Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-03-17

State or South DakOta. once
!, o. C. BERG, Secretary Of the State Of
South Dakota, and keeper OF the Great Seal
thereof, do hereby certify that the attached
instrument OF writing is a true aud correct
copy of
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF tho
IMPERIAL MINING AND BMELTING
COMPANY,
and of the whole thereof. and have been COM
pared with the original now on file in this
Office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. ! have here
unto set my hand and amxed tho Great Seal
Of the State OF South Dakota; done at the city
of Pierre, this twentieth day Of May, 1905.
(signOd) o.. G. BERG,
lsEALl Secretary of State.
ny CSigned) e., N. GRAVES.
Assistant Secretary OF State.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of
IMPERIAL MINING 4 SMELLING
COMPANY.
Know ALI MEN BY THESE PREsBNTs:
That we, the undersigned; Fred Mayor, A..
Quistrom, H. L. Stephens for ourselves, our
associates, and successors. have associated
ourselves together for the purpose of forming
a corporation under and by virtue Of the
statutes and law Of the State of South Dako-
ia, and We do hereby certify and declare as
follows. viz;
FIRST
The name of this corporation shall be I'm
perial Mining s Smelling Company.
SECOND
The purpose for which this corporation lie
formed TO acquire by purchase. discovery or
otherwise, mines and mineral lands of every
kind and description and to explore, develop
and turn to account the same aud the pro-
ducts thereof; to buy, build aud manufacture
machinery, tools, implements and supplies
and TO acquire a plant or plants FOR the treat
ment of ores: to mine, treat, smelt and refine
gold. silver, copper, lead. zinc and other ores
and ore products and to dispose of same; TO
buy. sell and deal in real estate, mines and
1 stocks and bonds Of other corporations and TO
1 do any other act or acts that may be incident
or necessary to properly carry on a general
mining and milling business in all its
branches.
The place w&ero the principal business of
, this corporation shall DO transacted Is Pierre,
in the county of Hughes. state of South
Dakota, but a business once may be located
, at San Antonio, Texas.
FOURTH
! The term for which this corporation shall
exist shall be twenty t2W years.
FIFTH
The number Of directors of this corporation
+ shall be seven and the names and residences
OF such who arc to serve until the election OF
0 their successors, are as follows:
3 RESIDENCES
Fred Mayer. New York, N. Y.
0 E. A. Van Week. Douglas, Arizona
JnO. BollOns, San Antonio, Texas
Lock Campbell, San Antonio. Texas
. LII. Stephens. Pierre, South Dakota
+. A. Stephens,
b. j. BinfOrd,
The amount OF the capital stock OF this cor
poration shall DO and is One Million Dollars
divided into one million shares Of the pai
] value of one dollar each.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF. We nave here
unto set our hands this 18th day of May, 1904
a FRED MAYER
: A. QUIsrRoM
L. L. STEPHENS
STATE or NEW York
4 County of New York
he It remembered, that on this Ilth day Of
May, A. d. 1904, before the undersigned. per
sonally appeared the abovo named Fred Mayel
and A. Quistrom well and personally known t.
. me to be the same pergons described in anC
" who executed the foregoing instrument anS
G severally duly acknowledged to me that theI
q executed the same.
\ In WITNESS WHEREOF, / have hereuntC
set my hand and afixed my official seal at saiC
r county the day and year last above written.
RALPH NJ. JACOBT.
[sKALl NO. 3D Notary Public
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA lss.
County of Hughes
BE II emembered that on this Goth day o.
a Nay A. d. 1904. before the undersigned per
sonally appeared the above named L. L
Stephens, wen and personally known to mi
i TO DO the same persons described In and wh,
executed the foregoing instrument and sew
1 orally duly acknowledged to me that they exc
cutod the same.
In WITNESS WHTRRoF, / have h~ereuntO Sc
my hand and aARxed my Onoial seal at sal,
county the day and year last above written.
J tSlgnedl b.. ]. BINFoRD,
IsEALl Notary Public
/" STATE OF NEW YORK
I County Of New York
y Fred Mayer and A. QulstrOm being duh
= sworn, each for himself depOsos and says
q That he Is one OF the persons described In an
who signed the foregoing articles Of incOrpoI
D. alton 10 an incorporation therein; that he ha
V read said articles and knows the content
= thereof; and the iacorporatOrs intend In goo
! faith to form a corporation for the purpose o
the promotion OF a lawful business, "a &c
forth In said articles and not for Il 0 purpos
, of enabling any corporation or corporation
to avoid the provisions Of sections TO to 7Sl
d Inclusive. of the Revised Penal Code Of 1903 O
10 the State of South Dakota. relating TO unlaV
y full trusts and combinations, and laws amer
: RED MAYER.
A. QUESTION.
: Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this lit
u day OF May, 1894.
"A RALFH NJ. JACoBY,
LsEALl mo. SD Notary Public
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