The border vidette., 1907-01-12
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 R Moore. Edward D. Ellison J. M. 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 1. The 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 Nogales 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 place 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 Kansas City. Missouri. the first and subsequent meetings of the stockholders and
 Board of Directors may be held and all its 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 and mortgage real estate and
 mill property: to work. operate buy sell. lease. locate acquire. hol1 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. leese and sell. the water Tonds and other places for the storage of water: sell and supply water for al; purposes of mining. ..agriculture or other purposes: maintain and operate electric light and power plants for the purpose Of furnishing and leasing electric and water power for all purposes to buy. bond sell. build.
 operate and conduct ferries. tramways and other means of transportation Of goods. mrr- chandse. 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 dumes for the purpose of mining and treating ore and running and operating machinery. transporting lumber. timber goods. and mer- the company. to and manage saw and -four mills: to buy and sell timber. lumber and merchandise. and carry 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 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 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 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 general real estate. manufacturing and mercan- f. flo huSin tO patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds, mortgages or deeds Of trust to secure the same. an to exercise n 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 a 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 A pizona or elsewhere also to lease Or own and operate a smelter smelters etEer plants Tor the reduction of ores and to lease own and to operate telephone and telegraph lines
 Article l. The amount of the capital stock of said corporation is sI 800. Ooo and the number ,f shares into which it is divided is 15OO0O of | he par value Of 5000 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 | oy the sale and transfer it of property of any kind for the uses and purposes of said corpora | .ion. and shares of said capital stock may then | DC issued and said shares so issued shall there lpon and thereby be and become forever fully l paid up. and in the absence Of actual fraud the | judgment Of the Board of Directors as to the | value of such property purchased or services | rendered to the corporation for shares of stock | mo shares of stock may be issued for services | to said corporation either in it's | creation or for other services and such stock | ,hall stand upon the same footing if it hud | been paid for in actual cash. The shares of the l capital stock of this corporation may be sold 1 oy order of the Board of Directors at any sum | ess than par. which the Board of Directors at | heir discretion may direct and when sold l md issued as fully paid said stock shall be | 1eemed fully paid. and the holder holders | thereof shall never be or become liable to said | .orporat tion the creditors thereof any l other person whomsoever for the amount of the | Inference between the price paid for said | ,hares of stock of said corporation and the par | Talue thereof.
 Article 6. That the existence of this corpo- | ration shall be deemed to commence upon the | late upon which duly certified copies of these articles of incorporation shall be nled with the Territorial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona. ] md the termination thereof shall be twenty i've years from said date. unless renewed or ory of AriZon;s
 han be conducted by board Of seven more iireetors n minority whom being