The border vidette., 1908-04-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 THE SONORA TOWNSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

COMPANY.
 the undersigned. A M. Conard of. Nogaies County of santa Cruz. and Territory of Arizona. County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas and W:R Moore of Kansas City, County of Jackson tariiy associated ourselves together for tho of laws s1d of Re of Arizona and to that end do hereby certify:
 ARTICLE 1.
 NORA hff %SD
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of this poration in the Territory of Arizona. shall be the city of n n Sf ss Snfa n place of business of said corporation outside Kansas City. County of Jackson state of Mis- souri in the nited States of America, at which other branch offices, either within without rectors may order. At such office in Kansas s ns of the Bard of Direcrors ay be held and all its corporate business . transacted not t Arizona. The first meeting of the stockholders shall be held in the city of Nogales. Arizona as well as all subsequent meetings. unless other ARTICLE III
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol lows to-wit To acquire, hold. plant into city real estate and mill property; to work. operate. buy, soil. lease, locate. acquire, hold and deal in mines metals mineral and placer claims, mining and water locations and water power maintain anu keep in repair water dams across streams as to back water and to build, erect anS! other places for the storage of water; sell and supply water for all purposes of mining, sell. build, operate and conGuct ferries. tram: goods, msrcandise timber, lumber. ore. mining machinery and other materials, incident ana to maintain operate electric light and power plants for the purpose of furnishing and leas- to acquire. lease and operate water rights md fumes for the purpose of mining and treating and reducing ore and operating machinery, transporting lumber, timber goods. and mer- ehhs1ise eh in connectlon With tne ons,ness & of flour m Ills; to buy and sell timber. mber and mercantile business; to buy, own sell and deal in stock of other corporatio.s; to borrow Indebtedness and secure the same by bond or M e se sn o the same extent and the same manner that natural person might or could do ,,,,;so acquire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dis; Gesf in reai estate and ali knds or personal property mines mining claims. oil lands ,nt, mn water and water rights and machinery, and to same; to do a general real estate. manufactur- ing. and mercantile business; to own, handle of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute bonds, mortgages deeds of trust to secure the same aEd to eX- notes' shares & of capitoI stock and othtr seenfe ties aand obiisaIions' and any and ali r:ghte powers and priviledges of individual owners share of stock hold by it to the same extent that a natural person might or could do: and proper conduct of the business of this eorpor- atiOn in the Republic of Mexico or in the Terri tory of Arizona or elsewhere; also to lease or own and operate smelter or smelters or other plants for the reduction of ore and to lease or lines, -o--',,'-,-1
 poratioh is $5OCO0 % and the number of shares into which it is divided IS 5o0o0 shares, of the par value of Sl.OO share.
 ARTICLE
 At such times as the Board of Directors by resolution direct. the capitol stock shall be may be made either in cash or by the sale and snd to Ir % & and shares of eaid capitol stock may then be issued thereby be and b come forever paid up and in the absence of actual fraud. the Judgment of property purchased or services rendered to the c9gporsti3n flo for shares of stG K in said corpop stock may be issued for services rendered to other services and such stock shall stand upon the same footing if it had been paid for in this corporation may be sold by order of the Board of Directors at any sum less th,n par. par creation may direct and when so sold and is; fully o paid ida and % the holder or holders thereof shall never be or become able to said corpor- ation or the creditors thereof or to any other between the price paid for said shares of stock of said corpo atiOn and the par value thereof
 ARTICLE VI
 That the existence of this corporation shall be deemed to cD .mence upon the date upon which duly certified copies of these articles of incorporation ehall be flied with the Territorial termination thereof shall be twenty-five years from said date, unless renewed or extended pursuant to the laws of the Territory of Ari- -
 ARTICLE VII
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con ducted by q Board of ii we or more Directors, a majority of whom being present may proceed with authority and their acts shall be as bind ing as if all were present. The following named persons shall constitute said Board of Direct until their successors shall be d ely elected:
 A. M. Conard, Nogalcs, Arizona
 C. l.. Kroh, Kans IS City. Kansas
 F. E. Reed, Kansas City, Kansas
 W. E. Conard ReI Bluff. California
 w. R. Moore, Kansas City, Missouri from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the corporation may provide md the vote of written proxy which written pIoxy when once executed shall continue in force until revoked in writing and such revoka.I In filed with the secretary of tho corpOrtion-
 ARTICLE VIII
 The corporation shall never create any in debtedness against itself in an amount exceed
 ARTICLE
 The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall 0 forever exempt from all corporate debts and liabilities of this corporation of whatsoever char actcr and shares of stock in this corporation shall be forever nOn-assessabIe.
 The directors hert of by resolution may pro vide such officers, agent Iepresentatives, em- atiOn may demand and compensation in money or stock in this corporation may be given them