The oasis., 1907-04-27
AnrfeLts or INCORPORATION
OF fHE rES NEssEE COAL, CEMENT ASb LrMBgR COMPNNY.
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Kxow ALL Mes BY flKsf pREsESrs
 That we, whose names are hefeuntO affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and t0 that end we make the following statement.
 l. The name of this corporation shall be the TENNESSEE COAL. CEMENT AND LUMBER COMPANY.
 2 The names of the fncorporators are Robert E. McClelland Benjamin F. Fletcher and George NJ Skelly.
 g. The principal place in which the business Of said Corporation shall be transacted within the Territory of Arizona shall be Nogales, Santa Cruz County, with branch offices in the United States of America, the Republic of dexico and the countries or provinces of
 entral America, or any other countries where ghis Company may wish t0 do business. as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, at any of which places all meetings of stock holders and board of directors may be held and all business transacted.
 4 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this Corporation is to locate, buy, bond, acquire, hold, own, lease possess, operate or sell or otherwise dispose If mines or mining claims or prospects Gf gold silver, copper, zine, lead or coal or any or all other kinds of mineral lands or proper ties. oil wells and other real estate and inter ests in any of said properties; to engage in and carry on the business of mining, building and operating stamp mills, saw mills cement mills and other mills, smelters and reduction ~wOrks for reducing ores of every description, to ac- quire titles to mines and mining properties, mllls real estate, personal property and all other property of any and every kind whatso- ever requisite and necessary to the transaction of it's busi ness; to work, dispose Of and deal in the same and in the products thereof; to carry on and conduct general merchandise busi ness, and to that end to deal in any and all commodities of every kind conducive to the successful conduct of said business, to pur chase, hold, own, control and deal in the shares and properties of other companies and corporations; to locate, buy, bond acquire hOld own, lease, possess, operate, sell, mort gage pledge or otherwise hypothecete oil lands, mineral lands, timber land, coal land oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, or any of their products, asbestos salt, water and water rights, or any and all kinds of machinery; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to build and operate railways to connect the mines and properties of the com pany with other railways; to build and operate and maintain telegra ph and telephone lines, electric light plants and ice plants, tramways, steambOats and water transporta tiOn facilities outside of the Territory of ArizOna to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages CT deeds of trust to secure the same; and generally to do all things incl dent or necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation, and to do and perform each and every act and thing which it is lawful for natural persons to do; all of which business and occupations may be car ried on at such places as the Board of Directors may deem for the best interests of the corpora ton.
 O. The authorized amount Of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (S250 ,000.00) Dollars divided into Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand shares of One Dollar ($D each. At such time as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this cor porati0n, either in cash, or by the sale and transfer to it of real and personal property, for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and all of the capital stock issued by the Company shall be fully paid up and non-assessable.
 6. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 7. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of five or more directors who shall be elected annually by the stock holders of the corporation. Until the first annual meeting the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors: Robert E. McClelland, Benjamin F. Fletcher, George NJ Skeily Robert Fair and F Nj. Wilson
 The Board of Directors shall have full power to adopt such bylaws for the government of this corporation as to them may seems proper. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be