Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
MINAS PEDRAZZINI GOLD AND
SILVER MINING COMPANY, s. \.

we, whose names are heIeuntO affixed, .
do hereby associate ourselves together 1
for the purpose of forming corpora
ton under the laws of the Territory Of
Arizona, and to that end make the fol- /
lowing statement: !
First: The names of the Corporators
are John Pedrazzini, at present in the
city and county of San Francisco. state
of California: Henry Drummer, of said
city and county of San Francisco, state
of California; Fernando MOntijo, of
said city and county of San Francisco,
state of California; B. G. Tognazzi, of
said city and county of San Francisco,
state of California and Ed L. Dufourcq,
of the city of New York, State of New
York; and the name Of the Corpora
ton shall be the Minas Pedrazzini Gold
and Silver Mining Company, s. a. The
place in which the business of said
Corporation is 10 be transacted in the
Territory of Arizona. shall be at the
city of Phoenix in Maricopa county.
and the principal place Of business of
said Corporation outside the Territory
Of Arizona, shall be in the city and
county of San Francisco, in the state
of California, at which last named
place meetings of Stockholders and
the Board of Directors may be held,
and the Corporation may have such
branch Offices either within OF without
the Territory of Arizona as may be es-
tablshed by the Board Of Directors.
Second: The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
this Corporation is as follows. tO-wit:
To own, purchase, lease locate or
otherwise acquire mines. mining prop
critics. mining claims and lands in the
state of Sonora Republic of Mexico
and elsewhere; to work, mine. explore,
operate and develop the same and ex-
tact minerals therefrom.
To own, purchase, locate or other
wise acquire any and ali kinds OF real
and personal property. cattle. fran
clises, water rights and machinery in
the said State of Sonora, or elsewhere
To make contracts; to purchase
lease, bond. locate or otherwise ac-
quire, own. exchange. sell or otherwis,
dispose Of, pledge, mortgage, hypothe-
cate and deal in real estate and any
and all kinds of personal property. cat
-'-'' aSoes'os, sal laims oil lands
ter tights and MACHINE E.-t,1,..-
mine. explore, operate anu tGe - =. =
same and in general to do all thing
necessary to the proper conduct Of tn
business Of this Corporation in the Ter
Fltory and elsewhere, not incOnsisten
with the laws of the United States an,
the Territory Of Arizona
Ihlrd: The authorized amount q
capital stock Of this Corporation shall
be one million 1000 OOO.OO) dollars il
United States gold coin. divided int,
one million G.000,000) shares of tn
par value of one (Sl.OO) dollar each
Al such time as the Board Of Director
may by resolution direct. said capita
stock shall be paid into this Corpora.
tlon, either in cash or by the sale an,
transfer to 1t Of real or personal prop
erly Tor the uses and purposes of saiC
corporation, in payment for which
SHARES Of the capital stock of said Cor.
poration may be issued. and the capita
stock so issued shall thereupon 'anC
. thereby become and be fully paid III
and worcestershire. and the judgmen
o. the Directors as TO the value of tn,
property purchased shall be conclusive
Fourth: The time of the commence
mcnt Of this Corporation shall be tn,
date Of the filing of certified copy o
these Articles Of Incorporation in tn,
Office Of the Territorial Auditor. an,
the termination thereof shall be TWEEN.
81. ty-five years thereafter.
Fifth: The affairs OF this Corpora.
u"n shall be conducted by a Board o
not less than five 90 nor more thar
nine 90 Directors and the followinl
named shall constitute the Board o
Directors until their successors ar,
elected:
John Pedrazzni. Henry Drummer
Fernando Montijo, b. G. Tognazzi anC
Ed. L. Dufurcq.
thereafter the Board of Directors
shall be elected from among the stock
holders on the I'd Tuesday of March
OF each year. The officers of said Cor
poration until their successors are
elected shall be: John Pedrazzini
president: b. G. Tognazzi. vice-presi-
dent; Fernando Montijo. secretary
Bancl SvizZera Americana (of Locar.
MOI treasurer.
Sixth: The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability. direct or con-
tingent. TO which this Corporation is al
any time 10 subject itself shall be one
hundred thousand Cs1OO. 100000 dollars
which amount does not exceed two
thirds the amount of the capital stock
seventh: The private property Of the
stockholders of this Corporation shall
be exempt from its corporate debts OF
any kind whatsoever
In Witness Whereof We have here
unto set our hands and seals this 18th
day Of January. 1907.
JOHN PEDRAZZINI CSeaD
HENRY Drummer CSeaD
FERNANDO MONTIJO CSeaD
B. G. TOGNAZZI CSeaD
ED. L. DUFOCRCQ CSeaD
State Of California.
city and county OF san Francisco. SIS
Before me, \. X Daggetti a notary
public in and for the state and county
aforesaid, on this day personally APP
pcared John Pedrazzini. Henry Brun-
ner. Fe.nado Montijo. b. q. TOgnazz
and Ed. L. Dufourcq. known to me tC
be the persons whose names are sub
scribed TO the annexed instrument anC
acknowledge to me that they executed
the same for the purposes and consid-
erations therein expressed.
Given. under my hand and seal o.
Office this nth day of January. a. d.
1907
(SeaD A X DAGGETT,