The border vidette., 1911-01-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE CRESCENT COPPER COMPANY.

hJox sS BY ot Es CHE That A. H Parker of No9ales. ArIzona. whose the Territory of Arizona, have this day i voirn- n porate and have mado, signed, executed snd adopted these Articles of lncorporation. and for that purpose and to that end do hereby certify: it bs nf@s a of this e9rRota.on and by which is chEscEST coPpER E c6i NJ business Chapman and A. H. Parker. The principal of flee IT place of transactinE the business of -.t Nogaies, santa Cruz County. Territory of ArlzoRa. but branch offices may be kept and ia the United Stat States or foreign % countries n as for the best interest of the @ oe'sA'
 III
 The ti one of the commencement of this cor Rpfies o shf p9 the day 3I the IIg of is County Recorder of Santa Cruz county. Ari- o3 the A@dtor the o and its termination shall be twenty-five years be dissolved before that time e by . o9 maiority T vote of its members or by operation of law.
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 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is to locate. buy. bond. acquire, hold, own. lease. cate or dfsPoae of mines or mining claims or prospects of gold, silver or copper or any or oil wss nes Sa snd 9s in any of said properties: to engage in and qnire. own and operate stamp mills and other mls ar s%elssr. f @ 5 s51mpllns worhs and feducti1n ing. smeiting, sampiing and reducing and mining properties mills and ali kinds s' of e rs. dneti9n works. real estate. personnl property suTe It sd a9d a nS s trnnssetion tram 3I its business. and to work. dis- n"dities. the proincfs thereof or pertaining 1nersso to Sasig on % npd f eSnduSt S & ssnern any and all commodities of every kind re- of a.id business; to purcbsse hold, own con. trol and deal in and handle its own and the corporations: to locate. buy, bond. acquire, hold' own; lease, poesess. operate. sell, mort shecate oil lands, mineral lands. oil, gas, as- phaitum, petroleum, or any of their products. and all kinds of machinery or processes used in connection with the reduction or treatment and to execute notes. bonds, mortgages or buiid o%n snd epsrste rarosds % t1.% t1 ways, turnpikes. canals and other means of to any. railroad. waterway or highway. and generally to do all things Incident and neces- its business as hereinabove enumerated. and to do and perform each and every act and do; all of which business may be carried at such place or pIacss the Board of Directors
 
 best interests of the corporation. V
 
 The amount of the capital stock of this cor lars divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar each. Shares of stock taken such time and in such manner as tho Board of Director i % shall determus % either in cash or by porStio1 e or by seIEi9Gr , rfsnderrd and said assessaile. The capital stock may be increas- ed or decreased by the afiirmstive vote of . crease of the c. pital stock each shareholder shall have the privilege of subscribing for as he may be enttieI to in proportion to the number of shares held by him before the stock The highest amount of indebtedness or liab- oorporation is at any time to subject itself sh all at no time exceed the amount of two of the stockn0iders Of this eorpor- ation shall be forever exempt from the pay The business affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by B Board of Directors con 2 stockholder; and whenever a director ceases to be stockhoider he shall at the same time annually by the stockhoidsrs at their regulsr nnhuaI meeting n which tb shall b. held at the the sscond Monday of each year. and shall hold snd 9n.iify % Any % s.c.ncS in the T Beard of Directors may be filled by the remaining mem Dere or C0o Board by RppO1ntmrnt frOH among the stockholders, and rucb appointment shall be for the rnexpired term for which the sp- pointment is made. The incorporators whose names are hereto subscribed shall choose the first Board of Directors. who shall constitute the Board until tho annual meeting of the in January, l9I2. majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute e quorum for the transaction of business.
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 Within twenty days after tn election of any Board of Directors they shail meet and elect from among their number the officers of thfe who shall be President. Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. and such other minor officers or agents as the Board of Directors may at any time consider necessary. All officers shall hold their office during the gre chosen and until their successors elect sd and qualify. and any two offices may be filled by the same person.
 These Articles of Incorporation may he all .tsckholcers or at any special meeting called for that purpose by the affirmative vote of majority of the stock; and the Board of Di- ,ectors or any three stockholders may call meeting of the stockholders for this or any other purpose not contrary to law, but notice )f such meeting and of such proposed amend Lent shall be given to each stOckholder either or in writing, at least twenty days prior to the meeting.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set our hands and seals this twelfth day of Decem- per, A. D., nineteen hundred and ten.
 J. A. CHAPMAN, iSeal)
 A. II. PARKER, iSeaD