The oasis., 1907-08-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs That we the undersigned, having associated our under Chapter Il of Title XIII, Revised Statutes of Arizona, l90l and Acts amendatory thereof, hereby adopt the following Articles of Incor- poratOn:
 ARTICLE I. The name of the corporation shall be SONORA CENTRAL MINES COM PANY and its principal place of business shall be Nogalss, Arizona, but other offices may be established and maintained within or outside Of Arizona al such places as 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, mil 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-products thereof; to purchase or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, mort gage. hypothecate and deal in mines and min eral lands of all kinds oil, coal and timber lands, real and personal estate, agricultural lands, water and water rights, and to work, ex- plore, operate and develop the same: to pnr- chase or otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate and dispose of smelting and ore reduction works, oil rehneries, saw mills, and power plants; to do general manufacturing and mercantile business to own, handle and con- trol letters patent and inventions and shares of its own capital stock and that of other corpor- ations and to vote any shares of stock owned by it the same as 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 in any other hduciary capacity. and tO borrow and loan money: and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent with law iu any pa rt of the world. as the board of directors may deem to the advantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE III The capital stock of the corpor- ation shall be Ten Million Dollars (sl0,0OO,- 000.O0), divided into One Million shares q ,OOO,- 000) of the par value of Ten Dollars (sl00O) each which shall be paid for at such times and in such manner as the board of directors may designate All or any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property, services, or any other right or thing of value, for the uses and purposes of the corporation, and when so issued shall be- come and be full-paid, the same as though paid for in cash at par; and the directors shall be sole judges of the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock Nc shares of capital stock shall be issued until fully paid for and thereafter shall be non-as- sessable.
 ARTICLE ". The commencement of the cor poGation shall be the day these Articles al c fled in accordance with law, and the termina- ton thereof shall be twenty-five years there a1ter with privileges of renewal as provided by Statute
 ARTICLEV The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of fifteen direct ors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: Amos P Ballou, 4 bert C. Beau- nisne, Frederick B. smith, Frederick E. Mills, Edgar E. Tolman L. D. Ballou A. S. Service, 4. C. Waters, V. D Smith, Arthur B Cody, Jonn W. Elliott, Otto R. Barnett, Mar quis Eaton, Don :. Harvey Marshall A. sattley
 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 Corporation until their success soTs are elected shall be: Frederick E. smith President; Albert C. Beaunisne Vice President: {: A r Ballou, Secretary; Frederick E. Mills, Treasurer.
 ARTICLE VI The Directors shall have power to adopt amend and rescind Bylaws, to fill vacancies occurring in the board from any cause, and to appoint from their own number an executive committee and vest said com mittee with all the powers granted the di- rectors by these Articles.
 ARTICLE VII. The highest amount of in- de5tedness or liability 10 which the corpOra- tiOn is at any time to subject itself is Six Mil lion Dollars tS6, 0O,t0000)
 ARTICLE VIII. The private property of the stockholders of the corporation shall be forever exempt from its debts or obligations.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We hereto affix our signatures this 2nd day of July, 1907. ALBERT C. BEAUNISNE. [Seal1
 FREDERICK E. SMITH. Seal i
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