The oasis., 1907-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

KNow ALL MEN By THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, having associated our sell yes for the purpose of forming corporation under Chapter Il of Title XIII, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and Acts amendatory theTecf,. hereby adopt the following Articles of lncOr- pOration:
 ARTICLE I. The name of the corporatow shall be SONORA CENTRAL MINES COM PANY. and its principal place of business shall be Nogales, Arizona but other offices may be established and mainteined within or outside of Arizona at such places the Board of Di- rectors may designate, where meetings of stock holders and directors may be held.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted is mining, mi ling, converting, preparing for market and otherwise producing and dealing in gold silver. copper, lead zinc, brass iron, steel, and all kinds of ores metals and minerals oils, gas and coal, and the products and by-pTodncts thereof; to purchase or otherwise acquire, ow h. exchange, sell CT otherwise dispose of, mort gage hypothecate and deal in mines and min eral lands ol all kinds, oil coal and timber lands, real and personal estate, agricultural lands, water and water rights, and to work. eG- plore operate and develop tine same; to puE- chase ur otherwise acquire, erect, own, Ope rate and dispose of smelling and ore reduC tion works, oil refineries, saw mills, and power plants; to do d general manufacturing ana mercantile business; to oWD, handle and con trol letters patent and inventions and shares of its own capital stock and that of other cOrpor- atons. and to vote any shares of stock owned by it the same as a natural person might do: to issue bonds notes. debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness and secure the pay ment of the same by mortgages. deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee, broker or III any other nduclary capacity. ana fp borrow and loan money: and in general to dO and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the going objects, not inconsistent with law iu any part of the world the board of directors may deem to the advantage Of the corporation
 ARTICLE II. The capital stock of the eorpor- ation shall be Ten Million Dollars (Sl0 0o0,- 00lt0), divided into One Million Shares q 0Op, 000) of the par value of Ten Dollars (Sl0C0) eaeh- which shall be paid for at such times and im such manner as the board of directors may designate. All CT any portion of the capital stock may be issued iH payment for real or personal property services, or any other right or thing of value, for the uses and purposes OE 1 the corporation, and when so issued shall be- come and be fu-paid, the same as though paiG for in cash at par; and the directors shah be sole judges of the value of any property. right | or thing acquired i'll exchange for capital stock Nc shares Of capital stock shall be issued nntia 1 fully paid for and thereafter shall be non-as- sessable.
 ARTICLE W. The commencement of the cor | p0Tation shall be the day these Articles are | filed in accordance with laW, and the termina- 1 tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there after, with privileges of renewal as proyideE l by Statute.
 ARTIcLEv The affairs of this corpcra a5lm l shall be conducted by board of fifteen e.Irs9t ors and the following named shall eel. Nslle the Board of Directors until their sueces s,Is are elected: Amos r. Balou Albert G hesu- nsne, Frederick B. smith, Frederick F. l Mills, Edgar B. Tolman, L. D. Ballou. g. Service, A. c. Waters, " D. smith, ArtAnr B. l Cody John W. Elliott Otto R. Barnett Mar l quis Eaton, Don $. Harvey. Marshall A. Saszley-
 Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be ! elected from among the stockholders on the Fifteenth Day of September of each year. The officers of said Corporaticn until their sueces- sors are elected shall be: Frederick B. smith p President; Albert c. Beaunisne Vice President , | A. r Ballou, Secretary; Frederick E. Mlls. | Treasurer.
 ARTICLE VI. The Directors shall have poweg to adopt, amend and rescind Bylaws, to fill vacancies occurring i'll the board from any cause and to appoint from their own number an executive committee and vest said eom- mittee with all the powers granted the di- , rectOrs by these Articles.
 ARTICLE VII The highest amount of in- | destedIess or liability to which the cOrpOra- ton is at any time to subject itself is Six Mil l lion Dollars (S6,00Q10000)
 ARTICLE VIII The private property of the stockholders of the corporation shall be forever exempt from ts debts or obligations. | IN WITNESS WHEREOF We hereto atfix OWg i signatures this 2nd day of July, l9t7.
 ALBERT G. BEAUNlSNE. Seal '
 FREDERICK E. SMITH. lStalN