Mohave County miner., 1918-05-04
Legal Advertising
STATE OF ARIZONA Office of the
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMPASSION

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 poration Commission. by its Chairman. has
 hereunto set it's hand and affixed its official
 seal. Done at the City of Phoenix, the capitol, this 18th day of April. A. D. 1918.
 | ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.
 (SeaD F. 4. JONES, Chairman.
 Attest: SAM w. PROCTOR, Secretary.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
 RICO EXPLORATION COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS 3:
 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 IncorDora-
 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 COM 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, its 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 its 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 thing and to engage in any and every business which
 may be, by it's Board of Directors, deemed
 necessary, requisite. essential, convenient or 1 auxiliary to the carrying out of the objects
 and purposes for which this corporation Is
 formed. .| 1 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-wlt: | 1. To acquire, own. handle, cucumber or in any manner deal in with any and all
 classes of property, real, personal or mixed; 10 purchase otherwise acquire, own, hold sell | or in any manner deal in or with shares of the capital stock of this or other eorporatlohs to pay for property purchased in cash, stock or this or other corporations, bond or otherwise to carry on the business of mining mllling' l smelting, concentrating. converting, treating preparing for market. manufacturing, buying 1 selling, exchanging or otherwise producing or
 dealing in or with any and all kinds of ores minerals and metals, and the products ana Dy- | nroducts thereof, of every kind and descrip- | tion, and by whatever process the same can 1 or may be produced, and generally without 1 limitation as to amount. ! 9 -o acquire by purchase, exchange, To- i cation, appropriation or in any other man ner whatever to receive, own, hold use' op- l crate, lease, mortgage, sell or other"lse us pose of mines, mInIng claims, mining prop erty mining rights, ores, minerals water ! v,ater-rights, reservoirs, canals, tlumes, i ditches, mills, smelters, mills, mill-sites' dam sites, stores, hotels, boarding houses ease ments or any other kind of property. | B. To construct, lease, purchase or other wise acquire, and to own, hold, manage ana operate or dispose of roads, tramways, rall- roads, telegraph or telephone Lnes ana sys- | tems auto trucks, automobiles, power lines or systems and power houses, necessary oq con venient to the carrying on of any business uh- dertaken by it; to engage in the mercantile | business; to acquire. own. hold. sell, lease,
 dispose of or otherwise deal in or with any ana all kinds Of inventions, rights heehses' patent rights or letters patent ~ l A. To Borrow money, and to issue its Donoss payable in cash or convertible into stock or | the corporation, promisory notes' mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness therefor, stu it | to pledge. sell or otherwise cucumber or uls5 nose of any part all of the property o"neu ! by it for the security or payment or any , m debtedness or obligation lneuIrea or - hDrds | in payment for any property or eommodiIy whicn it may purchase or acquire
 | 6 Tn make contracts, and to do as fully | and to the same extent as natural peLsohs might or could do any and all of the things herein set forth, either as principal agent, | contractor, trustee otherwise ana either alone or in company with other persons asso- ciations or corporations; and Tn general 70 have and exercise with respect thereto all the powers privileges and immunities conferred upon corporations of this class by the lA"s of the State of Arizona ARTICLE FOUR: The amount of the capi- tai stock of this corporation shall be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided into one million shares of the par value or Ten Gents each. and the same, when 0bio lssIGa' snall be Iully paid and forever non-assessa0le- Said stock shall be issued at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board oI Directors, and same may be issued in exchange Tor mines, mining claims or any other property real or personal. for benefits aeeruing or services rendered to the corporation, m any manner or form whatsoever, as the Board oI Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction such de termination of the Board of Directors shall be
 ARTICLE FIVE: The management and control of the business, property and affairs of this corporation shall be vested m Board of Directors which shall consist or not less than three nor more than five members, who shall be elected from among the stockholders of record at the regular annual meeting or the stockholders, which shall be held at the principal office of the company on the tirst Tuesday in March of each year, and said Di- rectors so elected shall hold office for one year until their successors are elected ana qualified any vacancy which may occur in said Board of Directors, whether caused by r death, resignation otherwise, shall be filled by election by the remaining members of said Board from among the stockholders or record. Said Board ot Directors shall have power to establish By-Laws and make all rules and regulations necessary or convenient for the conduct and management of the property and affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with law of these Articles Of Incorporation. The first Board of Directors, to serve untll the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until their successors are elected and quail ..--, -.---.. -s- se.-CleC by Jle lneorporators.
 ARTICLE SIX: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date or the issuance of a Certificate ot Incorporation bv .he ARIZONA CORPORATION COMAlIS- SION and the termination thereof shall be twenty-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, Secretary and Treasurer, and more than one of said offices, whose duties are not inconsistent, may be held by the same person. The first Board of Direc- tors, when selected herein provided, shall appoint the officers of the corporation, and the President and Vice President shall be from among their own number. The officers , +od gb,1 hoTd he Ff-5f c