The oasis., 1905-05-20
ARTICLES OF INcoRpoR sTI0N
 --OF----- LAS TRES NAC1ONEs GOLD MINING COMPANY.
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 Arizona have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together into body corporate and do hereby make, sign and acknowledge, each for himself and do adopt these Articles or ih. corporation, and do hereby certify:
 [ The name of this corporation and by which it shall be authorized 10 Act s lAS TRES NACIONEs COLD MlNlN1a .oMfAS ..a x ;v Philips and Allen T Bird. The prlnelpei office, or place of transacting business oi thls corporation shall be at the town ol Nogaies, santa Cruz County, Territory ot Arizona but branch offices may be kept and maintained at such other place or places either ln the United States or foreign ooun- tries as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine, Ut any Of which said offices meetings of the stockholders and directors may be held and all business transacted. ,s Corporation shall be the day Of the filing oi lts Articles of Incorporation in the office oi the County Recorder Of Santa Cruz Jonnty, and certified copy in the office Of the Auditor for the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 ". The general nature of the business pro posed to be transacted by this corporation IS to locate buy, bond, acquire, hold, own, lease. possess operate, or sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims. or prospects oi gold and silver and all other minerals. and Of all other kinds of mineral lands pr properties; to buy, lease or otherwise acquire, to hold and own, manage, operate, improve mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of ana deVelpp
 
 oil wells and any and all other real estate, and interests in any of said properties t0 engage in tue building and operating ni stamp mlis and other mills, extracting precious metals, boring, digging drilling, umneling and ex- pl0ring for, producing, refining, treating, pip ing, handling storing, dealing n, buying and selling gold silver copper coal, iron, oil lead' zinc. salt, petrUlenmS mineral gas, AspnAtum. bitumen. hitnmen0us rock and other minerals. and hydro-rArbon substances and for surh purposes co buy, contract for, lease or other 444kH gREtk t4rAtft Al mortgage, or se' or otherwise convey rehner- ies pipelines, tank caTs manu1rct0ries, ma ehinery and other works property and appls- anees and rights Ol way that may be necessary or convenient or apDurtenanE for the purposes Of said Corporation. To manufacture electric ity. obtain rights Of way, erect poles, string wires and buy or sell electricity; to carry on and control general merchandise business, and to that end co deal in any and all comm0d- ities 0i every kind conducive 10 fhe successful conduct of said businessi to hay, procure hold own, sell. r0nstrucfs equip, mortgage, nam tain and operate railroads. ferries, tramways stAge lines, automobiles, and any and all other kiTds Of tTansportafoHt including equipments thereof and therefor, for mining or transport ing or for any other lawful use or business; to own, handle and control letters patent and in- venttons; to purchase or otherwise acquire. hold, own, D edge, hypothecate, sell or other wise dispose of the capital stock Oi other cor porations, and also bonds debentures, bills, promissoTy notes, mortgages and pledges, ot other partnerships corporations and persons
 
 mortgages and decds of trust to secure the same; and to do and perform each and every act and thing which it is lawful for natural persons to do, all Of which nns nESSeS or 0CCu- pations may be carried on at such places, eith- CT n the United States or foreign countries. as the Board of Directors may deem beat for the interests of the Corporation. <
 V. The amount of the Capital Stock oi thi Corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand t5u0,000) Dollars, divided into Five Hundred Thousand l500, ,000 shares of the par value of Atxa n<.fta ar4 4tI ant A Ixnh n4fRu uffnr such conditions as the Board Of Directors may direct, such Capital Stock shall be paid into the Corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property, for the uses and purposes of said Corp ration, In payment of which shares oi the Capital Stock shall be issued and such stock, when issued shall be fully paid and non -assessAble. The Capital Stock may be increased or de- creased by the affirmative vote of the majority of the stock then ssueds but in the case oi the increase of the Capital Stock, each shareholder shall have the privilege oi subscribing for such number of shares Of the proposed increase as he may be entitled to according to the number of shares held by him before the stock is in- creased.
 VI. The highest amount Of indebtedness or liability, either direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is to at any time subject itself. shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (250,0hl dollars; and the pri- yate property of the stockholders Of this Cor poration shall be exempt from the payment of its corporate debts.
 
 shall be conducted by Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members, each Of whom shall be stock holder; and whenever director ceases to be q stockholder he snail at the same time cease to be director They shall be elected annually by the stockholders tt their regular annual meeting which shall be held at any of the offices of the Corporation on the first Monday of October of each year, and shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Any vacancy in the Board oi bers of the Board by appointment from among the stockholders and such appointment shall be for the unexpred term for which the ap- pointment is made. The first Board of Direc- tors shall consist of the following persons, to-wit: W. W. childs, J. H. ChiIds, l. Bryantt, 4 Millar, c. " Phillips majority of the the Board of Directors shall constitute quor- um for the transaction of all business
 VIII Within reasonable tune after the election Of any Board of Directors they shall meet tt any of the offices Of the Company and eject the officers of the Corporation. who sh' ll be President, Vice-president, Secretary, and