The border vidette., 1903-10-17
OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
 COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsNTs:- That we, the undersigned, each of whom is q citizen of the United States, being desirous of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of A ri- zona, have this day voluntarily asso- ciated ourselves together into body corporate, and have signed and ack- nowledged these Articles of Incorpor- ation and do hereby certify:
 FIRST-That the name of this cor poration, and by which It shall bo authorized to act is international In vestment Company"
 SECoND-The names of the incorpor- ators are Ed. KinGen, Frank F. Cranz, Y. J. Turner, William F. Cooper, and Frank J. Duffy. The principal office or place of transacting the business of this corporation shall be at the Town of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Terri tory of Arizona, with branch offices at such other place or places, either in the United States. or in foreign coun- tries, the Board oi Directors may from lime to time determine
 TEiRD-The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the day or the filing of it's Articles of In corporation in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Cruz, Territory of Arizona, and a certified copy thereof in the office Of the Auditor for the Territory of Arizona; and tho
  five (25) years thereafter.
 FoURTE-the amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum of Five Thousand Dollars (S5, 000.- OOl divided into fifty t5o) shares, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (Sl00 .00l each, and said stock, when is sued, shall be fully paid and nou-as- sessable. Said stock may be paid for either in cash, or by the transfer of property to the corporation. or by services rendered to and on behalf of said corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors
 FIFTE-The general nature of tho business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is to locate, buy, bond hold, own, lease, acquire, mortgage, hypothecate or sell, or otherwise dis pose of or handle mines and mining claims. and mineral lands, oil lands and oil wells, ranches. farming lands and grazing lands, town lots, and any and every kind of real estate: to buy, hold, own, sell and dispose of cattle and all other kinds of live stock, and all kinds of personal property whatso- ever; to make contracts; to do gen. eral mercantile and commission busi- ness; to make investments; to own, handle and control shares of the cap ltal stock of other corporations, and to do all things necessary and convenient to the proper conduct Ol IHS DusiHcSS Ol tniS cOfDOrat1On-
 SIXTE-The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability, either direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself shall not exceed the sum of Twenty five Hundred Dollars tS25OO O0) and the private prop erty of the stockholders of this corpor- ation shall be exempt from the pay ment of its corporate debts.
 SEVENTH The business affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors, each of whom shall be a stock holder. They shall be elected annually, at the regular annual hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected and have q ualitied. The annual meeting of the stock h elders shall be held at the office of the company on the Third Monday of September of each year. Until the first annual meeting of the stock hold CTS. and until their successors are elec- ted and qualified. the incorporatorS herein named shall constitute the Board of Directors. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
 EIiHTH-The officers of this corpor- ation shall be president, vice presi- dent, secretary, and treasurer, each of W h om shall be a member of the Board of Directors They shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall hold their oilice during the life of the board by whom they arc elected.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto placed our hands and seals on this 23rd day of September, A. D., 1903.
 ED KINGEN, Seal
 FRANK F. CRANZ, Seal
 T. J. TURNER, Seal
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