The oasis., 1905-05-20
ANTIQUES oF INCORPORATION
THE VICTOR MINING AND sHELrfSe
 cOMpANY.
Kxow ALL Mer BY THESE psEsgvrs.

That we, whose names are hereunt0 affixed, % hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statements
 FIRST: The names of the corporators are Frank P. Jackson, Lewis J. Haas, John l.. Trauger, W H. Paul and T. J. Abernethy. ]. S. shepherd and Allen T. Bird, and the nnI8e of the corporation shall be TlIE VICTOR MINING AND SIMPLIFYING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corporation shall be transacted within the Territory of Arizona, shall be Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Territory Of Arizona, with branch offices at such places Tn the United States and the Re- public of Mexico, as the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct, at any of which places all meetings of the stockholders and Board Of Directors may be held, and all busi- ness transacted
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation Is as follows, t0.wlt:
 acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge. mortgage, hypotheeate, and deal in mines, mining claims, oil lands. miner al lands, oil gas, as phatum, petrOleufn, water and water rights and to work, mine, explore and develop the same; to do general real estate and mercantile business: to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same; to build and own dams, canals, ditches fumes and other means as may be necessary 70 divert. impound or con- duct water, and to use the same for irrigation, and to generate power to be used as such, 0r to he converted into electricity or electric power as may be desired, and to use, sell, rent or otherwise dispose of the same 10 build, con- struct or otherwise provide lines for the trans mission of electricity or electric power, and to equip the same; to build, own, equip and oper- ate railway telegraph and telephone lines from it's mines and works to a connection with other lines; to buy, own, hold and dispose of the stock or bonds of other corporations. and in general do all things necessary 10 properly conduct the business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona and elsewhere, not incon- sistent with the laws Of the Territory 0i Ariz0- na and the United Staies.
 THIHD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million fSi00 0,000 CO., Dollars, divided into O2e Hum dred Thousand Shares of the par value of Ten sl000' Dollars each At such time as the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this cor porAti0n, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t Of real and personal property for he uses and bur poses Of said corporation, i'll payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and all of the capital stock issued by the company shall be fully paid up and non.assessable.
 FOURTH. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office Of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Five or more Dt- rectors who shall be elected annually by the
 
 first annual meeting the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors: Frank r. Jackson Lewis ] Haas John L. Trauger, ". II. Paul. T. ]. Abernethy, and the following persons are hereby constituted and appointed officers until the first annual meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Lewis J, Haas resident: W. II. Paul, Vice President Frank r. Jackson, Secretary and Treasurer
 The stockholders representing majority of the outstanding stock shall have full power to adopt such by-aws for the government of this c0i poration, as to them may seem proper SIXTH: Tine highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct oT contingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject, shall be Two Hundred Thousand l$s F,007.s0 Dollars SEVENTH. The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever EIGHTH: Annual meetings of the stoekh0ld- CTS shall be held at the City of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, on the first Monday in June in each and every year for the purpose Of eecting directors and for such other purposes as may he necessary and proper.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 2eth day of April, A.. D. 1905
 signed and sealed in presence of
 FRANK P. JACKSON,
 LEWIS HAAS,
 JOHN L TRAUGER,
 ". H PAUL,
 T. I. ABERNETHY,
 J l. SHEPHERD.
 ALLEN T. BIRD,