The border vidette., 1911-06-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SONORA PACIFIC MINING COMPANY.

SONORA PACIFIC MINING COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- sENTs, that we, the undersigned. hay ing associated ourselves for the purpose of forming s corporation under Chapter II of Title XIII of the Revised Statutes of A rizona. 1901, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, do hereby adopt the following as the Ar ticles of Incorporation for said pro- posed corporation:
 ARTICLE The name of the cor poration shall be SONORA PACIFIC MINING COMPANY" :" and it's prin- cipal place of business shall be Mo- gales. A rizona, but other offices may be established and main tained in Kan sas City, Missouri, or elsewhere within or outside of Arizona at such places as the Board Of Directors may designate where meetings of stockholders and directors may be held.
 ARTICLE T. The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is that of mining, milling, converting, preparing for mar ket, and otherwise producing and deal ing in gold, silver, copper. lead, zinc, brass, iron, steel and all kinds of ores metals, and minerals, oils, gas, and coal, and the products, and by-pro- ducts thereof; the corporation shall have power to purchase. lease, or other wise acquire, own, exchange. mortgage,
 
 dispose ot and deal ia mines and min- erai lands of all kinds, oil, coal, and timber lands, real and personal prop erty, water and water rights, and tC | work, explore, operate and develop the same; to purchase or otherwise ac- l quire, erect, own, operate. and dispose of smelting and other ore reduction 1 works, oil refneries, saw mills, and power plants; to acquire. own and hold | ranch and agricultural lands, and all other kinds of real estate, and any | estate therein, and to sell, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same; to purchase and own shares of its own capital stock and that of other cor | pOratiOns, and to vote any shares of stock owned and held by it in other corporations. the same as natural person might or could do; and in general to do and perform any and all of such acts and things and to transact such business in connection with the fore going objects, not inconsistent with law, in the Territory of Arizona, and ir any ether state or territory of the United States of America, and in any state oi the Mexican United States, and else where, as the Board of Directors o said corporation may deem to be to the advantage Of the corporation.
 ARTICLE IT. The capital stock O this corporation shall be Two Million Dollars, (s2, 900. 900 OO,) divided intt two million shares of the par value o one dollar each, wh ich shall be paid fo at such times and in such manner a. the Board of Directors may designate All or any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real o personal property, services. or an. other right or thing of value for thu uses and purposes of the corporation and when so issued shall become ant be fully paid, the same as that pait for in cash at par; and the director | hoI ho he ind nf any property, right, or thing acquired in exchange for the capital stock, O any part thereof. No shares of capita stock shall be issued. until fully palt for, and thereafter shall be non- assess able.
 ARTICLE ". The commencement o the existence of the corporation shal be the day on which these articles ar filed in accordance with the law O Arizona, and the termination thereo with the privilege of renewal as ITO vid ed by statute.
 ARTICLE v. The affairs of the cor poration shall be conducted by :. Boar' of Directors and such officers us tn Board of Directors may elect or ap : point. The number ot the director who shall serve after the first stock holders at such meeting, shall b elected at such first stock holders meet ing which shall be held on the frs Tuesday in July, 1912, and at llk stock holders meetings on the cores bonding day and month of each sue ceeding year. Until the first annua meeting of the stock holders. and unti their successors shall have been electe and qualified, the following name' persons shall be the directors of tn corporation. to-wit: A. J. Rhodes, T P. Gordon, George T. Netherton, ,Georg $. Evans and c l.. V. He'd rick. ) ARTICLE VI. The directors shall hay power to adopt, amend, and rescin bylaws, to fill vacancies occurring i the Board of Directors. from any cause and to appoint an executive commute l aud vest 1t with all the powers grante to the directors by these articles.
 ARTICLE VII. The highest amount ( indebted ness or liability to which tn corporation shall at any time subjeC itself is one million dollars.
 ARTICLE VIII. The private propert of the stock holders of the corporatio shall be forever exempt from its debt or obligations.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hay hereunto subscribed our names. an affixed our seals this the 12 day ( June, 1911.
 A. J. RHODES. (SeaD
 JOHN $. HOLLIS. <SeaD
 {: c. L. V. HEDRICK. (SeaD