The border vidette., 1904-09-17
ARTICLES OF Incorporation
or
THE OHIO-MEXICAN MINING COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN Fl THESE PRESENTS:
That We, the undersigned. have asso-
ciated ourselves together for the pur-
pose of forming 4 corporation undcr
the laws of the Territory of Arizona
and have adopted the following Articles
of Incorporation
The names of the incprporators are
Vim K Mex bbcii, !. II McI<ibbeu,
John Henderson and Judson y Elliott,
and the name of fhe corporation is
THE OHIo-MEXTcAS MINING COMPANY
The princi pal place. Of bu-iness with
in the Territory of Arizona is Nogales.
Santa Crnz County, and the princip"l
places of business without said Terri
tory are Cincinnati, Ohio and Chicago,
establish such branch offices. either
within or without the Territory of
Arizona, as may be deemed necessary
and meetings of the directors and
stockholders may be he'd at all such
principal places of business and branch
offices.
The general nature of the business
proposed TO Be transacted by this cor
poration is as follows:
To engage in mining, milling, smelt-
ing and shipping gold, silver. copper,
lead, iron. claHs, oils. salts. soda, coal,
asphaltum and all kinds of minerals: to
lease, own, control. manage, acquire,
and operate all kinds of mining prop
erty, and to buy and sell all kinds OF
minerals: to bug, sell and manufacture
chemicals and metals; to buy, sell,
lease, build, own, control, and operate
smelters, refneries, stamp mills. con-
contractors. cyanide plants, and any and
all kinds of reduction works. rolling,
saw, sbingle and planing mills, machine
shops, boats, steam ships, and sailing
1
pixies and canals to lead or from its
works or principals places of business
to connect with some navigable stream,
or to some existing railroad, turnpike
or public highway: to buy. sell, locate,
construct, acq~..e, own. and operate
irrigating bitches, gas plants, electric
power, steam power, water power, fuel
oil, coke ovens, bunkers. wharves, land
ings and ranches; TO own and operate
stores, electric light plants, boarding
houses, warehouses and banking houses,
and TO engage in Il general banking
business: TO lay ont ard plat townsites,
and to buy, sell, lease and mortgage
real estate connected with said town
sites, or in any manner connected with
the business of this corporation: to
own, control and handle letters patent
and inventions, also shares of the cap
ital stock of this and other corpora
lions, even to the extent and for the
managing such other corporations; to
buy, sell, manufacture and deal in all
kinds OF property, real ard personal; to
borrow money and execute notes,
bonds, mortgages and deeds OF trust to
secure the same; to purchase or in any
lawful manner, accept, posses, enjoy.
operate and use franchises from any
foreign country or state, or any state or
territory of the United States, or any
municipal or private corporation, either
f,,I1r "a
and worcestershire stocks. bonds or
other obligations in payment of prop
erty purchased by it; to exercise in
respect of all bonds. mortgages, notes,
shares of ca pital- stock and other Sc
curitics and obligations owned by it,
individual owners thereof. including
the right to vote any shares of stock
held by it: and IN general to do all
things necessary to the proper conduct
of the business of the corporation In
the Territory of Acizona and elsewhere.
III.
The amount of the capital stock OF
this corporation shall be three million
% 600, COO dollars, divided into three
hundred thousand 900, 0OO) shares of
the par value of ten I10l dollars each
At such times and upon such condi-
tions as the Board OF Directors of this
corporation shall direct or accept by
resolution, said capital stock shall be
paid into this corporation: either in
cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t
of real or personal property, including
the capital stock, franchises and prop
erty of other corporations, either do
nestle or foreign, in payment for which
the capital stock of this corporation
may be issued, and the capital stock so
issued shall thereupon become aud be
fully paid up and non -assessable, and
in the absence of actual fraud in the
OF Directors as to the value of the prop
erty so purchased shall be conclusive.
N.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date of
the filing of these articles in the Office
of the County Recorder of Santa Cruz
County, Arizona. and the filing of a
certified copy of the same with the
Auditor OF the Territory of Arizona,
and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five years thereafter, but the
same may be renewed from time to
time for the period of twenty five years
as provided by law.
V.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by board directors,
which shall be composed of not less
than four nor more than seven mem
bers. to be chosen from among the
stock olders of the corporation at the
annual stock holders meeting. which
shall be held in the town of Nogales,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona. on the
first Tuesday in the month of March Of
each year, and until their successors
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