The border vidette., 1906-12-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE SONORA COPPER COMPANY

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we the undersigned, Albert M. Conard of Nogales. County of Santa Cruz and Territory of Arizona. and William II Moore. Edward D. Ellison. J. NJ. Lowe. Robert s. Stone of Kansas City. Jackson County. State of Missouri and C. E. Kroh and F. 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 ?. The principal place of business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of NnSales in the Countyof Santa Cruz in the United States of America. and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be in the city of Kansas City. County of Jackson. State of Missouri in the United States of America at which plnee meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. and it may establish and maintain such other branch offices either within without the Territory of Arizona as the Board of Directors may order. At such of flee in Ksnsas 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
 
 ness proposed to be transacted by this Corpo- ration is follows. to-wit:
 To acquire. hold. plat into city and town lots sell. lease. buy and 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 stream. 50 as to hoc tO hui1d maintain lease and sell the water ronds and other places for the storage of water: sell and supply water for al! purposes of mining. agriculture or other purposes; to maintain and operate electric light and power plants for the purpose of furnishing and leasing electric and water power for all purposes; to buy. bend. sell. build. operate and conduct ferries. tramways and other means of transportation Of goods. mrr- 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 Yoods and mer- chandixe in connection with the business of the company to own and manage saw and flour mills: to buy and sell timber lumber and merchandise. and carry on and do a general mercantile business: to buy. own sell and deal in the stock of other corporations; to bor- row money and execute notes or other evidences of Indebtedness. and secure tLe same. by bond otherwise on the property of this company. ani upon all contract rights Of this company. all to the same extent and the same manner that q natural person might or could do.
 To purchase. lease. bond locate or otherwise acquire own. exchange. sell or otherwise dIs- pose of. pledge. mortgage. hypotecate and deal in real estate and any and all kiEds 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 aad:develop the same to do a general real estate manufacturing and mercan- tile business; to own. handle and control lotters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of sther 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 cuding 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 concuct of the business of this corporation in the Republic of Mexico in the Territory of Arizona or elsewhere. also to lease O. own and operate a smelter or smelters or otEer 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 $1 OJ0. and the OCT of shares into which it is divided is I5OOoO of the par value of $I0.OO per share.
 Article 5. At such time as inc 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 of property of any 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 paid up. and in the absence Of actual fraud the judrment 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 iti creation or for other services and such stocl shall stand upon the same footing as if it haC been paid for in actual cash. The shares of tht capital stock of this corporation may Le solt by order of the Board of Directors at any sun less than par which the Board of Directors a their discretion may direct. and when so sol, and issued fully paid said stock shall b, deemed fully paid. and the holder or holder thereof shall never be or become liable to sait corporation or the creditors thereof or to an, other person whomsOever for the amount of th difference between the price paid for sai shares of stock of said corporation and the pa value thereof
 Article 6. That the existence of this corpo ration shall be deemed to commence upon tn date upon which duiy certified copies of thes articles of incorporation shall be 1ilcd with tn Territorial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years from said date unless renewed O extended pursuant to the laws of said Terri tory Of Arizona.
 Article T. The Affairs of this corpOratio shall be conducted by board of seven or mol directors. n majority of whom beng prcsen and acting may proceed with authority. an