The border vidette., 1904-01-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
THE VICTOR MINING COMPANY

THE NlCIOR MINING COMt'ANN N
 KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE PRES ENTS: That we, whose names are here unto affi xed, do hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of form ing a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end make the following statements:
 TIaST-The names Of the corporators are Frank P. Jackson, Hollis F. Bunker, Lewis J Haas. George $. Hail, John P. Force and Edwin F. Wood, and the name of the corporation shall be THE VICTOR MINING COMPANY. Tho principal place in which the business of said corporation shall be transacted within the Territory of Arizona shall be Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, with branch offices at such places in the United States and tbe Republic Of Mexico, AS the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, at any of which placos all meetings of tho stockholders and Board of Directors may be held, and all business transacted.
 SECOND T he 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 otherwise dispose of. pledge, mort gage, hypothecate, and deal in mines. mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil. gas, asphaitum, petroleum, water
  explore and develop the same; to do general real estate and mercantile ousl- ness; to own, handle and control letters patents and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same; to build and own dams, canals, ditchcs, nuhes and other means as may be necessary to divert, imPound or conduct water, and to use the same for irrigation, ana to Renerate power to be used as such, or to be converted into electricity or electric power may be desired, ana to use, sell, rent or otherwise dispose of tho same; to build, construct or otherwise provide lines Tor the trans mission of electricity or electric power, and to equip the same; to bulid, own, equip and operate railway. telegraph and telephone lines from it's mines ana 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 necess- ary to properly conduct the business Of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona and elsewhere, not lnconslss, ent with the laws of the Territory of Arizona anu She United States, .,
 TEIRD The authorized amount oi capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million sl,OOO, OOO OO) Dollars, divided into One Hundred Thousand shares of the par value of Ton tslo- Oo) Dollars each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resoiutton direct, said capital stock shall be pald into this corporation, either ID cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t of real and personal property for tine uses and purposes of said corporation, Tn pay. meut for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may Do issued, and all of the capital stock issued by the company shall be fully paid up and non -assessable-
 TcURTE-The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall oe the date of the filing of these Articles of Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTE-The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board Of hve or more Directors, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the corporation. Until the first annual meeting the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors: Frank r. Jackson, Hollis F. Bunker Force and Edwin F. Wood, and the following persons are hereby constitut- ed and appointed officers until the first annual meeting, and until their success ors are elected and qualified: Hollis r. Bunker, president. Lewis ]. Haas, vice president, Frank r. Jackson, secretary. and Edwin F. Wood, treasurer.
 The stockholders representing & majority of outstanding stock shall have full power to adopt such bylaws for the government of this corporation as to them may seem proper
 SIXrE-The highest amount of in debted uess or liability. direct or con tingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject, shall be Two Hundred Thousand (S2OO, 900 .OO) dollars
 SEvENTE-The private property of the stock holders of this corporation 1 shall be exempt from corporate debts 1 of any kind whatsoever.
 EIGHTH meetings of the 1 stock holders shall be held at the ECity | of Colu bus. Franklin County. Ohio, | on the second Monday in January in | each and every year for the purpose of l electing directors and for such other | purposes may be necessary and pro per. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have 1 hereunto set our hands and seals this | S3rd day of November. A. D., 1903.
 FRANK r. JACKSON
 HOLLIS F. BUNKER
 L. J HAAS
 GEORGE $. HAIL