The oasis., 1904-04-09
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF THE
MISSOURI MINING COMPANY"

Arizona do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming Corporation under the Laws oi the Territory of Arizona and to that end make the following statements:
 I. The name of the corporation shall be and is hereby declared to be "rhe Missouri Mining Company"
 IT. The general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted by this corporation will be as follows. fA) To buy, lease, contract, bond and in any other manner acqulre tltle; ownership, possession and rights to work and operate mines. mining rights an mineral lands, lands and veins in the Republic Of Mexico and its States and Territories con or any other mineral of value. (B) To sell transfer, rent. mortgage and dls- pose of mines, or in any other manner trafhc in or dispose oi mines. mining rights mineral lands, lands and veins in said States and Terri. tories containing and producing metals or copper. gold, silver or other valuable minerals. e. To construct and operate smelters for the reduction or refining oi metals of copper, gold, silver or other minerals of value. (Dl To sell, transfer, lease. mortgage or in any other manner dispose of its machinery or smelters. (E) To acquire for appropriation or reversion or by purchase, rental or by any other legal method, water rights, and utilize water directly power or to produce electricity or other power necessary or convenient to &C., quire any other power in and for the prosecu- ton of the business or said corporations; to develop, work and operate mines and smelters and to sell, transfer. mortgage. lease or in any other manner dispose of such water, electric or other power and for these objects when neces-
 
 struct, maintain, purchase or lease, use and operate dams, reser Oifs canals, acqueducts pipe lines, buildings, machinery and other works necessary Tn order To procure salu water or other power or powers and conduct the same to the place of using 1t and to apply and dispose of such power or powers as are men tioned above. Fl To sell, transfer lease, mortgage or in any other manner dispose of all l or any part of the property and other works mentioned in the previous clauses. iG) To denounce. purchase sell, hold, lease, rent. con l lpn | of. lands for the establishment Of reduction works and to acquire, possess and maintain, | purchase and sell. all the machinery and ac- | cessories for the operation of the same; to make use, sell and license others to make, use and sell and to buy, acquire, hold or in any | other manner traffic in improvements and all ! the machinery, operations necessary or con- venient belonging 10 the business of mines, mills and smelters, and fabricate or cause to be fabricated any other article that may be- tH ! To purchase, sell, acquire, contract for, or traffic in or with lumber, coal, or combustiDles 1 of any Xii that may be. n To execute any or all contracts and to acquire transfer and traffic in any and all property AS completely and in the same manner and exactly AS If the | company were a private person or persons and
 have the same powers in all such respects as
 private persons could enjoy to do any or all
 acts and things that are not prohibited by the law and in connection with that to do any thing that might be necessary, convenient O. belong to that, and generally to do and execute all the acts and things which might now or in
 the future be necessary, useful, convenient,
 auxiliary to, or belonging to the business and intentions of this corporation. O. To pur- chase. lease, construct or in any other manner
 acquire, maintain and operate railroads, tele-
 graph or telephone lines, tramways, roads and
 canals from their mines. buildings and works
 to such smelters and lands. (K) To purchase,
 lease, construct, hold possess, mortgage or in
 any other manner traffic in or with, or dispose
 of the shares, obligations or titles oi the prop
 erty or negotiable securities of this corpora
 tiOn, or in any other corporation
 association, company or person, or in any
 fn. nTla
 class of property. CD To purchase, hold, ac-
 qure, lease, sell, traffic in or with, and dispose
 of letters of patent issued by the United States
 Of America or any other foreign country, or
 for inventions or discoveries appertaining to
 the business of mining, milling, smelting or
 manufacturies in any or all of its branches.
 (Ml To denounce, purchase, hold or in any
 other manner acquire, as also to prospect for,
 or work for, oil, stone, and all otherclasses of minerals and metals.
 III The principal office of this company will
 be in Nogales, Arizona, but the company is empowered to establish branches in other places selected by the Board of Directors in ! which places the meetings Of shareholders and of the Board of Directors may be held and busi-
 ness of every nature and description be trans } acted. .,
 be s1O 0OO0 00, divided into l,000 shares Of 5000 a each which shares may be paid for either in
 cash, services, or property, and at the dnte ol their issue shall be fully paid up ana non
 assesss bic.
 V. The private property of the shareholders . of this corporation shall be exempt from cor
 poration debts.
 VI. The administration of the affairs of this
 company shall be conducted by Board of ? Directors composed of four directors who
 shall be elected annually by the shareholders of the company at the general annual meeting which shall be held on the second Monday ol i March of each year at such place as may be provided for in the Bylaws; the accumulative system of voting is hereby adopted and pres : cribed as the system of voting and shall be in vogue at all the elections of directors of this
 corporation and prevail at all their meetings , wherever they may meet, with. the exception that when the office of one of the directors be comes vacant the rest by majority of votes will elect a substitute to act in his place: Until thl
 first general meeting Of the shareholders Of this 5 corporation is held, and until their successor,
 are appointed the Board of Directors shal
 consist of the following persons: Frank Smith l Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; Marshall
 Wright Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; James D Fresh. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; and Aller F T. Bird, Nogales, Arizona.
 VII The Board of Directors shall have th' - necessary mower to formulate Bylaws anC
 select and elect such officers of the corporation