The border vidette., 1903-01-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
TRI-METALLIC MINING, SMELT-
ING AND REFINIG COMPANY


ING AND REFINIG COMPANY.
KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we, whose names
are hereunto affixed, do hereby asso-
ciate ourselves together for the pur-
pose of forming {, corporation under
the laws of the Territory of Arizona,
and to that end make the following
statements: -~-
FIRST-The names of the eorporators
are } l.. Sheperd and James Mccall
hum, 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 Ari
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
leo, as the Board of Directors may by
resolu ton direct, at any of which
places all meetings of the stock holders
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:
To purchase, lease, bond, locate or
otherwise acq uire, own, exchange, sell,
or ortherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines,
mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands,
oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, water and
water rights, and to work, mine, explore
and develOpe the same; to do a 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
dams, canals, fumes, bitches and other
means as may be necessary to divert,
i'm pound or conduct water, and to use
the same for irrigation, 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, FEN 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 a 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 aud the United States.
| THIRD The authorized amount Of
capital stock of this corporation shall
be len Million $50, 600, OO0.OO) Dollars,
| divided into One Million Shares of the
par value of Ten CSIU. 0U) Dollars each
At such time as the Board of Directors
may by resolution direct, said capital
stock shall be paid into this corpor.
alton, eithersiu cash or by the sale and
transfer to it of real and personal
property for the uses and purposes OF
said corporation, in pay ent for which
shares of the capital stock of said cor
poration may be issued, and all of the
Capital Stock issued blythe Company
shall be fully paid up and non-assess
able.
FoURTHZThe time of the commence
mept OF this corporation shall be the
date of the filing of these Articles of
Incorporation in the SOfficeS of the
Secretary of Arizona, and the 'termina-
ton thereof shall be twenty-five years
thereafter $3.50
FIFTH-The affairs OF this corpor-
alton shalI.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 ay-be provided by
the Bylaws, the following persons
shall constitute the Board of Directors:
J. L. Sheperd and James McCallum,
of Nogaies, Arizona; AureliO SandovaI
of Nogales, Sonora, MeXico; George H.
Judd, of Alliance, Ohio; and Frank L
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 AureIio
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.
SIXTE-The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability, direct or con-
tingent, to which this corporation is at
any time subject. shall be Two Million
50, 900, 900. 90 Dollars.
SEVENTE-The private property of
the stockholders of this corporation
shall be exempt from corporate debts of
any kind whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We
have herennto set our hands and seals
this % day of December, 1902.
j. L. SHEPERD. Seal
JAMES McCALEUM. Seal
AURELIO SANDOVAL. Seal