The border vidette., 1903-08-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE GOLD ZONE MINING COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That We, whose hands are hereunto
 affixed, do hereby associate ourselves
 together for the purpose of forming a
 corporation under the laws of the
 Territory of Arizona, and to that end
 make the following statement:
 EirSt-The names of the corpor-
 ators are, H Hawgood, J. NJ. Keller
 man, S. W. Ferguson, Howard w.
 Squiers, and Frank Cox.
 SecOnd-The name of the corpor-
 ation shall be the "GolG Zone Mining
 Company"
 Third-The principal place Tn
 which the business of said corporation
 within the Territory of Arizona is to
 be transacted is Nogales, Santa Cruz
 County, Arizona, and the principal
 place of business of said corporation
 outside the Territory of Arizona, shall
 be in the City of Los Angeles, in the
 State of California, at which place
 mee etings of the board of directors may
 be held, and the corporation may have
 such branch offices, either within or
 without the Territory of Arizona as
 may be established by the board of
 directors
 FOurth-The general nature ot
 the business proposed to be transacted
 by this corporation is as follows, towit: To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond, locate, or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate, and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights l and machinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; | to do a general real estate, manufact- | uring and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and | inventions, and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortga ges, or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortga ges, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obliga- tions, any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might or could do; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona and else where not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Terri tory of Arizona
 Fifth-The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Million Dollars 5000, 0O0.- 00,) divided into Five Hundred Thousand (5OO,OOO) shares of the par value of Ten (SlO.OO Dollars each. And payments for said stock at such time as the board of directors may by resolution direct, may be made in busi- ness interests or property at a valu- ation to be fixed by vote of two thirds of the directors, and duly as signed to the corporation; in services rendered to or for the company; or in cash-and when so paid for by unani- nous concurrence of all the directors and of all the stockholders, the same shall be issued as fully paid for and non assessa ble, and when so paid for and issued said stock shall be fully paid and forever non assessable, and each certificate of stock when issued | shall have printed or stamped upon its face the fact that the shares of stock by said certificate are fully paid and non assessable.
 SiXth-The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the { date of the filing of these articles of in corporation for record in the office of the County Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five (25) years thereafter.
 Seyenth-The affairs of said cor poration shall be conducted by board of five directors and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected: $. w. Ferguson, H. flaw good. J. NJ KelIerman, Howard w. 6 Squiers and Frank Cox. Thereafter ( the board of directors shall be elected i; from among the stockholders of the f as the bylaws of the corpor f atiou may provide. I
 Eight-The officers of this corpor- c ation until their successors are elected o shall be, S. w, Ferguson, president; / J. NJ. Kelerman, vice president; John t J. Herr, secretary; and treasurer, H. S Hawgood. "
 Ninth-The highest amount of d or liability, direct or ( to which this corporation S may at any time subject itself shall be n O..a AI;ll;on nolI,r. LS1 QOQ QQA AA l q