The oasis., 1906-11-24
ARffcGEs 0f fgt0FfORtfi0g
 Or fHf EsfeEIGA NtSiS0 < sNEfffyG COMPANY

KNow AtL Mey nY Tnrse PRESENTS
 That we. whose hands orc hrfeuntO affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under Che luws Jf the Territory of Arizona. and Co that end make Che following statement;
 FiEsrt The nHmes of lhc cufpOfaturs are John llaWkady John w. Bauden, fred A. JOhnsOut Y II. Howard. Horace ' Tanner and ". ". Chapman and the name of the Corporation shall be the EsfRELLt MINING & sMELTlNG COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corporation IS Co be trans- acted is NOgales, santa Cruz County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation
 is as follows, tO-Wit:
 4 General Mining X Reduction business with full powers as follows to wit tp make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate Or otherwise acquire. own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal prOperty mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, Oll, gas, coal, shale, asphaltun petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, explore. operate and de- velop the same; and in general to do all things necessary tO the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not Inconsistent with the laws Of the United States and the Territory of Arizona, and the Republic of Mex ico
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stCck Of this Corporation shall be Two Million Dollars (S20l0,0JO), divided into Two Million shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l00) each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resglu- tion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into thls Corporatlcn, either in cash oF by the sale and transfer to it, of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment of which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock SC issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and nOn-assessabe and in the absence of actual fraud Tn the transaction the judg- ment of the Directors as to the yalue Ot the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 FOURTH The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the fling of q certified copy of these Articles of IncOT- pOPatiOn in the office of the territt rial auditor and of the recorder of santa Cruz County d the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors of five members and the following named shall con. stitute the Board of Directors until their | successors are elected: John Hawkady, John w. Bauden Fred A. Johnson. r. H Howard, and Horace V. Tanner. There after the Board 0f Directors shall be elected | from among the stockholders on the First Manday in June of each year. The officers Ol sdlu toIpoihNlOu ulill tHtlI SuCCbcSulS are elected shall be: Jchn W Bauden, President; John Hawkady Vice-President; II. V. Tanner Secretary; H. W. Chapman, Assistant Secre- tary; F. A. Johnson, Treasurer.
 SIXTH The highest amount of indebted ness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is at any time subject shall be Ore Thousand Dollars ($lG00), which amount does not exceed two-thirds of capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property of the stock holders of this Corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this thrtieth day of October 1906