Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-04-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF VALEDON MINING COMPANY.
We, the Undersigned, do hereby as
sociate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming a corporation UNI
der the laws of the State of New
Mexico and to that end do make the
following statement;
T..
The name of this corporation shall
be the Valedon Mining Company.
IL.
The location of the registered
Office of the Valedon Mining Company
in the State Of New Mexico, shall be
at Lordsburg, in the County of Grant
and State of New Mexico, and the
name of the agent upon whom process
against the company may be served,
is j. T.. Augustine.
This corporation is organized for
the purpose Of engaging i'm mining,
milling, or otherwise treating ores;
mining, purchasing, selling, or other
wise dealing lin ores and their
products; purchasing, leasing, selling
or otherwise acquiring, operating and
handling mining or other products
used for mining purposes or the
stocks of companies engaged in min
ing or other commercial operations,
and for the purpose of purchasing,
holding, operating, working, leasing
and selling other forms of property
used for any purpose whatsoever in
the pursuance of it's business; to buy,
sell, and manufacture and deal zen
orally in all kinds of merchandise and
wherever situated, including especial
ly minerals and their products and
~by-products, plants, machinery, i'm
plements, provisions and things thai
may be of use in connection with any
Of the operations of the company, or
that may be required for the use of
any Of the employees or anyone con
nected with the company, and t.
these ends of performing every and
any function as fully and TO the same
extent as natural persons might do.
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The amount of authorized stock OF
this corporation shall be Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand $3.50, 000.00l
Dollars, divided into 250,000 shares
, of the par value of One ($1.00) Dol
lar each. All stock shall be common
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v.
The names and po~st-ofiice addresses
of the incorporators and the number
I of shares Of capital stock subscribed
for by each, the aggregate Of which
shall be the amount with which the
corporation shall m business,
are as follows:
w. f. Ritter, Lordsburg, New
Mexico, 1000 shares.
A. J. Inderrieden, Lordsburg, New
Mexico, 1000 shares.
A. w. Morningstar, LordsbUrg,
New Mexico, 1000 shares.
! j. l.. Augustine, Lordsburg, New
Mexico, 2000 shares.
VI.
The period of duration of this cor
p~oration shall be Fifty Years,
VII.
This corporation shall be managed
by a board of directors Of not less
than three nor more than five and
those who are to act for the first
three months after the fling of this
certificate are:
W. f. Ritter, LordsburL, N. M.
A. j.. Inderrieden, L~ordsbIrg, n.
M.
j. l.. Augustine, Lordsburg, N. NJ.
VIII.
IN furtherancc and not in limita-
ton of the powers conferred by
statute, the Board of Directors Of
this corporation are expressly author
lied TO borrow money and to author
ize and cause to be executed mort
cages and lines upon the real and
personal property of the corporation.
provided always that a majority OF
the whole Board concur therein; to
adopt such rules and prudential by
laws for the management of the bus
mess and affairs of the company as
they shall deem proper, but this au-
thority shall not be in d~erogation Of
the power of the stockholders to
make and adopt such other and addi-
tional bylaws as 10 them shall seem
proper, and the Board of Directors
shall not have power to alter, amend
or abolish, any bylaws adopted by
the stockholders.
In Witness Whereof, we have
h%ereunto set our hands and seals
this 9Th day of April, A. d. 1917.
w. +. Ritter (SeaD
A. j. I~nderrieden (Seal)
A. w. Morningstar (Seal)
j. l.. Aurugtino (Span