stock holders; to make contracts; to ac- Huire and transfer property of every kind and description, both real and personal, and to possess the same pow CTS in such respects as private indi- Viduals now enjoy; to establish by laws and make all rules and regula- tions deemed expedient for the man. agement of it's affairs, not inconsist- ent with the laws and Constitution of the United States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE ".
 The amount of the capital stock os the Corporation shall be One Million Dollars Cs1. 900 eee.OO). divided into one million G.O00,0OO) shares. of the par value of One Dollar (s1.00 each, fully paid up and forever n-assessable.
 ARTICLE V.
 The time of the commencement Of this Corporation shall be the date Of the filing of these Articles of Incorpo- ration in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Board of seven Di- rectors, who shall be elected annually by the Stockholders of the Corpora ton.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness liability. direct or contingent, to which this Corporation shall subject itself at any time is Fifty Thousand Dollars (s50, ,O00.OU.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The private property of the stock holders of this Corporation shall be eN- empt from all corporate debts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this day of December, 1901.
 Herman R. Klauser, (SeaD
 Arthur F. Klauser, (SeaD
 F. w. Tolerton, (SeaD State of Ohio. County of Lucas, ss. On this - day of December, in the year 1901, before me, R. w. Kirkley, notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid. residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn. person. ally appeared Herman F. Klauser, Ar thur W. Klauser, and F. W. Tolerton, known to me to be the persons de- scribed in. whose names are subscribed to- and who executed the annexed in- strument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations there in expressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written.
 R. W. Kirlley.
 CNotarial SeaD Notary Public My commission expires Feb Il. Territory of Arizona, County of Mari copa, ss. I. B. F. McFall, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid. hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original Articles of Incorporation of the Sonora Mining and Development Company of Phoenix, Arizona, filed and recorded in my office on the 2S day of December, 1901. in Book No. of Interpretations, at Page -, and that the same is a full. true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof.
 WITNESS my hand and seal of of- flee this g day of December, 1901.
 B. F. McFan,
 (SeaD County Recorder. By A. S Arthur. Deputy.
 Filed in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Arizona this 23rd day Of December A. D. 1901, at 2:30 p. m.
 William English, Assistant Secretary of Arizona.
 First publication Jan. ?.
 ART1c1Es OF INcoRPORATIoN