The oasis., 1909-05-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE INDIO MINING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws oi the Territory of Arizona, and to that end adopt the following articles of incorporation:
 l. The names of the incorporators are Mally Eastman, D. l.. Fain, B. DeutseT. Leon Sonfeld, R. A. Greer and Walter J. Crawford.
 II. The name of this corporation shall be INDIO MINING COMPANY.
 III The principal place for the transaction of the business of this corporation shall be at the town of Nogales, in the county of Santa Cruz, and Territory of Arizona; the corporation may have such other offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the board of directors, and meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within the United States of Amer ica or the Republic of Mexico.
 W The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows: to acquire by purchase location or otherwise mines of gold, copper, silver, lead, coal, and mines of all other kinds or nature whatsoever, and to work and operate the same; to work and maintain mills. smelters reduc tion works, concentrators, and to operate and maintain any and all kinds of smelting, mining and milling machinery; to construct, own. operate and maintain tram ways, turnpikes or other means of convey ances to be used in connection with the opera tion of its mining properties or otherwise tO work, operate and maintain boarding houses and hotels, and to do a general merchandise business; to acquire by purchase, location, or any other lawful manner, real estate and all kinds of personal property; to borrow money and to contract and repay the same at such time or times and at such rates of interest as it's board of directors may see fit, and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property of this Corporation to secure the payment of such money with inter- est or secure the payment of any debts of this corporation aud generally to transact gen ! business, and to do all things necessary or proper in connection herewith
 V. The capital stock of this corDoration shall be the sum of Forty-eight Thousand Dollars, divided into forty-eght hundred shares If the par value of ten dollars each, and such stock shall be issued full paid and non- assessable, at such time or times as the board of directors may designate, in exchange for cash, property, service or other valuable right or thing, and in the absence of actual fraud, ] the judgment of the board of directors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive. | VI The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of it's articles of incorporation in | the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of | renewal as provided by law.
 | VII. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors consisting of six persons, who shall be elected by the stock holders of this corporation at the annual stockholders meeting and who shall hold their offices for the period of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. | Until the first annual meeting, the following named persons shall be the directors o this corporation: Mally Eastman. R. Deutser, D. L. Fain, R. A. Greer, Leon Sonfield and Walter J. Crawford.
 VIII. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of this corporation shall be held at it's principal office on the Second Monday of May in each year commencing with the year 19l0 At such meeting any stockhOlder may vote in person or by proxy appointed in writing
 K The board of directors of this corpora. tion shall have power to adopt such bylaws as they may deem necessary for the manage ment of the corporation and to alter and amend the same
 K The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent. to which this corporation is at any time to be subject shall be thirty-twO thousand dollars.
 XI. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from cor porate debts.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto sci our hands and seals this 27th day of April, 1909
 MALLY EASTMAN tSEAL.1 LEON SONFTEID fSEAT.1