Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-11-17
CERTtFfCtTE or INCORPORATION
OF
WESTERN MINING AND nEVELoP.
MENT COMPANY


KNOW ALI MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTB. that we. tho undersigned resi-.
dents Of the Safe Of New Mexico, desir-
ing TO form a corporation under the
provisions % chapter twenty-three
tXXIID Of the Statutes Of the State %
New Mexico, in effect June N, 1915
do hereby certify;
First; The corporate name Of thls
company shall be WESTERN MINING
AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
Second: The principal ONCE Of said
oorporation shall be located In tn
city OF Lordsburg. Grant County New
Mexico. End Il shall have such other
state OF New Mexico as the Board Of
Directors may hereafter. from time 20
agent Of the corporation upon whom
RooPPSsssaass. may % ssa
Third The obie,ts FOR which eaid
corporation is formed are ~ follows;
ing, milling, concentrating, converting
smelling. treating, preparing for mar
ket manufacturing; buying, selling
and dealing In gold. silver. copper
lead, zInc. iron and I'll other kinds Of
ores metals and minerals and In ne
every kind and description and by
whatsoever process the same can be
or hereafter may be produced and zen
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h. TO buy, sell, take under bond o.
option, exchange, lease IS lessor or
lessee. acquire and dispose Of in n
manner Whatsoever and deal In gen
orally. lands, mines. mining locations
and claims and In Interests OF any SORT
IN lands, tenements md he~reditnrnent..
A. well ae in mineral products and all
other kinds of property, real PERSONA
and mixed and wherever situated.
c. To buy, sell manufacture and
deal generally IN ali kinds Of merchan-
disc and wherever situated including &c
peciaiiy minerals n their product
and b~y-products. plants. machiner'.
implements, provisions and things that
may be OF use in connection with any
~ the operations OF the company OF
tina may be required for the use o
anv OF the employees or anyoue con.
nected with the company.
d. To acquire in any manner. con
etrnct. carry out maintain. improve
manage, work, control and superintend
any and all works, roads. ways. ram
wavs. RAILWAYS. telegraph ana tele-
phone lines. bridges, reservoirs. waite
courses, acqueduets, wharVes' plat
Compared JJO to ETC.
works, hydraulic works, elecJrlca
works. factories, warehouses and o.
other works and conveniences Whicr
may be necessary. directly or indirect
". In connection with any OF the bust
ness oberations OF the company.
g. To purrhase. acquire. hold ana
dispose Of the stock, bonds and other
evidences Of Indebtedness or securi-
ties or evidences OF Interest iFsued ny
any other corporation domestic o.
therefor it's own stock, bonds or other
securities or obligations.
To issue It's own stock. bonds or
other securities Ia payment TOT or a.
duirement Of property OF any and all
Kinds or OF any interest, claim or
right OF a valuable nature In or TO any
kind OF property.
= To conduc any and all kinds OF
business n manage the same as fullv
and completely az any individual and
especially to exercise any and al OF
the powers now or hereafter conferred
upon CORPORATIONS under the laws OF
the state Of New Mexico.
Fourth: The amount OF the author
lied capital stock OF said corporation
sha be se~venty-fve thousand dollars
which stock shall be issued in two
classes OF which fifty thousand dollar
shall be common capital stock and
twenty-five thousand dollars shall be
preferred capital stock. Such capital
hundred and nifty shares having each
a par value of one hundred dollars
there being consequently hve hundref
shares OF the common capital stock
and two hundred and fifty shares OF
the preferred capital stock. The man
agement OF the corporation shall be
the holders OF the common capital
stock eNcent that upon the happening
OF the conditions hereinafter stated the
holders OF such preferred stock shall
participate In Euch management. The
no lders OF such preferred stock shall
be entitled TO preferential dividends OF
eight per centum per annum on the
par value OF such stock which divi-
bends shall be payable annually on the
thirtieth day OF January I'm zach year
for The year ending the thirty first OF
December preceding such date ana such
dividend shall become due and payable
for the FIRST time OF the thirtieth dav
Of January in the year 1918. Such
dividends shall be cumulative and IN
the event OF their non payment for the
period Of two years from and after the
date when they become respectively
due for any veal hen the holders OF
such preferred stock shall be entitled
thereafter to one vote for each OF such