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KsoW Ait Nes hY Tursf pfrsfNfs lbat wei ine uudefsiHHed Harry Austin tlHpp. lonlsc Nan Meas tlapp, trthni W Davis and f0hh E Richardson eAeh of whom sa citizen nf forming H corporation uudpr the laws ul fhe Territory uf Arixnua hHvc this day voluntarily associated ourselves together Into body eor- rorate. and d0 hereby make. sign and uckuOwI- edge each for himself and do adopt these Articles oi Incorporation, and do hereby cer-
 fiRsr The name of this corporation and by which if shall he authorized Co net is THE CONUAQCI GOLD MINES COMPANY"
 ~ECuNp The names af the inccrporatOrs are Harry Austin Clapp, Louise Van Ness Clapp. Arthur " Davis and John K. Richardson, and the principal office. or place of transactng business of this corporation shall be in the town Cf Npgales, santa Cruz County, Territory of Arizona but branch offices may be Kept and in the United States of America or foreign countries, as the Board of Directors may, from
 time to time, determine, az any of which off ces meetings of the stockholders and directors
 may be held and aE business transacted. TIiIKD The amount of the capital stock of this corporation snail be Two Million Dollars (S2000,0e0l divided into Two Million shares
 (2.o00000l of the par value of One Dollar tsl00)
 each
 At such times and under such conditions Is the Beard of Directors may direct such capi- tal stock shall be paid into the Corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property, for the uses and purposes ot said corporation, i'll payment of which shares 0f the capital stock shall be is sued, and such stock when issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable.
 The captal stock may be increased or de- creased by the affirmative vote Of the majority of the stock then issued but in ease vf the iii crease of the capital stock, each shareholder shall have the privilege Of subscribing for such number of shares of the proposed increase as he may be entitled to according t0 the number of shares held by him before the stock is in creased.
 FOURTH. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filling 1 of it's Articles of Incorporation m the office oi 1 the County Recorder Of Santa Cruz County,and < A certified copy in the office of the Auditor for l the Territory of Arizona and the termlnatlOn [ thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter 1 FIFTH The business affairs Of this corporation l shall be conducted by Beard Of Directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven members each of whom shall be 4
 stockholder and whenever director ceases to bc d st0ckholderdcr he shall 1t the same time cease 10 pe n director.
 They shall be elected annually by the stock holders at their regular annual meeting which shall be held un the first Monday in November Gf each year, in any of The offices af the eorpQ-
 ration and they hall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified, Any vacancy in the Board Of Directors may ] be filed by the remaining members of the raard by appointment from among the stock holders, and such appointment shall be for the 1 unexptfed term for which the appointment is
 made.
 Tha first Board ef Directors shall consist of the follow ng persons t0-Wit Harry Austin Ciapp, L3uise Van Ness Clapp, Daniel II. LiV- l #ingsttn John M sheldon Arthur N. Davis, 1 Joan E. Richardson and enc other c be naln- i ed by these six,
 l majerty ol the Board Of Directors shall constitute 2 quorum fof the transaction oi all l SIXTH The highest amount ei indebtedness LOT liability, either direct or contingent, to which this corporation is % at any lime sue-
 ftea f4t Hundred and Fifty (75ONN0) thousand dollars i and the private property of the stockholders Of this corporation shall be exempt from the payment oi its corporate debts
 SEVENTH The general nature Of the business ] proposed to be transacted by this corporation
 x t0 locate, buy bond, acquire, hold, own,
 lease, possess, operate or sell or otherwise uls- psse of mines and mining claims, 0r prospects l 0f gold, silver or copper and all other minerals aud all kinds of mineral lands or properfless 1 to buy, lease, or otherwise acquire to hold and oWn manage, operate, improve, mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any deyel-
 ope lands, concessions franchises, mining I claims. oil wells and any and all other real estate and interests iii any of said properties l tO engage in the building of stamp mills, smelters and other mills and the operating of ] the same, extracting precious metals, boring, digging, drilling, tunnelfng and exploring for, producing, refining treating piping, handling, I storing, dealing in, baying, and selling gold, silver, copper, coal irFn oil, lead, zlnc salt, I petroleum, mineral gas, asphaltun DitHmen, bitnmenous rock and other minerals and | hydro-earb0n substances and for such pnr- ! poses to buy contract for, lease CT otherwise
 acquire hold, own, manage operate, mort gage oY sell or otherwise convey fefneries,
 pipe lines, tank earss manufactures, machine " and other works, property and appliances and rights of way that may be necessary or
 convenient ot appnrtenant for the purposes of said corporation.
 To manufacture electricity, obtain rights Of l way. erect poles, string wires. aud buy or sell
 electricity to carry 0f and control general merchandise, forwarding, commission and l storage business and to that end c deal in
 any and all commodities of every kind cOn-
 ducivr to the successful conduct Of said 0usi- ness, tO buy, procure, hold, own, sell, cons