The border vidette., 1908-07-11
ARTroLEs OF iNcoRroRAT1oN
 OF THE SONORA COPPER SMELTING COMPANY.

weI the undersigned, A. NJ. Corard Of Noga!es | Cohnty of Santa Cruz, and territory of 4ri- | zona, c. E, Kroh and F. F. Reed of Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, and J. NJ. Lowe and w. R. Moore of Kansas City. County of Jackson and Stato of Missouri. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing and in cooperating a company under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that enl tio hereby certify:
 The name of this corporation shall be SO- NORA COPPER SIMPLIFYING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of this cor poration in the Territory of Arizona, shall be the City of Nogal s in the County of Santa Crnz. and United States of America and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall Le the City of Kansas City, County of Jackson, State of Mis- souri, in the United States of America, at which place meetings of the Board of Directors may be held and it may establish and maintain such other branch offices, eitLer within without the Territory of Arizona the Board of Directors may order. At such office in Kansas City, Mis- souri. the first and subseeue uent meetings of the Board of Directors may be held and all its corporate business transacted, not inconsistent with the laws of the Territory of Arizona. The first meeting of the stockholders shall be held in the City of Negales,.A Arizona, as well as all subsequent meetings unless otherwise ordered
 ARTICLE III-
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol lows to-wit: To buy, own, build erect, maintain. operate, smeiters of every kind and to erect, maintain, operate, and stamp mills and reduction works of every description whatso- for the purpose of sme:ting and treating ores of all kinds and descri ption; to acquire, hold. plant into city and town lots, sell. lease, buy and mortgage real estate and mlll property: to work. operate. buy, sell, lease, locate, Quire, hold and deal in mines, metals, mineral and placer claims, miling and water locations and water power of every kind and description, build, erect, maintain and keep in repair water dams across streams to back water and to build erect and maintain, lease and sell, the wa.er ponds and other places for the storage of water; sell and supply water for all purposes of mining, agriculture or other pur- pose; to buy, bond, sell, build operate and conduct ferries, tramways and other means of transportation of goods, merchandise timber, lumber, ore mining machinery and other ma terials incident and appertaining to the busi- of the Company; to maintain operate electric light and power plants for the purGose of furnishing and leasing electric and water power for all purposes; ts acquire, lease and operate water rights and fumes for the pur- pose of mining and treating and reducing ore, and operating machinery, transporting lumber, timber goods and merchandise in con nectiOn with the business of the Company; to own and manage saw and four mills; to buy and sell timber. lumber and merchandise and to carry on and do a general mercantile busi- ness; to buy, own sell and deal in stock of other corporations; to borrow mocey and execute notes other evidences of indebtedness and secure the same by bond otherwise on the property of the Company and upon all contract rights of the Company and to the same extent and the same manner that Q natural person might O could do.
 To purchase. lease, bon ], locate or otherwise acquire, own exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge. mortgage. hypothecate, and deal in real estate an all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims oil lands, rnin- eral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum water and water rights and machinery, and to work mine, explore, operate and develOpe the same: :: to do a general real estate anufacturing. and mercantile business to own. handle, control letters patent and inventions and chares of . capitol stock of other corporations; ;o borrow money and execute bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same and to ex ercise in respect to all such bonds mortgage notes shares of capitol stock and other securities and obligations and any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, in cluding the right to vote upon any share of stock held by it to the extent that a natural person might or could do; and in gen eral to dc all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Republic of Mexico in the Territory of Arizona elsewhere; also ts' lease own and operate smelter smelters or other plants for the reduction of and to lease own and to operate telephone and telegraph lines.
 ARTICLE W.
 The amount of the capitol stock of the said corporation is Three Million tS30G0.CO0) Dol lars and number of shares into which it is di vided is Three Hundred Thousand (aOO,GO0) of the par value of Ten (SiO.OO Dollars per share.
 ARTICLE V.
 At su h times the Board of Directors by resolution direct. the capitol stock shall be paid into the corporation and such payments may be made her in cash by the sale and transfer to it of property of any kiId for the uses and purposes of said corporation and shares of said capitol stock may then be issued and said shares issued shall thereupon and thereby be and become forever fully paid up and in the absence of actual fraud, the judg- ment of the Board of Directors to the va ue of such property purch sed or services render ed the corporation for shares of stock in sad corporation, shall be forever, conclusive and shares of stock may be issued for services rendered to said corporation either in its creation for other services and such stock shall stand upon the same footing IS if 1t had been paid for in actual cash The shares of the capitol stock of this corporation may be sold by order of the Board of Directors at any sum less than rar, which the Board of Directors in their discretion may direct and when sold and issued fully paid, said stock shall be deemed fully paid and the holder holders thereof shall never be become liable said corporation the creditors thereof to any other person whomsoever for the amount oi difference between the price paid for said shares of stock of said corporation and tine par yaIut thereof.
 ARTICLE VI.
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