The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-02-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
TRI-METALLIC MINING, SMELT-
ING AND REFINIG COMPANY

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PRESENTS: That we, whose names
are hereunto affixed, do hereby asso-
clate ourselves together for the pur-
pose OF forming "a corporation under
the laws of the Territory of Arizona,
and to that end make the following
statements:
FlRST-The names of the corporators
are } H. Sheperd and James Mccall
lum, of Nogales, Arizona, and Aurelio
| Sandoval, of Nogales, Sonora. Mexico,
and the name of the incorporation shall
be Tri-Metallic Mining, Smelling and
refining Company. The principal
| place in which the business of said COR
! poration within the Territory of ART
iona is to be transacted is Nogales,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and the
! principal place of business of said cor
poration outside of the Territory of
Arizona, shall be the City of Columbus,
Ohio, and such other places in the
United States or the Republic of Mex
ico as the Board of Directors may by
resolution direct, at any of which
places all meetings of the stock folders
and board of directors may be held
and all business transacted.
SECOND The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
this corporation is as follows, to- wit:
10 purchase, lease, bond, locate or
otherwise acq uire, own, exchange. sell,
or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines.
mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands,
OIL, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, water and
wafer rights, and to work, mine, explore
and develope the same: to do general
real estate and mercantile business; to
own, handle and control letters patent
and inventions; to borrow money and
execute mortgages or deeds of trust to
secure the same; to build and own
dams, canals, fumes, bitches and other
means as may be necessary to divert,
1mpound or conduct water, and to use
the same for and tn
ate power to be used as such, or to be
converted into electricity or electric
power as may be desired, and to use,
sell, rent or otherwise dispose of the
same; to build, construct or otherwise
provide lines for the transmission of
electricity or electric power, and to
equip the same; to build, own, equip
and operate railway, telegraph and
telephone lines from its mines and
works to connection with other lines;
to buy, own, hold and dispose of the
stock or bonds of other corporations,
and in general to do all things neces-
Sary to proper conduct of the business
of this corporation in the Territory of
Arizona and elsewhere, not inconsistent
with the laws of the Territory of Ari-
IONA and the United States.
TEIRD-The authorized amount of
capital stock of this corporation shall
be Ten Million $50, 600, 0O0.00) Dollars,
divided into One Million Shares of the
par value of Ten (Sl0.O0) Dollars each.
At such time as the Board of Directors
may by resolution direct, said capital
stock shall be paid into this corpor-
alton, either in cash or by the sale and
transfer to it of real and personal
property for the uses and purposes of
said corporation, in payment for which
shares of the capital stock of said COR
Poration may be issued, and all of the
Capital Stock issued by the Company
shall be fully paid up and, non assess
able.
FouRTE-The time of the commence
ment of this corporation shall be the
date of the filing of these. Articles of
Incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary of Arizona, and the termina-
ton thereof shall be twenty five years
thereafter.
FIFTE-The affairs of this corpor-
alton shall be conducted by a Board of
five or more Directors, who shall be
elected annually by the stockholders
of the corporation. Until the irst
annual meeting as may be provided by
the Bylaws, the following persons
shall constitute the Board of Directors:
j L. Sheperd and James McCallum,
of Nogales, Arizona; Aurelio SandovaI
of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico; George H.
Judd, of Alliance, Ohio; and Frank Il.
Huffman, of Dayton, Ohio; and the
Following persons are hereby constitu-
ted and appointed officers until the
first annual meeting, and until their
successors are elected and qualified j
l.. Sheperd, President; James Nc
Callum, Vice President; and Aurelio
Sandoval, Treasurer. The stockhold-
ers representing u majotity of the
outstanding stock shall have full
power to adopt such Bylaws for the
government of this corporation as to
them may seem propet.
SIXTE-The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability, direct or con-
tlngent to which this corporation is at
any time subject, shall be Two Million
80, 900, DOC. 90 Dollars.
SEVENTH private property of
the stock holders of this corporation
shall be exempt from corporate debts of
any kind whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We
have hereunto set our hands and seals
this 27 day of December, 1902.
j. L. SHEPERD. Seal
JAMES McCALLUM. Seal
AURELIO SANDOVAL,t Seal
Territory of Arizona, ..rl
County of Santa Cruz. :
year 1902, before me, the undersigned,
"A Notary Public, in and for the Terri
tory and County aforesaid. residing
therein, duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared j. L. Sheperd,
James McCallum, and Aurelio Sando-
val, known to me to be the persons
described in, whose names are subscri-
bed to, and who executed the annexed
instrument, and they acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for