The oasis., 1907-06-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE FL DURAZNo GOLD MINING COMPANY.

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory Of Arizona, and Co that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the corporators are c. w. Phillips, Frank Irvine, <. M. Weich and E. L. Griswod, and the name of the Corpora tion shall be EL DURAZN0 GOLD MIN ING COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corporation is to be transacted Is Nogales. Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings of the Board Of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, 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- 1 leum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine explore, operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary t0 the proper con- duct of the business of this Corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United states and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital | stock of this Corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (S5OO,OOO) divided into rive Hundred Thousand shares of the par value Of ! One Dollar ($l.00) each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Cor pOration, either in cash or by the sale and l transfer to it, of real or personal property for | the uses and purpoSes of said Corporation, in | payment for which shares of the capital stock | of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and 1 thereby become and be fully paid up and 1 non-assessable and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors to the value of the property 1 purchased shall be conclusive.
 i FOURTH: The time of the commencement oi this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles oi lncor poration in the office of the territorial auditor l and of the recorder of Santa Cruz County, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 | FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of not less than three nor more than seven directors and the follow ing named shall constitute the Board o Directors until their successors are elected C. W. Phillips, Frank Irvine, S. NJ. Welch | Frank N Cox, and E. L. Griswold. There after the Board of Directors shall bt elected from among the stockholders on the first Monday in March of each year. The officers of said Corporation until their sue cess0rs are elected shall be: C. W. Phillips President: Frank Irvine, Vice President; $. NJ Welch, Secretary; k. L. GTiswold, Treasurer.
 SIXTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which Uni Corporation is at any time subject shall b' One Hundred Thousand Dollars (Sl00.00000) i which amount does not exceed two irds th' amount of capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property of thu stockholders of this Corporation shall b' exempt from corporate debts of any kin6 whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto SC our hands and seals this second day of May
 C. W PHILLIPS SEAL