Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-17

laws of the Territory or ArlLOAd. anu duOpl, execute and acknowledge the following as the articles of inco poration of such cOrpor- ation.
 The name of the company shall be La Dicha & Pacific Railroad Company; and its principal place of business shall be in the city of Prescott. Yavapai county, Arizona Territory. with branch offices at Los Ange- les, California; Chilpancingo, Guerrer". Mexico: the City of Mexico, Mexico; and at such other places as may be designated by the board of directors of the company here matter provided i,r.
 Tie names e tl. corporators of this cor poration are RUJ E. Morrison and Allea Hill.
 The objects f,r which this corporation is organized are uecome a body polite and corporate. and unGer said n tlne to acquire in fee. or for any less state, such lands as to the directors at any time or from time to time shall seem desirable or expedient, and the same to hold. utilize. develop, sell, con- vcy. mortgage or lease: to own. develop and work mines upon the lands of said corpora tion or other lands: to own and operate works for the refining, reducing or treating of ores, minerals or metals, and also lumber mills. and wood working factories of any and every kind; to own and operate water works and to engage in the business of sup D ying water for irrigation or other pur- poses: to engage in the bus ness of grazing or raising horses, cattle and live stock of every kind to buy. --ll. deal in, mortgage or pledge ores, minerals. metals, lumber. timber, manufacture uf wood, horses, cat Il and live stock; to acquire, hold, sell, transfer, or dispose of shares of stock of other corporations; also to acquire and avail itself of a certain contract bearing date May l7th. 1904. entered into between c. Leandro Fernandez, Secretary of State and of the Department of Communications and Public Works of the Republic of Mexico and representing the executive of said re- public and Tomas Macmanus, attorney for La Dicha Mining and Smelling Company. granting concession for the construction and operation of a railway with telegraph and telephone lines in the state of Guerrero in said Republic of Mexico. and to con- struct and operate said railway and tele- graph and telephone lines under the terms and provisions of said contract or conces- sion, and under and pursuant to the laws of the Republic of Mexico; also to acquire rights to build piers, port works and ware houses in connection herewith from the federal government of Mexico, and to own and operate the same under the provisions Of tbe respective concessions; to carry on interstate and foreign commerce.; to ship, transport. and deal in machinery, ores. metals, and other personal property between and among the several states and territo- ries, and between them and foreign coun- tries: and to do any and all things, and ac- quire all property, real or personal, which may be convenient and necessary to carry into effect the objects for which this cor pOration Is formed.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be two million dollars, divided into two hundred thousand shares of ten dollars each. and shall be fully paid and non-assessable The capital stock shall be issued and paid for upon the conditions and at the times hereafter provided by resolution of the board of directors.
 The time for the commencement of this corporation shall be the day upon which these articles are filed in the office of the county recorder of Yavapai county, Arizona Territory, and said corporation snail ter minate twenty-five years thereafter.
 VI. The government of this corporation is vested in a board of directors consisting of not fewer than three nor more than fifteen members. who shall he elected at the an- nual stockholders meeting and shall hold office for one year from the date of theIr election and qualification and until their successors are elected and qualified, pro- vided, however, that the first board of di- Tectors of this company shall consist of three members, and that the following named persons shall constitute said first board of directors until further action by the board of directors or the stockholders of this corporation, tO-wit: Robt. E. Nor rlson, Leon F. Kneipp, and Allen Hill: and provided, further, that any vacancy occur ring in said board shall be filled by the re- naming members thereof. Such board of directors shall have power to hold any meeting and transact any bus- l ness for the company at any time or place, | within or without the Territory of Ariznna i and all of the acts of such board shall be 1 valid provided that majority of all of the 1 members of said board shall be present and | vote in favor of such act or acts and such | vote shall be complete evidence of the suf- | fciency of notice for the meeting. Said | board of directors shall have power to es- tablish bylaws and make all rules and reg | ulations for the management of the affairs 1 of this corporation, not inconsistent with I the constitution and laws of the United ! States and of the Territory of Arizona. The board of directors may at any time i alter th9 number of its members, and in | the erent of increasing the membership of the board shall designate the additional | members thereof, who shall serve until their | successors are properly elected and qualified. !
 VII. The officers of this corporation shall be | president. vice-presioent, secretary, treas | urer, general manager and auditor. and such | other officers as the board of directors shall | deem necessary for the purpose of transact | ing it's business; and such officers shall be | elected by the board of directors to serve | for the term of one year or until their sue- i cessors are duly elected and qualified.
 VIII. 4irna for fba boldipry Of bo meeting of the stockholders of this corpoIa- | ton is hereby fixed for the first Monday in | Julyof each year; and meetings of the i stockholders of this company may be held at | the principal offiC of the corporation or at l any of the branch offices thereof.
 TX. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt fro., i liability for the payment of corporate debt- and neither this company nor its board Uf directors nor other officers shall have power | tp levy any assessment upon any paid u D