The oasis., 1908-07-25
ARTICLES OF INCoRpoE AqfoN
 -OF 1tir- SONORA METAL PRODUCING COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That .,,. the undersigned do hereby Nssogiata our.nlvoI together for the purpose ol forming n corn,ree' tion under the laws of the Territory of rt5,e ,e and to that end do certify aud declare: '"'
 ARTICLE l. The namcs of the Corporators .. Allen T. Bird and Dane Q Bind, ana thp ne,. of the Corporation shaii be SONORA METAL PRODUCING COMPANY The principal place O. business ana the regs' tered office of the Corporation in Ari2o,,, sbaI be at Nogales, Arizona, and the Gorpurati"n
 may have such other offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as nav Ia established by the Board o Directors at vy6ic6 ofhces meetings of the Board oi Directors mav be held '"s
 ARTICLE II. The general nature oi the Ansi. ness proposed to be transacted by this yornore tloh IS as lollows t0-Wit TO make contracts to purchase, lease, option. locH te or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose Of, pledge, mortgage. hypOthecate and deal In mines, mining claims, mineral auds coal lands, oil lands, timber lands renl estate water and water rig gdts, and 60 NYorI cXpl0re operate anu develop the same and to eyfract any and all minerals, oils and gas therefrom ana deal Tn the products aud hy-pr0dncts thereof to purchase. lease, or otherwse ac quire, erect, own, operate or sell smelling and ote reduction works, oil fehneres saw mills and power plants to do C general real eetoto manufacturing and mercantile business: to own, handle and control letters patent and in. ventions and shares of its own capital stopt and that Of other corporations, and I0 vote any stock owned by II the same AS natural person might do; to issue bonds uofes debenf,ra. and other evidences of indebtedness and secure payment of the same by mortgage deed of trust or otherwise; to acf as agent trustee. broker, or in any other tqucialy capacity, and to borrow and loan money; to cuitiyate irri. gate and farm arable land and nartei inc products thereof; to buy sell. breed and rear horses, cattle and other live stock and in zen. eFai to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world as the Board ot Directors may deem Go the adYantaps Of the Corporation.
 ARTICLE III The authorized amount of cap. ltal stock of this Corporation shall be Two Hundred Thousand Dollars N-1DND divided into Two Hundred Thousand (2OO 0G0l Shareg of the par value of One Dollar (sl.eu) each At such time as the Board oi Directors may bv resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this Corporation either in cash services, or by the sale and transfer Co it of real or personal property for the uses and pur. poses Ot said Corporation, in payment Of which shares Of the capital stock Of said Cor. pCratiOn may be issued, and the capital stock 50 issued shall thereupon and thereby become ana be Iully paid ID ana noa-assassHble, and m the absence of actual fraud ln the trans. action the judgment of the Directors az lo che value of the property purchased small be conclusive.
 ARTICLE w. The time of the coianencement of this Corporation sbGll 6a tAc date 0f filing these Articles in the oaea of Che Recorder 0t santa Cruz county, and N ecftifC copy 0f the same III the office Dt the IerritoriAl Auditor, tnd the termination thereof shall bs twenty. five years thereafter
 ARTICLE V Tae aia!rs of this Corporation shall eMe conducted by Board of Three DreC, tors, 9tid the following named shall constitute Inc hAafd oi Directors untu their successors are elected: A. c. Waters, Lawrence Ballou. C. x. Fletcher. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the Stockholders ln the first Monday in october of each year. The officers of said Corporation until their successors are elected snal be: A. L. Waters, President; c. NJ. Fletcher. Vice Presdenti Lawrence Ballou, Secretary; A. C. Waters, Treasurer.
 ARTICLE VI. The highest amount of indebt. 'dness or liability, direct or contingent 10 which this corporation is at any time subject mall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars SlO0,O00), which does not exceed tWo-thirds he amount of the capital stock.
 ARTICLE VII. The private property of the stockholders of this Corporation shall be 'Xempt from it's corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set 'ur hands and Seals this 25th day of June, 9OS. ALLEN T. BIRD ISFAL1
 DANE D. BIRD, SEAL