The oasis., 1907-08-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -oF THE SANTA GETRCDIs 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 oi Arizona and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the incorporators are Allen I. Bird and Dare D. Bird both of Noga- les, santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory, and the name of the Corporation shall be the SANTA GERIRUD DIS MINING COMPANY. The prin- cipal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corporation is to be transacted is Nogaies, Santa Cruz County, Ari- zona 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-wt:
 A general mining and reduction business, with full powers as set forth herein, to.wt: 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- 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 to the proper con- duct of the business of this Cooperation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona. or of the laws of the Re public of Mexico and the State of Sonora.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars ($lOO0,000) divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar ($1 00) each At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Corporation, either in cash or by inc sale and transfer to it, of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Cor porat1on in payment for which shares of the capital stockot said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shah thereup0Es and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 FOURTH: The time of the commencement oF this Corporation shall be the date of the filing ot certified copy of these Articles of lncor. poration in the office of the territorial auditor and of the recorder of Santa Cruz County, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shalR be conducted by board of Five Directors md the following named shall constitute the b.ard of Directors until their successors are elected w. E Robertson, W. c. Ross J. H. COlburn G. F. LeGrand, and Albert B. Camou, which said9 election of their successors shall be held upon the first day of August, A. D., 1908. There after the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the hrst day of August of each year. The 0i- ficers of said Cooperation until their s1e- cessoTs are elected shall be: W. c. Ross, pIesi- dent; W. E. Robertson, First Vice President anu General Manager; Albert B. Cannon, Second Nice-President; G. F. Legrand, Secretary and Treasurer.
 SIXTH The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is at any time subject shall be Ten Thousand Dollars (sl0,000) which amount does not exceed twothirds the amount O5 capital stock.
 SEVENTH: The private property of the stockholders of this Corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this Sixth day of July, l9O7.
 ALLEN T. BIRD [SEALT
 DANE D. BIRD fSEALl