The border vidette., 1906-12-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE SONORA COPPER COMPANY

NJ Love- Robert s. Stone of Kansas City. Jackson County State of Missouri. and c. E. Kroh and r. E. Reed of Kansas City. Wyando County. State of Kansas. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing and incorporating company under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end do hereby certify:
 Article l.. The name of this corporation shall be: SONORA COPPER COMPANY.
 Article 3. The principal place of business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Nnales in the County of Santa Cruz in the United States of America. and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall De in the city of Kansas City. County of Jackson. State of Missouri in the United States of America. at which place meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. and it may establish and maintain such other branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona the Board of Directors may order. At such of flee in Kansas City. Missouri the first and subsequent meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors may be held and all it's cor porate business transacted
 Article 3. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this Corpo- ration is as follows. to-wit:
 To acquire. hold. plat into city and town lots. sell. lease. buy ard mortgage real estate and mill property; to work. operate. buy sell lease locate. acquire. hold and deal in mines. metals. mineral and placer claims. mining and water locations. and water power of every kind and description. to build. erect. maintain and keep in repair water dams across streams so as to back water ana to build. erect and maintain. lease and sell the water ronds and other places for the storage of water; sell and supply water for all purposes of mining. agriculture or other purposes: to maintain and operate electric light and power plants for the purpose of furnishing and lcasina electric and water power for all purposes; to buy. bond. sell. build. operate and conduct eIries tramways and other means of transportation Of goods mer- chandise. timber. lumber. ore. mining machin- cry and other materials. incident and ap- pertaining to the business of the company; to acquere. lease and operate water rights and fumes for the purpose of mining and treating ore and running and operating machinery. transporting lumber. timber goods. and mer- chandisc in connection with the business ot the company to own and manage saw and -four mills: to buy and sell timber. lumber and merchandise. and carry and do general mercantile business to buy. own. sell and deal in the stock of other corporations; to bor- TOW money and execute notes or other evidences ofindcbJcdness. and secure the same. by bond or otherwise on the property Of this company. and upon all contract rights of this company. all to the same extent and the same manner that a natural person m1Hht or could uO
 To purchase. lease. bond locate or otherwise acquire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dls- pose of. pledge. mortgage hypotecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines. mining claims oil lands. mineral lands, oil gas. asphaltum. petroleum. water and water rights and machinery. and to work. mine. explore operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate manufacturing and mercan- tile business; own. handle and control lotters md sl,., ~AF al stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds. mortgages deeds of trust to secure the same. and to exercise in respect to all such bonds. mortgage notes shares Of capital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights. powers and privileges and individual owners thereof. in cluding the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that q natural person might or could do; and in gen eral to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Republic of Mexico or in the Territory of Arizona or elsewhere. also to lease O" own and operate a shelter or smelters or other plants for the reduction of ores and to lease or own and to operate telephone and telegraph lines
 Article f. The amount of the capital stock of said corporation is Sl 5Oo. .0OC and the number of shares into which it is divided is 15O,OOO of the par value of 4IO.O0 per share.
 Article 5. At such time the Board of Directors by resolution may direct. the capital stock shall be paid into the corporation. and such payments may be made either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it ot property ofany kind for the uses and purposes of said corpora tion. and shares of said capital stock may then be issued and said shares so issued shall there upon and thereby be and become forever fully 1 paid up and Tn the absence of actual fraud the | judi.mept of the Board of Directors as to the value of such property purchased or services | rendered to the corporation for shares of stock in said corporation shall be forever conclusive. ano shares Of stock may be issued for services rendered to said corporation either in it's | creation or for other services and such stock i shall stand upon the same footing as if it had | been paid for in actual cash The shares of the | capital stock Of this corporation may De sold ] by order ot the Board of Directors at any sum less than par. which the Board of Directors at their discretion may direct. and when sold i and issued as fully paid said stock shall be deemed fully paid. and the holder holders thereof shall never be or become liable to said corporation or the creditors thereof or to any | other person whomsoever for the amount of the | difference between the price paid for said | shares of stock of said corporation and the par value thereof.
 Article G. That the existence of this corpo- | ration shall be deemed to commence upon the {; date upon which duly certified copies of these | articles of incorporation shall be nled with the | Territorial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona ! and the termination thereof shall be twenty | five years from said date. unless renewed or 1 extended pursuant to the laws Of said Terri | tory of Arizona.
 Article r. The Affairs of this corporation | shall be conducted by a board of seven more | directors q majority of whom being present | and acting may proceed with authority. and | their acts shall be binding as if all were | present. The following named D, rsOns wil i