The oasis., 1905-09-23
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 Fihsi. Enc uames ut tue r4frnrat0fs bre l. q. Friend, j0hp " NoDdfum, VI E. Hop wood and Alleu Bird aud the uane of the corporation shall be THE SoNOHENSE PROS. fEtfiNt N DEN kLOFiNG COMPANY The principal place within thc Territory of Aris 1ona iu which he business Ol this corporation ie to be transucted ls Nogaies, santa Cruz county. Arizona, and the corporation may es4 iuhlish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona, where meetings of the board ei directors may be held
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed e bc transacted by this corporation Is as follows tn wit general denounc- ing. locating. prospecting developing and ra. Republic of Mexico. with power is make contracts: to purchase, lease, bond. locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property; mines. mining claims, oil lands, cotLl lands mineral lands oil. gas, coal, shale asphaltum. petrole- um, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and tO work, mine, explore, 0per- ate aud develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the terri tory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona, or the State Of sonora and Re. public of Mexico.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million dollars (S1 900 O0O) divided into Two Hundred Thousand (2O0.O00) sbares of the par value of Five dollars E$5D each. At such times as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this cor. pOrat0n, either in cash or by the sale and transfer 10 II, of real or personal property for the uses and purposes 0f said corporation. in payment for which shares of the ea pital stock of said corporation shall be issued and the capital stock So issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid mp and non assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the direc- tors as to the value of the property purchased shall he conclusive
 FOURTH The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy Of these Articles of IneorpoF- atiOn in the office of the territorial auditor and Of the recorder of santa Cruz county. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH; The affairs Of this corporation shall be conducted by a board of five directors and the following named shall constitute the board 0t directors until their successors are elected z L. C. Friend, John NJ Woodrum. M E. Hopwood, Allen T, Bird and Ned D. Parker. Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from among the stock holders on the first Monday in Atsust of each year. The officers of said corporation until their successors nre elected shall be- Allen n Bird president. F. c Friend general manager and vice president: NJ E. Hopw0od, secretary; John M Wacdrum, treasurer.
 SIXTH. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent, 0 which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand dollars tS25,000) which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of capital stock.
 SEVENTH. The private property of the stock. holders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts Of any kind whatsoever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this fifteenth day of August, A D 1905. l.. G FRIEND SRALl
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