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 IHat Ne. Nhute nnuis Hfe hNlpnntl nfhxed. dp hffeby H-aNciHfe vurscifcs ivgnihpr f0Y iAf purpose of toWirg corporation under ihe eud make lfe following statement;
 Fins1. fhe naWe- of fhe eufpGfators are J" C. Friend John VI Noodfum, M '. iop- wood and Allen Bird md ihc name of the corporation shall be THE sONORENSE PROS PECTING * DEVELOPING COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory oi Ari- zofa in which the business of this corporation is t0 be transacted k NoQales santa Cruz county Arizona, and the corporation may es- tablish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona, where meetings of the board of directors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows to wit: A geperal denaunc- ing, boating, prospecting, developing and mining business. in the State of Somo- I'll, Republic of Mexico. with power to make contracts: to purchase lease. bend locate ur otherwise aeqnire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dispose ef. pledge, mortgage, hypothecaie and deal in real estate and any aud aEl kinds 0f personal property; mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, 0ii gas, ecal. shale, asphaltun. petrule- nm, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery. and 70 work, mine, explore, oper- ale and develop the same and in general 70 do all things uecessary fp the proper conduct of the business 0f this corporation in the terri- ] tory and elSewh here. nat inconsistent with the l laws ~ the United states and the Territory af { Afizona, or the State of sonora and Re- { public of Mexico.
 THIRD: The authorized amount Of the capital stock 0f this corporation shall be One Million dollars ($i0la0gal divided into Two Hundred < Thousand t20a,00aj shares U the pAf value of ! Five dollars tS5l eaeh ~ such times as the 1 board Nf directors lnay by resolution direct. I said capital stock shail Dc paid infa this crr- paFati0n, either in cash or bg the sale and \ transfer co it, oi real or personal property for I the nses and purposes af said corporation. in { payment fpr which shares pI the capital stock 0f said corporation saall bn iSsnea and the { capitAl stock sn iSSMea shall therenp6n aud 1 thereby become and he fally paid np an non 1 aSsessabIe4 ana in tho absence Of actual fraud l in the transaction the judgment uf the airec. tors ns to the value 0f tine property purchased shall De conclusive
 FuTRTH The time Qf the commencement oi this corporation shall be the date nf the filing oi certified copy of these Articles ~ lneorpor- atiOn 10 the office of the territorial auditor and of the recorder cf Santu Cruz county. and I the termination thereof shall bc twenty-five ] years thesaafter-
 FIFTH: The affairs Of this corporation shall he conducted by board uf five directors and tine l following named shall constitute the board 0f directors until their successors are elected II '. Friend; John NJ b, Woodram M \ Parker. Thereafter the board of directors 1 shall be elected from among the stock | holders on the first Monday in Ausust Of eaef year Tine officers Of said corporation nnti their successors aFe elected shall be Allen r l Bird. president; N G. Friend, general manager and vice pregident; NJ k. HanWn0d secretary John NJ Wnodrlm, treasurer.
 eIyIHs The highest amount 0f indebtedness or liability, direct ar contingent. to which thll corporation K at any tllne subject shall N { Twenty-Five Thousand dollars lSa5N90l Whicf amount does not exceed tW0-thifds the amonn of capital stock
 SEVENTH. Tine private property of the stock holders Gt this corporation shall be exemp from corporate aehts of any kind whatsoever. # IN WITNESS WHEREOF, i've have hereunta se our hands and seAlS this fifteenth day Q
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