Mohave County miner., 1918-06-01

EOclateQ ourselves together TUT AAle PAAFc7l of forming a corporation under the laws Of l the State of Arizona, and for that purpose we do hereby adopt, execute, acknowledge ana publish the following Articles of lneorpora-
 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 oi n me 9T eoT- poration shall be RICO EXPLORATION CUM
 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 its Board of Directors, hereinafter provided TOT, may from time to time designate, at which Draneh offices meetings of the Board of Directors may
 ARTICLE THREE: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted ana 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 of the world; and to do any and every act and thlng ana to engage in any and every business whlen may be. by it's Board of Directors deemed necessary requisite, essential, convenient or auxiliary to the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which this corporation IS formed.
 
 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 or the capital stock of this or other corporations to nav for property purchased in cash, stock or this or other corporations, bond or otherWlse' to carry on the business of mining, mllilng' smelting, concentrating, converting treating' preparing for market manuiacturihs; a Duyliis, & selling exchanging or otherwise producing or dealing in or with any and all kinds or ores' minerals and metals, and the products ana oy- products thereof. of every kind and desetip- tion and by whatever process the same can or may be produced. and generally without limitation as to amount.
 2. - acquire by purchase, exchange To- cation, appropriation or in any other man ner whatever to receive, own' hold' use 9p- crate lease, mortgage, sell or otherwise dls- pose of mines, mining claims, mining prop erty mining rights, ores, minerals water water-rights, reservoirs, canals Iiumes' ditches mills, smelters, saw mills, mlll-sltes' dam sites stores, hotels. boarding houses, ease ments or any other kind of property.
 g. To construct, lease, purchase or other,
 wise acquire, and to own. hold' manage anu oparate or dispose of roads, tramways, rali-
 roads telegraph or telephone lines ana sys- tems, auto trucks, automobiles power llhes or
 systems and power houses, necessary OF con
 venient to the carrying on of any business uI-
 business: to acquire, own, hold, sell, leass'
 dispose of or otherwise deal m or Wlth any
 and all kinds of inventions, rights heehses'
 patent rights or letters patent.
 4 ID borrow money. and to issue its bonds,
 payable in cash or convertible into stock or
 the corporation, promisory notes, mortgages or
 other evidences of indebtedness therefor, 1ilu
 to pledge, sell or otherwise cucumber or ols-
 nose of any part or all of the property oWned
 by it for the security or payment ot any m
 debtedness or obligation incurred or under [ ,..lr Haha bonds in payment for any property or commonly
 which it may purchase or acquire
 5. To make contracts. and to do as fully
 and to the same extent as natural PeLs PeLSons might or could do any and all or the tnlhss herein set forth, either as prlnelpal' AgShl' contractor trustee or otherwise, ana elther alone or in company with other persons @SSo- citations or corporations; and in general 70
 have and exercise with respect thereto aa r,. unon corporations of this class by the laws of the State of Arizona
 ARTICLE FOUR: The amount of the p eapI- tai stock of this corporation shall De ONE HIJNDkED THOUSAND DOLLARS, diVlded into one million shares of the par value or Ten Cents each, and the same, when issued shall be fully paid and forever non-assessaOle.
 Said stock shall be issued at such tune or times and upon such terMa and condlIlohs As may be provided by the Board or OlreetoEs'
 and same may be issued in exchange Tor
 mines mining claims or any other property real DerSOual. or TOT DGAAeAAN9 e~N- -s+--e N-
 services rendered to the corporation, Tn any
 manner or form whatsoever, as the boaru OA Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transactloh such uS
 termination of the Board of Directors shAh Oe
 final. . and control of the business, property and affairs
 of this corporation shall be vested m DOaIu ~ of Directors which snail consist Of not less than three nor more than tive members Who shall be elected from among the stockholders of record at the regular annual meeting or the tockholders, which shall be held at the ,,-inrinaI office of the company on the first Tuesday in March of each year, and said Dl- rectors so elected shall hold office Tor one year or until their successors are elected ana qualified any vacancy which may occur III said Board of Directors, whether caused by death, resignation or otherwise snail pc Ilueu by election by the remaining members or sal1 Board from among the STOCKHOLDERS or teeoIu' Said Board ot Directors snail nave power Ug establish Bylaws and make all rules ana regulations necessary or convenient TOT thS conduct and management of the property and affairs of the corporation not lheollsls.I lhe .I4i- with law of these Articles Of incorporation. The first Board of Directors, to serve lhlli the first annual meeting of the sIockholdeIs
 or until their successors are elected and quAlA- .leu, s....iI be selected by the lheoIpOL9'O1s- ARTICLE SIX: The time or the commence n,ent of this corporation shall be the date or
 the issuance of Certificate ot incorporation by he ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMlS- SION, and the termination thereof shall be rwenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE SEVEN: The officers of this
 corporation shall be a President one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer and more than one of said offices. whose duties are not inconsistent, may be held by the same person. The first Board of Dtrec- tors. when selected as herein provided, shall appoint the officers of the corporation and | the President and Vice President shall be | from among their own number. The officers so appointed shall hold office until the first | annual meeting of the Board of Directors,
 which shall be held annually following the annual meeting of the stockholders. and shall i thereafter be elected at the annual meeting of said Board of Directors.
 | ARTICLE EIGHT: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent | to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself, is the sum of SIXTH-FIVE | THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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