The border vidette., 1908-07-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE SONORA COPPER SMELTING COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN THESE PRESENTS: That we. the undersigned. A. M. Conard of Nogales. County of Santa Cruz. and territory of Ar- zona, c. F.. Kroh and k. E. Reed of Kansas City, County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas. and J. M. Lowe and w. R. Moore of Kansas City, County of Jackson and State of Missouri. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing and in corporating a company under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end to hereby certify:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be SO- NORA COPPER SIMPLIFYING COMPANY.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The principal place of business of this cor poratiOn in the Territory of Arizona, shall be the City of Nogales in the County of Santa Cruz. and United States of America and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be 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. either within without the Territory of Arizona the Board of Directors may order. At such office in Kansas City, Mis- souri. the first and subsequent meetings of the Beard 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 NegaIes, Arizona, well 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, main tain. operate, smelters of every kind and to erect, maintain, operate and own stamp mills and reduction works of every description whatso- for the purpose of sme!ting and treating Of all kinds and description; to acquire, hold. plant into city and town lots, sell. lease, buy and mortgage real estate and mill property; to work. operate, buy, sell, lease, locate, Quire, hold and deal in mines, metals. mineral and placer claims, mining and water locations and water power of every kind and description, to build, erect, maintain and keep in repair water dams across streams to back water and to build, erect and maintain, lease and sell, the water 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- ness of the Company; maintain operate electric light and power plants for the purpose of furnishing and leasing electric and water power for all purposes; to 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 flour mills; to buy and sell timber, lumber and merchandise and to carry and do general mercantile busi- ness; to buy own sell and deal in stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes other evidences of indebtedness and secure the by bond otherwise the property of the Company and upon all contract rights of the Company and to the same extent and the same manner that natural person might could do.
 To purchase. lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire. own exchange sell O otherwise dis pose of, pledge. mortgage, hypOthecate, and deal in real estate an l all kinds of personal property, mines mining claims, oil lands, min- eral lands. oil, gas asphaltum, petroleum water and water rights and machinery and to work, mine, explore, operate and develope the same to do general real estate manufacturing. and mercantile business; to own, handle, control letters patent and inventions and chares of capitol stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same and to eye 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 same extent that a natural person might or could do; and in gen eral to de 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 ta, lease or own and operate q smelter smelters other plants for the reduction of and to lease own and to operate telephone and telegraph lines.
 ARTICLE ".
 The amount of the capitol stock of the said corporation is Three Million (S3 OeO.COO) Dol lars. and numSer of shares into which it is Gli vided is Three Hundred Thousand (2COGOO) of the par value of Ten (SlOOO) Dollars per share.
 ARTICLE v
 At SUI h times the Board of Directors by resolution direct. the capitol stock shall be may be made either in cash by the sale and nses and purposes of said corporation and 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 as to the va ue of such pr Ioperty purcha sed services render ed to the corpora tion for shares of stock in saId corporation, shaIi b forever conclusive and shares of stock may be issued for services rendered to said corporation either in it creation for other services and such stock shall stand upon the same footing IS if 1t had been paid for in actual casIi- The shares of the capitol stock of this corporation may be sold by order of the Board of Directors at any sum less than Tar, which the Board of Directors in their discretion may direct and when sold and issued as fully paid, said stock shall be deemed fully paid and the holder holders thereof shall never be or become liable to said corporation or the creditors thereof to any other person whomsOever for the amount of difference between the price paid for i'd shares