The oasis., 1908-04-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
AND SONORA COPPER 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 to that end make the following statement:
 ARTICLE l. The names ot the corporatorS are J. H. Harris, George Kumpf and w. N. Collins, and the name ot the Corporation shall be CALUMET AND SONORA COPPER COMPANY The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corpora tlon IS to be transacted is NOgales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish an office at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and such other branch offices may be desired either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings of the in- cOrpOrators stock holders and Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this CorpOra- tion is as follows, to-wt To buy and sell stock in this and other corporations: to make contracts; t0 purchase, lease, bond locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hyp0thecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property; mines. min- ing claims, oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands oii. gas s6Sl e 'le, asphaltum. petroleum asbestos, salt,l and water rights and ma chinery, and lrk mine, explore operate and develop u. lme, .s.id in general to do all things necessaryto the proper conduct 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. tw
 ARTICLE TIT. The authorized amount of capi- tai stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars (sl 0O0,OO0) divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar (S1.00) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said ca ital stock shall be paid into this Corporation, either in cash, services, or by the sale and transfer to 1t, of real or personal property, for tle uses and purposes of said Cor poration. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued and the capital stock so issued shall thereupOn 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 pur- chased shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE ". The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles of Incor- 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.
 ARrIcLEV. The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors, who. shall be elected from among the Stock holders on the First Tuesday in May of each year. Until the annual meeting of Stockhold- CTS in 1909 and until their successors have been elected and have qualified. the following named persons shall b. the Directors: James B. McGOwan, E. R. Durham. Thomas G. Cock Till, s. T. Nesbit J. H. Harris, George Kumpf and W. \. Collins.
 ARTICLE VI. The highest amount of indebt- edness or liability, direct or contingent. to which this Corporation is at any time subject shah be Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (S200 0OO.lO, which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of capital stock.
 ARTICLE VII. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind Whs tsoeYer.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hands and seals this 10th day of Ap;il, 1908.
 W. N. COLLINS, tSEALl
 GEORGE KUMPF, [SEAL1.
 J H. HARRIS, tSEALl