The border vidette., 1903-10-31
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
 COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESNTS:- That we, the undersigned, e.-ch of whom is a citizen of the United States. being desirOus of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Ari- zona. have this day voluntarily asso- clated ourselves together into body corporate. and have signed and ack- nOwledged these Articles of Incorpor- alton and do hereby certify:
 FIRST That the name of this cor poration, and by which 1t shall be authorized 10 act is international In vestment Company"
 SECOND The names of the incorpor- ators are Ed. Kingen, Frank F. Cranz, T. 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, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
 TEIRD-The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be tue day of 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 the termination thereof shall be twenty five (2o) years thereafter.
 FouRTE-the amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum of Five Thousand Dollars (S5, OOO.- OO) divided into fifty (5O) shares, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (S100 OO) each, and said stock, when is sued, shall be fully paid and non-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 the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is t. locate, buy, bond hold, own, lease, acquire, mortgage, hypothecate or sell, or otherwise dis pose of or handle mines and mininy 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 1tal stock of other corporations, and generally to do all things necessary and convenient to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation.
 S1XTG-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 (S25OO O0) and the private prop erty of the stockholders of this corpor- ation shall be exempt from the pay ment of it's corporate debts.
 SEVENTH The business affairs of this corporation shall be cond ucted by a Board of Directors, each of whom shall be a stockholder. They shall be elected annually, at the regular annual meeting of the stock holders, and shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected and have qualified. The annual meeting of the stockholders 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 nereln named shall constitute the Board of Directors. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
 EIGETE-The officers of this corpor- atlon shall be president, vice presi- dent, secretary, and treasurer each of whom shall be a member of the Board of Directors. They shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall hold their office during the life of the board by whom they are 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
 WILLIAM F COOPER, Seal
 FRANK J DUFFY, Seal