The border vidette., 1916-07-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE SONORA CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTIN COMPANY.

SONORA CONSOLIDATED MINING AND
 SIMPLIFYING COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Edward c. Becker. Charles B. McCart and subscrI bed and the resid nee and postoffice Sf e selves together for the purpose of forming Arizona and to that end have adopted and do hereby adopt the following articles of incor-
 ARTICLE l
 The name of this corporation and by which it shall De spshorizcd ,o tTansaat @ it's 5qsinsss @ ANU iI'1 sMEETiNG CoMPANY. ''D :" it'i''' of the incorperators are: Edward C. Becker: Charles B Mc(art; Luther w. Adamson; all of The principal office and place of t-ansact'ng the business of this incorporation shall be at Arizona. with branch otfic 8 and places of bus- or places either in the United States 1 OF foreign u country as the Board of Directors may by % @ bs sn all its corporate business transacted.
 ARTICLE IT
 be Two Million tS2. .OOo.O0O OOl Dollars. divided into Two Hundred Thousand c2oO. .0OO) shares share.
 under such conditions as the Board of Direct transferring of real or personal property or by services rendered or by the transfer of any other values, right or thing for the uses and pufposes Of the c0rporation. in exchange when issued shall be fully paid and forever -assessable. The judgment of the directors acauired or services rendered. in exchanse sa fof the shares of capital stock, when entered absence of actual fraud. be conclusive.
 ARTICLE III
 The purpose for which this corporation formed and the general nature of the business prop. sed to be transacted by it. is as follows. To buy. own build. erect. maintain. operate, smeiters of every kind and to erect. maintain works of every description whatsoever for the purpose of smelting and treating ores of all into city and town lots sell. lease. buy and and mortgage real estate and mlli property;. to work, operate, bny. sell, lease. locate, acquire, hold and deal in mines. metals. mineral and pae%r e,slms and wat water locat&ns and build, erect. maintain and keep in repair water to build. erect and maintain, lease and sell the water ponds and other places for the stor age of water; sell and supply water for all pur- poses of mining. agriculture or other purposes; to buy. bond, sell, build. operate and conduct portation of goods. merchandise. timber. ium- 6sr ore m,nsng 5 maGainery and th 4ther mate. of the company; to maintain operate electric light and power plants for the purpose of fur nishing and leasing electric and water power for all purposes; to acQ uire; lease and operate mining and treating ore and reducing ore. and 8ReFrsting d n,ch1eTy, n4 tEEansRoating in lumber; with the business of the cOmpany; to own and timber. lumber and merchandise and to carry Sn and do general mercantile business; to porations; to borrow money and execute notes other evidences of indebtedness and eesnre the same by bond or otherwise on the property of the the company and upon all contract rights oonid do.
 To purchase lease. bond. locate otherwise . acquire, own exchange, sell or otherwise dis pose of. pledge. mortgage. hypothecate, and property mines. mining claims, oil lands. mln %er and water ter fights aPa maeney and c work. mine. explore operate and ieveiap the ing. and mercantile busin ss; to own. handle. control letters patent and inventions and to borrow money and execute bonds, mort gages and deeds ; of trust to secure @ 2 the same mortgage notes, shares of capital stock and ali rights. DO wers and privileges of individual . owners thereof. including the right to vote extent that a natural person might could do; and in general to do all things necessary to corporatiOn in the Republic of Mexico or in or own and operate a smelter or smeiters or other plants for the reduction of ore and to lease and to operate telephone and telegraph lines-
 DO. ation shalI be the date of the filing of a copy of these Articles of Incorporation in the and a certified copy thereof in the offlce of the County Recorder Of Santa Cruz county. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25N years thereafter. with the right of renewal and perpetual succession provided by law.
 ARTICLE
 The business affairs of thls corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors consist ing of five more members, each of whom shall be a stOckholder and whenever a director shall cease to be a stockholder, he shall also at the same time tn be a director. They shall be elected annually by the stockholders at their regular annual meeting, which shall be held at the office ot the company in NOgales Arizona, the last Monday of July in each year, and shall hold their office until their cessors are elected and qualified. The first an nual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the last Monday of July, 1917, and until that time, and until their successors are elected and qualified, the incOrpOratOrs, whose names are hereby subscribed shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation.
 ARTICLE VI
 sThe officers of this corporation shall be a President. first and second Hice-Presdents. and a General Manager. Secretary and Treas urer and such other officers and agents as the be chosen annually by the directors, either by by the By laws, and they shall hold their office until their +uccessOrs are chosen and qualified. Until the first annual meeting of the stock holders, and until their successors are chosen and qualified Edward c. Becker shall be Pre- sident. Charles E. McCart, Vice-President and Manager, and Luther w. AdamsOn, Secretary and Treasurer. -
 ARTICLE VII
 The Board of Directors shall have power to