The oasis., 1902-05-03
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION OF THE PRUDENTIAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT
 COMPANY

NOMPAN1.
 KNOW ALLMEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we fhc undersigned 1. C. Knig. k E. Key, and N C Eliis, aii oi the town oi No- gales, Santa Cruz county, Territory Of ArzOna, nave tnls day yoiunlnrily associated together for the purpDSe Oi forming corporation under the laws 0i the Territory oi Arlzona: that we, whose names are herenbeiOre written are iiie ineorporaturs ot tiis corpora ton, and ts such we hereby certify;
 i.--That the hane of this corporation K the "Prudentia Mining and Development Com pany."
 t-e day oi the fling Ci these articles OT incor- porHtiOn in the office oi the County Recorder Of santa Cruz 'uunty. Territory oi Arzona, and shall coutine Tor fue iuu period Oi Twenty five 2i Years thereafter.
 llI.-lha lis principts pace 9i business shall be tine iDan Oi NVstles. Satila Cruz county, Itrr tory ui AtlKo.,a
 lN.-Ihat the general nnlifc OI the business proposed to be transacted by thls corporation IS me mining and milling of ores, and to acquire iitle 10 mines, and mining claims, lands, mills, machinery, water rights, tlinDer rights, and Co do all things necessary in the prosecution of the business, either by pur- chase, iease. or otherwls.., and tO sell, lease exchange or otherwise tO dispose OI the same, to work or operate The properties of the cor poratiOn, and tO dispose Oi the products thereof: to conduct a mercantile business m connection herewith, and to do hii ihiiss necessary xpedient and lawful m the prose cutiOn oi sald business.
 What the amount Of the capital stock oi this company shall be One Million ,$luQOOOW Dollars divided into one Million shares q .O0U.UJO) Of the par value Oi One $LUl Dollar each and said shares Of stock shall be iuiiy paid in at the time oi issuing the certlnchte thereof, and shall be nOn-assesSablc.
 NI.-Ihe highest amount oi indebtedness or liability 10 which this corporation is At any time to be subjected shall not exceed the sum Of Fifty thousand 50,D009l Dollars.
 NIi-That lhe private pr0perty of the stock holders Oi thia rorpVrdtiOli snHit be exempt lrOm the corporate ucDts Oi this eorpvrntion. NIII.--Ihal the business affairs oi this cor pOrntiou shall be conducted and controlled by a Board of Three Directors who shall be stock holders elected at the annual meeting Of the stockholders Oi the corporation, and said Board shall have the power to fill all yhcan- cics occurring therein.
 IX-Tnat the officers of this corporation shall be President vice-President, Secre- tary and Treasurer who shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The President and Vice President shall be members of said BOard the secretary and Treasurer may be chosen from among other persons as the Board may direct N.-That the first annual meeting Oi its stock holders shall be held at Nogales santa Cruz county, Territory of Arizona on the trst Monday oi April, X D., 1903, and annual meet ings shall be held thereafter at the same place the first Monday in April of each succeeding year
 XI.-Thst until their first annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualify, the said |. G King k. E Key and W. ! C. Ellis, shall constitute the Board ol Directors of whom R. F.. Key shall be President, l, G ] King shall be Nice-President, and W. c ! Ellis shall be treasurer.
 ] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereuntC set our hands and seals this Twelfth day O April, A. D. 1902.
 Signed l. c. KING, Seall
 Signed K. k. KEY, iSeAl.l
 signed W. C. ELLIS lSeai.l TERRITORY or ARIZONA, s
 ! CoUNTA Os sANIA CRUZ,
 Before me ED Williams, notary public il and for santa Cruz county, on this day per sonaily appeared K. F.. Key, ! G. King, an, ! W C. fiis, known to me tO be the same per sons whose names are subscribed to the for going instrument and scyeraily acknowledged io me that they executed the same for th purposes aud consideration therein expressed
 Given under my hand and seal ol office a Nogales in Santa Cruz County, this l2th day Q April, l902.
 Iseail EB. WILLIAMS, Notary Public
 My com expires Feb. 23, l9Oi.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss
 COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. ~
 l. Phil Herold, County Recorder in and fo the County and Territory, aforesaid, do here by certify that 1 have compared the fOregGinl copy with original Articles of Incorporation filed and recorded in my office on the 18th da, of April, 1902, in book Of Miscellaneous re [ cords, at page, and that the same is d full true and correct copy oi such original and O the whole thereof.
 Witness my hand and seal of office this l6tl day Of April, A. D. 1902.
 lSeall PHIL. HERoLD, County Recorder