The oasis., 1909-05-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 r-oF TIE rATIoNAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
 OF ARIZONA.

gui,npa Allen T. Bird and Alfred ThurteH, ! a this day associated ourselves together for | Eo ha, rnrnose of organizing corporation under | the tbc (ows of the Territory ot Arizona and pur- | tsrt thereto do hereby make, slgn, execute, sum suGImmo,yledqe. file, and record the following | ,rticles of lncorporau0n
 tnTfcrF.I The names of the incorp0rators | ,llen r. Bird, and Alfred Thurtel, and the | anre of the corporation shall be, and IS the 1 Wational Development Company, and It's dura- tion shall be twenty-five wears ARrlcLE2 The general nature ol the pusl- ,s to he transacted by this corporation Is 1bat of developing and improving the mineral lands and mining property, belonging to- or that may be purchased oy or located by the l V"tionnl Consolidated Mining Company, by intinp shafts running tunnels, drifts, cross ,,ts ptc Also erecting and operating mills. smelters concentrators, and all kinds of work and appliances for the purposes oi treating, reduciug handling or otherwise deallhg III anv and all kinds of ores, and minerals. Also Gn 6uy. hold sell, assign and dispose oi stock f ot6ar rorporations and also to borrow money. and Co contract to repay the same with or without interest, upon such terms as the posrd of Directors may determine. And for that purpose mortgage pledge hypothecate, any and all of its property to make such con tracts. acquire, mortgage, operate and transact for such property and possess all the powers in relation thereto, as private individual may under tbe laws possess ana enjoy.
 ARTICLE 3. The principal office or place of transapting the business Of this Corporation shall be in Nogales, Santa Cruz County Terri torv of Arizona, and the principal place oi busl- ness of such corporation shall be in the City of Chicago County of Cook, State of Illinois. At either of which places. the Board of Directors, and the stockholders may hold meetings, and tbe books records, and seal of the Corporation may be kept And said Corporation may also transact any Of its business and establish and maintain offices at any places within or with out the Territory of Arizona, or the City of Chicago, State Of Illinois, as the Board of Directors may provide and determine.
 ARTICLE i. The amount of the capital stock of this Corporation shall De l,000OOO dollars divided into ,00J O0O shares of the par value of N Ol each and all shares, when issued, shall be fully paid and non-assessbale.
 ARTICLE .. The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted ty Board of three Drec- tors, and the following names shall constitute ihe Board of Directors until their successors are elected, namely, Allen r. Bird, Alfred Thurtell D. F. Orange Thereafter the Board shall be elected from among the stockholders, on the first Monday. after the first Tuesday in each year. The officers of said Corporation, until their successors are elected snail be Allen T. Bird, President; Alfred Ihurtell, Secretary; D. F. Orange Treasurer. such other officers as may be determined by the Board of Directors shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall hold their offices until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Said officers shall receive such compensation as the Board Of Directors may determine. The Board Of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies among their number or among the officers of the Corporation, as may occur by deata, resignation or otherwise.
 The meetings oi the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and such places as the majority of said Board shall determine, and all such meetings at which q majority Of saic Board may be present, shall be regular meet ings.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first Nonday after the frs Tuesday in each year. The Board of Director shall have full power to sell or exchange thu shares of capital stock of this Corporation fo mineral lands, mining claims or other req property or for mills, smelters, hydraulic plants or any other kind of machinery or fo other kind of personal property or fo any and all kinds of labor or services needed lhcarrying on the business of the Corporation on such terms as to the Board of Directors ma, seem best or to sell the same for cash or eX c9ange the same for shares of the capital stocl Oi0ther corporations.
 The Board of Directors shall have power L maEe, establish. amend, repeal or alter any 0 all bylaws, and rules and regulations, deeme ttApeulent Tor the management Of the affairs c He Corporation, and to appoint and emplo all necessary agents, servants and laboreri anq to fix the compensation of the same,
 II any Director shall cease to be q stocl nuuer' he shall no longer be considered to b plIeclQr, and the remaining Directors sha GGecl Director from the Stockholders of sai oorporation, to fill said vacancy until the mex annual meeting of the Stockholders
 ARIlcLE6. The Stock holders may be preser
 y proxy at any and all meetings of the Stocl nolueTs and vote upon all questions as thoug P,eSgnt prnt Tn person, provided always that sai b,oAtS snail be in writing and held and vote | stockhoder of the Corporation.
 ufHIlclE7 The officers and stockholders SSnn SSbS NoTporaton and their private propert iaHHh, ij"GH always be exempt from any and L
 '@Hp,liues Tor debts of this Corporation.
 nosl ARIGLES The highest amount of indebte noso, oss Hlrect or contingent to which this Go pvoau9h may at any time be subject, shall n,
 TTTSSeu TSeu one-tenth of the capital stock.
 lur mese n Articles can be amended at any reg
 tyo neeuhg of the Stockholders by the affirm
 st 'S % %,9'e oi three-ffths of all the stock presel nrosog go meetings, provided, that three-hftl tS4O stocS snail be at least onehalf of all u tbe aa .N yea, and provided that any other thG tenda99 annual meeting that notice of the i
 boiJeeua.e biJeu amendment shall be given the stoc
 s1c6 s16V,s as "lth the notice of Meeting, at whiC
 SiS e1lament is to be submitted for aetio weetY ,n9uce to be mailed out at least ty
 &PT,u'c oclo!e the date set for the meeting.
 apnS,iinm,Lt lO' Until vacated by subseque
 from U'U4qent, death, resignation or remov
 has hoa,, oAall1ona Allen T. Bird, Jr., who is al
 least In t u oonaHde resident of Arizona for