The border vidette., 1907-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Afiznna & Pittisburg Mining & SmeItngi
 Company


 ourselves together and do hereby as- sociate ourselves together, for the purpose Of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we do make, sign, acknowledge and publish these articles in writing, and do hereby certify:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name this corporation shall be and is, the ARIZONA x PITTSBURG MINING AND SIMPLIFYING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The principal place for the transac tion of tEe business of this corporation shall be al Patagonia, in the County of Santa Cruz. and Territory of Arizona, and there may be branch offices established at such other places as ti.e Board of Directors may, from time to
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business, pursuit and enterprise proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows:
 (a) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, bond, rent. lease, mine and work mines and mineral lands and the products thereof.
 business of refining, smelting and manufacturing of any and all kinds of ores, minerals and metals.
 lc) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, bond, rent, lease, and sub-let, water, waters rights, mach inery, supplies. materials, and other articles necessary or convenient for use in connection with and in the carrying on of the business herein mentioned, or any part thereof.
 (d) To purchase or notherwise rease, sub-let, maintain, manage or lonstruct pipe lines, tracks, reservoirs, coads. tramways, fumes, canals. ditches, mbankments, telephone or telegraph lines, railroads and other may be incident or auxiliary to the main business of this corporation, as set forth in subdivision "(a)" herein above, or that may be deemed neces- sary, expedient, useful or onvenient to said main business by the Board of Directors of this corporation.
 (el To sell. convey, bond, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any and all of it's property of every character whatsoever
 1f) To subscribe for, buy, sell, or otherwise acquire or dispose of the ca pital stock or shares of the capital stock Of this or any other corporation; to buy, sell or otherwise acquire or dispose of the bonds and evidence of indebted ness of this or any other corporation, to own and hold the capital stock of this or any other corporation, and to vote or cause to be voted at stock holders meetings, all stock of any other corpo- ration held by this company. and to transact any and all other business in cidental to the purposes of any of the matters aforesaid.
 ARTICLE IN.
 The time Of commencement of this corporation shall be the date when a copy of these Articles, verified by the Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ariz- oI;L,o1 ona Territory, to be a copy, of the office Of the said County Recorder, shall be filed for record with the Ter ritorial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona; and the time of it's termina- tion shall be Twenty-Five years (25) thereafter.
 ARTICLE V.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Million Dollars (S2, 900, 900, divided into Two Million shares !2,oOo.oO0( of the par pital stock shall be paid Tn from time to time as called for by the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors may issue shares of stock in ex- their judgement in so doing, including the fixing of the price of such services, property, and shares of stock, shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive.
 ARTICLE VI.
 (a) The affairs of this corporation snail De cOnQucCeO Dy fOard or Dl- rectors, which Board shall consist of five mem bers, all of whom shall be stock holders in this corporation
 (b) The first Directors shall be John H. Wilson, Julius Bieler, R. A. Me- Donald, John Neely and H. W. Graib, all of the City of Pittsbnrg, State of Pennsylvania. who shall hold office until the first Monday of June, 190S and until their successors are elected and qualified; and thereafter the Di- rectors annually, at q stockholders meeting to be Eeld at the office of the Company in the Town of Patagonia, County of Santa Cruz, Territory of Arizona, on the first Monday in June of each year at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day, shall be elected and shall qualify for the term of one year. com mencing on said Monday in June in each year, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.
 (c) The Board of Directors may adopt Laws, and from time to time amend the same, provided that at the first meeting after the adoption or amendment of such bylaws, the stock holders shall have the right to amond or repeal any provision of the By Laws made by the Board of Directors, since the last regular meeting of said stock holders.
 The Board of Directors shall have power, at any time, to meet at any place by them designated, either in the