The border vidette., 1903-01-31
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
T4I-METALLIC MINING, SMELT-
ING AND REFINIG COMPANY.

hNOW ALL NJ EN- b III Csc
| PRESENTS: That we, whose names
are hereunto affixed, do hereby asso-
cIate ourselves together for the {pur-
pose of forming ii corporation under
the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
and to that end make the folIowin O
statements:
FIRST-The names of the corporators
are j Il. 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,
ONO, and such other places in the
United States or the Republic of Mex
leo, as the Board of Directors may by
resolution direct, at any of which
places all meetings of the stockholders
and board of directors NAV be held
and all business transacted.
SECOND Tho general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
TO purchase, lease, bond, locate or
otherwise acquire, own, exchange. sell,
or ortherwISe dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines,
mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands
OIL, gas,as phaltum, petroleum, water and
water 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
lTrlr NfNrTrl nd a
the same for irI igation. and to gener-
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.
THIRD The authorized amount of
capital stock of this corporation shall
be Ten Million $50, coo, O00.O0) Dollars,
divided into One Million Shares of the
par value of Ten $50, OO) 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.
FOURTH 1.-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.
alton shall be conducted by a Board of
five or more Directors, who shall DO
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:
]. L. Sheperd and James McCallum,
of Nogales, Arizona; Aurelio Sandoval
of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico; George H.
Judd, of Alliance, Ohio; and Frank T.
Huffman, OF Dayton, Ohio; and the
following persons are hereby constitu-
uSNt duI dPpOlLtSN OluCGIS uElll bHt
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 majotity of the
outstanding stock shall have full
power to adopt such Bylaws for the
government of this corporation as to
them may seem proper.
STXTE-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
50, 600, 600. 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 - day of December 1902.
j. L. SHEPERD. Seal
JAMES McCALLUM. Seal
AURELIO SANDOVAL. Seal
Territory of Arizona