The border vidette., 1912-09-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of tiIe Esmeralda Victoria Gold Mining Company

KNOW ALI MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that we the undersig gned, do hereby aS- sociate ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, ana d O hereby adopt the following Articles of Interpretations
 aRTiCIEI The names of the incor- porators are Edward B Warner, J: Emory Hoy and Frank w. Garter ana the residence and post office address Of each of said lncorpofators Is Ehiiu deIphia, Pennsylvania, and the name or the corporation shall be the ESMER-
 AIDA VICTORIA GOLD MINING COM PANY, and it's principal place or busl-
 ness hall be at Nogales, Tn santa cruz County. Arizona, but said company may carry on it's business in any other state, territory or foreign country. and 1 may establish and maintain offices with in or outside of Arizona at such places | as the Board of Directors may design ate where meetings Of the directors 1 | may be held and all corporate business | transacted , i ARTICLE II. The general nature of i the business proposed to De carried on 1 by this corporation Is as follows, to wit; To make contracts, to purchase, lease, i bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, | exchange sell or otherwise dispose or, i pledg ge. mortgage. hypothecase, ana personal property, whether situate within the United States of America or in any foreign country, ipcluding mines aud mining claims, oil lands,
 coal lands, mineral lands, oil, gas. coal shale, asphatum, petroleum. asbestos
 salt water and water rights, and
 machinery; to bore drill, prospect I and mine for gold. silver, copper,
 lead. zinc, iron, tIn antimony ana
 all kinds of ore. metals, minerals
 and precious stones, oils, gas and
 coal: to mill sme!t, convert and re-
 fne and otherwise acquire, produce
 and dispose Of the same and to carry
 on the business of mining in all its
 branchos: TO do general mercantile business to own, handle and control , letters patent and inventions aud , | shares of it's own capital stock, ana
 that of other corporations, and to vote any sbares of stock of other corpora tions owned by it. the same as natural ? person might do; to borrow money and
 issue bonds, notes, debentures and
 other evidences of indebtedness and to } secure the payment of the same oy S mortr tge deed of trust or otherWlse f upon any o: the property Of this cor / 1 poration, and in genera! to do and per U form snch acts and things and transac: s such business in connection with the s foregoing obj 9cts. not inconsistent With . law. in any part of the world, as the
 board of directors may deem to the ad
 vantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE III. The auth oriZed ampunt f Of the capital stock Of thls corp0rafsoonH no6
 shall be One million dollars Sl. O0O tHDO - divided into on million shai ies (l.OO0 OOo n of the par value of One dollar (Sl) each S which shall be paid for at such time: e and upon such conditions as the ooarS V of directors may designate Oi said C stock Seven hundred thousand share:
 (7OO 900, amounting to Seven hundred O thousand dollars shall be Common stock. and Three hundred thousand n thousand dollars (S5G0. 0O0) shall be pre- ,- ferred stock Said preferred stock Q shall entitle the holder thereof to re- " cetve out of the net earnings. and th corporation shall be bound to pay V fixed. yearly, nou-cumulative dividend II of seven per cent C per cenr) but nt
 more. pay able before any dividend shai
 be set apart or paid on the common IS stock The preferred stock shall b. r. issued as and when the board of direct VT ors may determine, but the hoder y thereof in case of liquidation or dis III solution of the company, shall be pat t. iu full the par value of their shares e together with the accrued dividend, no M cumulative, before any amount shall ~ paid to the holders of the conc mo- ], stock The preferred may be convert d ed into common stock at par Tor pa
 and shall be subject to redemption
 par at any time on thirty days preVlou
 notice to the holder of record thereof
 The preferred stock shall be entitled t
 the same voting power as the commo II stock All or any portion Of the stoc 1f may be issued ln pay menu lOF fehi l.
 personal property, services or any "the d, right or thing of value. necessary fC ld or incidental to the advancement of th r. nurposes of this corporation. and whe ", so issued shall be full paid and not y essessable In the absence of actus
 fraud, the judgment of the director q
 to the value of any property, right k. thing, acquired in exchange for capiti
 stock shall be conclusive
 ARTICLE ". The time of the con
 msncement of this corporation shall I
 the date upon which the Arizcna Coi
 Doration Commission shall issne to It " Certificate of Incorporation, and u' shall endure for the full term Of twent u, five wears thereafter, with the prlVIiee u- of perpetual succession as provided b On statute
 III ARTICLE The business affairs
 this corporation shall be under 1T or management and control of a board ,S, directors consisting of not less than ( n- nor more than nine (9) members, eac o,. of whom shall be a stockholder of tn VI corporation Said directors shall )W elected annually at the regular meetlI on of the stock olders of this corporate ifs which shall be held the secor ,c+ Tuesday of February in each year her 'oo after, and they shall hold their offic
 until their successors are elected al we qualified Any vacancy in the board er directors may be filled by the renal on ing members of the board. by appoln - ment from among the stock holders al LII snch appointment shall be for the Il ,S- o.,>;-o5 terr for which the appOin