Mohave County miner., 1918-05-11
Legal Advertising
STATE OF ARIZONA Office of the
ARIZONA CORPORATION coMMssIoN

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.
 (SeaD F. A. JONES, Chairman.
 Attest: SAM W. PROCTOR, Secretary.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
 RICO EXPLORATION COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we, the undersigned. have this day as-
 sOciated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of
 the State of Arizona, and for that purpose we do hereby adopt, execute, acknowledge and publish the following Articles of Incorpora-
 ARTICLE ONE: The names and post office
 addresses of the incorporators are W. W.
 Lewis. Kingman. Arizona, and c. w. Herndon.
 Kingman, Arizona; and the name of the cor
 poration shall be RICO EXPLORATION CON- PANY.
 ARTICLE TWO: The principal office and
 place of business of the corporation shall be
 at Kingman, Arizona. and the corporation
 shall have the right to establish such branch
 offices or places of business, either within or
 without the State of Arizona, as it's Board
 of Directors. hereinafter provided for, may,
 from time to time designate, at which branch offices meetings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE THREE: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and carried on by this corporation is that of min ing, milling, smelting, ore reduction and treat ing in all it's related branches, and to do any and all the things herein mentioned al fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, in any part or the world. 1
 and to do any and every act and thing and | to engage in any and every business which | may be. by it's Board of Directors, deemed l
 necessary, requisite, essential, convenient or
 auxiliary to the carrying out of the objects | and purposes for which this corporation IS
 formed. ,l
 In furtheranee and not in limitation of said
 general powers and purposes, it is expressly
 provided that this corporation shall have the following powers, to-wit:
 l. To acquire own. handle, cucumber or in any manner deal in or with any and all classes of property, real, personal or mixed; to purchase or otherwise acquire. own. hold. sell
 or in any manner deal in or with shares of the capital stock of this or other corporations to pay for property purchased in cash, stock of this or other corporations, bond or otherwise to carry on the business of mining. milling, smelting, concentrating converting treating preparing flor market, manufacturing, buying, | selling, exchanging or otherwise producing or | dealing in or with any and all kinds of ores' minerals and metals, and the products and by products thereof, of every kind and descrip- tion and by whatever process the same can or may be produced. and generally without limitation to amount.
 9 70 acquire by purchase, exchange, To- cation, appropriation or in any other man ner whatever to receive, own, hold. use' op- crate, lease mortgage, sell or otherwise dis- pose of mines, mining claims, mining prop erty, mining rights, ores' minerals water yyater-rights. reservoirs canals, tumes' ditches, mills, smelters, saw mills, mill-sites' dam sites, stores, hotels, boarding houses. ease ments or any other kind of property.
 g.. wise acquire, and to own, hold, manage and operate or dispose of roads, tramways, rail- roads, telegraph or telephone lines ana sys- tens, auto trucks, automobiles power mes or systems and power houses, necessary or con- venient to the carrying on of any business un- dertaken by it; to engage in the mercantile business; to acquire. own, hold sell, lease dispose of or otherwise deal in or with any and all kinds of inventions. rights, licenses. patent rights or letters patent
 1. To borrow money, and to issue it's bonds: payable in cash or convertible into stoek or the corporation, promisory notes, mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness therefor and to pledge, sell or otherwise cucumber or dis- pose Of any part all of the property owned by it for the security or payment or any lh- debtedness or obligation incurred or under taken; to use its stock. debentures or bonds in payment for any property or eommooI1y which it may purchase or acquire.
 5. To make contracts. and to do as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do any and all of the things herein set forth. either as principal agent trustee or otherwise, ana eltnel alone or in company with other persons asso- citations or corporations: and in general 70 have and exercise with respect thereto all the powers, privileges and immunities eonIerred upon corporations of this class by the laws 1f the State of Arizona -
 ARTICLE FOUR: The amount of the eapi- ] tai stock of this corporation shall De ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS divided , into one million shares of the par value or : -I ,nall be fully paid and forever non-assessable. | Said stock shall be issued at such time or i times and upon such terms and conditions as | may be provided by the Board of Directors < and same may be issued in exchange Tor : nines mining claims or any other property s real or personal. for benefits aeeruing or E services rendered to the corporation, Tn any ' manner or form whatsoever, as the Board of o Directors may determine, and in the absence ' ,f actual fraud in the transaction such de o termination of the Board of Directors snail De . inal a
 ARTICLE FIVE: The management and o control of the business, property and affairs F ,f this corporation shall be vested in Board V ,f Directors which shall consist or not les z han three nor more than tive members, who r hall be elected from among the stockholders . ,f record at the regular annual meeting of he stockholders, which shall be held at the n principal office of the company on the tirst $ tuesday in Marcn of each year, and said Di- j .ectors so elected shall hold office for one t lear or until their successors are elected ana E qualified; any vacancy which may occur in 8 aid Board of Directors, whether caused by Ii leath, resignation otherwise, shall be filled E ,y election by the remaining members of sad c 3oard from among the stockholders or record f ,aId Board ot Directors snail have power to | establish Bylaws and make all rules ana s egulations necessary or convenient TOT Ihe onduct and management of the property and n ffairs of the cOrpOratlons not inconsistent 9 with law of these Articles of Incorporation I The first Board of Directors, to serve until d he first annual meeting of the stockholdefs e e until ther successors are elecleo anu puelAi- c .=l, s..-l.l Oe seiecUed by the incorporators- | ARTICLE SIX: The time of the commence 6 nent of this corporation shall be the date or a he issuance of a Certificate of Incorporation \ v .he ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIS- IT 1T HON. and the termination thereof shall be r years thereafter, with privilege f renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE SEVEN; The officers of this ,, orporation shall be a President, one or more N lice Presidents. Secretary and a Treasurer IT nd more than one of said offices, whose
 uties are not inconsistent, may be held by g. he same person. The first Board of Direc- jo DTS, when selected as herein provided, shall ot ppoint the officers of the corporation, and Il he President and Vice President shall be S rom among their own number. The officers MM MM Q appointed shall hold office until the first fI nnual meeting of the Board of Directors, eI which shall be held annually following the CT nnual meeting of the stockholders, and shall of hereafter be elected at the annual meeting of h' aid Board of Directors. ID ARTICLE EIGHT: The highest amount of Pl ldebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. m } which this corporation shall at any time pC lbject itself, is the of SIXTY-FIVE fl