The oasis., 1905-05-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPOR tTION
 4OF-..-- LAS TRES NACiONEs GOLD MINING COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY TngsE PnEsExrs.


 That we, the undersigned C. W Phillips and Ailen T. Bird, each of whom IS a citizen oi the United States, being desirous oi forming Cor. pOration under the laws 0i the Territory of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together into body corporate ana do hereby make, sign and acknowledge eaen for himself, and do adopt these Articles 0i ln- corporation, and do hereby certify:
 l. The name of this corporation ana oy which it shall be authorized to act IS LAS TRES NACT0NES GOLD MINING COMPAN1.
 IT The names of the incorporators are W. Philips and Allen T. Bird The principal office, or place of transacting business of this corporation shall be at the town of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Territory Of Arizona, but branch offices may be kept and maintained at such other place or places either III tre tries oas'sd as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine, at any Of which said offices meetings Of the stockholders and directors may be held and all business transacted.
 III. The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the day of the filing ot it's Articles of Incorporation in the of1ce of the County Recorder of Santa Cruz County, 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 oi the business pro- posed 10 be transactedb by this corporation is to locate, buy, bond, acquire, hold, own, lease, possess, operate or sell or otneTWise aispose i ns and silver and all other minerals. and of all other kinds of mineral lands or properties; to 0knGFMiSE own, manage, operate, improve, mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of and develop lands concessions, franchises mining claims, oil wells and any and all other real estate, nnd interests in any of said properties; to engage in the building and operating Of stamp mills and other mills, extracting precious metals, boring, digging, drilling nnneling and ex- pl0ring for, producing, refining, treating, pip ing. handling, storing, dealing in, buying and selling gold, silver, copper, coal tron oil lead, zinc salt, petroleum, mineral gas, asphaltum. ftfF n and hydr0-carbOn substances, and for such purposes to buy, contract for, lease or other mortgage, or sell or otherwise convey rehner- les, pipelines, tank cars. manufa ctories, ma chinery and other works, property and appi ances and rights of way that may be necessary or convenient or appurtenant 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 to deal in any and all cOmmod- ities of every kind conducive to the successful conduct of said business to buy, procure held. own sell, construct, equip, mortgage, main tain and operate railroads, ferries. tramways, stage lines, automobiles, and any and all other kinds of transportation, including equipments thereof and therefor Tor mining or transport ing, or for any other lawful use or business; to 0wn handle and control letters patent and in- ventiong, to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, pledge, hypOthecate, sell oy other wise dispose of the capital stock Of other cor p0ratons, and also bonds, debentures, bills, prOmSSOry notes, mortgages and piedgest Ot other partnerships, corporations and persons; to borrow money and execute bonds, notes, mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same. and to do and perform each and every srt and thing which if is lawful for natural persons to do, all of which bus nesses or occu- pations may be carried on at such places, eith- CT in the United States or foreign countries. as the Board of Directors may deem best for the interests of the Corporation. q
 Y. The amount of the Capital Stock of thi ' Corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand m pd Thousand (500000 shares of the par value of One Dollar SI) each. Al such times and under such conditions as the Board of Directors may direct such Capital Stock shall be paid into the Corporation, either ill cash or by the sale and transfer to 1t of real or personal property, for the uses and purposes of said Corp ,ration, in payment of which shares Of the Capital Stock shall be issued, and such stock, when issued, shall be fully paid and non -assessable. The Capital stock may De increased or de creased by the affirmative vote of the majority of the stock then issued but in the case of the increase Oi the Capital Stock, each shareholder shall have the privilege oi subserlplng 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
 liability either direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is to at any time subject itseh, shall not exceed the sum oi Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (250,0n0 dollars; and the pri- vate property of the stockholders ol this Cor poratlon shall be exempt from the payment of ts corporate debts
 VII The business affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members each of whom shall be a stock holder; and whenever director ceases to be q stockholder he snall at the same time cease to be a director They shall be elected annually by the stockholders at 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 ot Directors may be filled by the remaining mem bers Of the Board by appointment from among the stockholders. and such appointment shall be for the unexpired 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. Childs, L Bryantt Ilaali p s . r,,.,n.s .s Pe' 'a llv,' VI a um for the transaction of all business
 VIII Within q reasonable tune after the