The border vidette., 1914-04-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE SONORA BANK AND TRUST CONTAIN

Know all men by these presents that we, whose names hereto subscribed, being laws of the State Of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for acknowledge these articles of incorporation, and do hereby certify:
 The names, residences and Post Office address of the incorporators of this corporation
 
 AdoIfo Bley, San Francisco. Cal.
 Mag Miller, 1 Los IA Angeles, Cal
 The name of this corporation and by which it shs h So Se iS
 The principal place for transecting the busi. ness of this eorporation within the State of Arizona shall be at l N9gaies. Santa Cruz have branch offices at such other place. or Board of Directors may from time to time the stockholders and directors may be held, and all corporate business may be transacted:
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is to carry and do general banking and trust com pany business; and in connection herewith to borrow and loan money, to receive deposits of money and repay the same on the order of collect and discount bills. notes and other foreign and domestic exchange. and Other negotiable and commercial paper, and to make money, bullion, foreign coins. stocks, bonds eeeaTs or bonds pedgs of negotiable securities; to take and receive securities by mortgage otherwise upon property, real O personal; to invest money for indiyid9als or corporations; to purchase. own stocks and bonds. and all kinds of Government, other bonds, and all kinds of negotiable or nonnegotiable instruments, papers, stocks or change and all evidences of debt including the stocks or bonds of other companies or cor inraS in hOr nd indebtedness by mortgage on real or personal antee commercial paper, to act as agent or broker in making purchases and loans; 10 buy negotiable paper. including promissory-notes, morsgages on real I or personal prop9rty m stocks. municipal warrants; to do a general trust hold. repay, re-convey and dispose of all kinds of real and personal property, as trustee or in upon any trusts or trusts whatsoever, for or on behalf of any person or persons including married O minors, corporation; to act as executor of wills, and as as guardian of the estates and property of any minor, incompetent, lunatic or person laboring under any legal disability or restraint, or for whose property a guardian may for any reason be appointed by any court of competent luris- diction, to act as trustee, receiver or assignee for any person, corporation. property or estate; tors, executors guardians trustees, receivers, or other persons or corporations in any case required; to take and receive from any person or corporation on deposit for safe keep ing storage, gold and silver plate, jewelry, money, stocks, securities or other valuable Safes, safeideposit boxes and ether receptaeIes upon such terms and for such compensa ton as may be agreed upon by the Board of Direc- i tors; to lease, purchase, own, hold and hy, l Potheeate, convey or otherwise dispose of all necessary to carry on it's business, well as ] deem necessary to acquire in the enforcement or settlement Of any claim or demand arising | and issue in the transactions of it's business acs o dycaFe an ea do all acts and things connected with the pur- l may be necessary convenient useful in | carving on general Banklng and Trust | have such powers and Privileges as are granted | to corPo,rpations rat under the general corporation
 The of m the E eep stoe6 of ths [sIOOOOO.oo) Dollars divided into one thousand | shares of the par value of One Hundred ($100 0O) | paid for in cash when issued. No shares of | the capital stock shall be issued until fully | paid for. The time of the commencement of this cor. by the Arizona Corporation Commission of certificate of corporation, and the termination with the privilege of renewal as provided for by law.
 VI.
 The business affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors consist ing of not & less than three nor more % than t nDe holder. Except the members of said Board, who shall serve until the first annual meeting | of the stock holders. the Directors shall be elected annually by the stock holders at their regular annual meeting, which shall be held at the office of the corporation in Nogales, Ari- zona, on the 10th day of February in each year, or if said day be holiday, then on the next succeeding business day, and shall hold their | offices until their successors are elected and qualified. majority of the Board of Directors | shall constitute quorum for the transaction | of business and any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by the remaining | members of the Board by appointment from among the stock holders. Until the first annual successors are elected and qualified, the fol- lowing named persons shall constitute the | Board of Directors of this corporation viz:
 AdOlfo Bley, Max Miller and l.. Brauer.
 The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to adopt and establish Bylaws and change and amend the same; and the Bylaws adopted shall continue in full force and effect until revoked by the stock holders at any regular meeting or at a special meeting | called for that purpose; they may also prescribe the duties and qualifications or all Ofhcers and agents of the corporation, and make all rules | and regulations deemed necessary or eXpedient for the management of the affairs of the cor poration not inconsistent with the constitu- tiOn laws of the United States the consti- tution or laws of the State of Arizona.
 VII
 The officers of this corporation shall be a President, Vice President and Secretary, and such other officers and Agents as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or eXpedlent.