The oasis., 1907-07-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -OF THE SANTA GETRCDIs MINING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we . whose hands are hereunto affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of i 1ormlng corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the 1 following statement:
 1 FIRST: The names of the incorporators are Allen T. Bird and Dane D. Bird, both of NOga- | les, santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory and | the name Of the Corporation shall be the SANTA 1 GERTRUplS MINING COMPANY The prin- l cipal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corporation is to be transacted is Nogales, santa Cruz County, Ari- zona, and the Corporation may esta blish branch 1 offices either within or without the Territory ! ot Arizona where meetings of the Board Of Directors may be held
 SECOND: The general nature of the business l proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 general mining and reduction business with full powers a. set forth herein, to-wit:
 To 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, oil, gas, coal shale, asphaltum, petro- leum, asbestos, salt water and water rights and machinery and to work, mine. explore. operate and develop the same; and ill general to do all things necessary t0 the proper con duet of the business of this Cooperation in the Territory and elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona. or of the laws of the Re public of Mexico and the State of Sonora
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars ($l 000 0dO) divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl 00) each At such times as the Board of Directors may by resoldtion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it, of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Cor poratlon III payment for which shares of the capital stockof said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shah thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud ln the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 FOURTH: The time of the commencement Of this Cooperation shall be the date Of the fling oi certified copy of these Articles of lncor poration in the office of the territorial auditor and ei the recorder of Santa Cruz County, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shah be conducted by board of Five Director a the following named shall constitute the .alA ol Directors untl their successors are cit ,eu " Robertson, w. q. Ross. !. H. C6lbuin. C. F. LeGrand, and Albert 5. Camou, which said election of their successors shall be held upgn the first day of August, A. D., 1908 There alter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first day of August ol each year. The of- hcers oi said Cooperation until their snc- cessors are elected shall be- W.aG Ross Presi- dent; W. k, Robertson, First Niee-PreSdert ane Genera Manager; Mbert 5. Camou second ' lcc-i iteiNeHti V, F. LtEfanus secretary and Treasurer.
 SIXTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is at any time subject shall be Ten Thousand Dollars (SlO0o0) which amounk does not exceed two-thirds the amount oE capital stock.
 SEVENTH The private property of the stockholders 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 sixth day of July l907
 ALLEN F RIRD rSFA14