Mohave County miner., 1918-04-27
Legal Advertising
STATE OF ARIZONA
 Office of the
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

which were filed in the office of said Arizoha Corporation Commission on the llth day Of April, A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m., as pro-
 Tn Testimony Whereof The Arizona Cor poration Commission, by its Chairmah, na5 s5 . hereunto set its hand and affixed its official | seal Done at the City of Phoenix, the capitol, l this 18th day of April, A. ID. 1918. .,,.,- !
 ARIZONA CORPORATION COMPASSION. ! CSeaD 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 or tbe State of Arizona. and for that purpose we do hereby adopt, execute, acknowledge ana publish the following Articles of lncorpora- ARTICLE ONE: The names and post office addresses of the incorpOrators are W. w. 1 Lewis Kingman, Arizona. and c. W. Herndon' ' Kingman. Arizona and the name 0I me S9T SoF- ! poration shall be RICO EXPLORATION COAi-
 ARTICLE TWO: The principal office and place of business of the corporation shall De at Kingman, Arizona, and the corporation shall have the right to establish such Draneh offices or places of business. either within or ! without the State of Arizona, as its Board l of Directors, hereinafter provided Tor. may ] fron time to time designate, at which branch offices meetings of the Board of Directors may be held. . l l4E ! the business proposed to be transacted ana carried on by this corporation is that ot nm ing, milling. smelting. ore reduction ana treat ing in all it's related branches ana 70 oo any and all the things herein mentioned al tuly 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 thlhg % %eh1 to engage in any and every business i WnleI l ro,v be bv it's Board of Directors. deemed
 necessary requisite. essential. convenient or
 auxiliary to the carrying out of the oo1eets
 and purposes for which this eorporaIion H
 In furtheranee and not in limitation of said
 general powers and purposes, it IS expressly provided that this corporation snah nave 'ie
 following powers, to-wit:
 To acouire, own, handle, cucumber or
 in any manner deal in or with any and all
 classes of property, real, personal or nTeu, T t1
 purchase or otherwise acquire own holo, sei
 or in any manner deal in or with shares or
 the capital stock of this or other corporations {:
 to nay for property purchased in eash, stoeH Ot
 this other corporations poho TI O''T rI;iITo,
 to carry on the business of mining mlllins'
 snnelting concentrating, converting treatins'
 preparing for market, manufacturing, buying,
 selling, exchanging or other~iSe pr9uuStNs t tS o
 deaIing in or with any and all kinds or ores
 minerals and metals, and the products ana Dy-
 products thereof. of every kind and aeserlp
 tion. and by whatever process the same S.h1,t ea
 or may be produced, ana seheEa"S
 limitation to amount.
 9. -, acquire by purchase. exchange, To- cation, appropriation or in any other man l ner whatever to receive own' holo' use Slr {. crate lease, mortgage, sell or otnerNlss us Tose of mines mining claims, mining prop
 erty mining rights, ores, minerals s Haeet' | Iyater-rights, reservoirs, canals fumes , ditches mills smelters, saw mills mlll-sltss' Ja1, sifes stores. hotels boarding houses, ease ] uents or any other kind of property.
 , g. To construct, lease, purchase or O'nei O !
 wise acquire. and to own' holo' maHase Att4 II
 oDerate or dispose of roads, tramWays' rall- 1 roads telegrapn or telephone lines ana sys-
 tems. auto trucks, automobiles, power lines or
 systems and power houses, necessary Ot e ~
 venient to the carrying on or any DuslAess .I uit l 5artsEen by it: to engage in the mercahllie | bneiness: to acquire, own, hold, sell, lease'
 dispose of or otherwise deal in or with any
 snd au kinds of inventions, rights heeilseS' . patent rights or letters patent .4
 ID borrow money, and to issue its oonus,
 ,.,,.bIe in cash or convertible into stock or
 the corporation promiSoEy hoees' tboe5oT and other evidences of indebtedness thsreIoI, diIu 1 to Dledge. sell or otherwise cucumber or uls5 2 ,Noss of any part or all of the property o"neu by it for the security or PayLhenI ot @ 0, r15er- debtedness or obligation lncutreu VT LSi. , taLan to use it's stock, debentures or bonus !, in payment for any property or eOiiii'o f wricn it may purchase or aeq1ife' f,lIv
 6 To make contracts, and to do as Luly
 ana to the same extent as natural peEsols , uiyht or could do any and all or Ihe . LnIls9 . herein set forth. either as prineipal' asgnS, n
 contractor trustee or otneE"lse' anu -
 SII,,s ,r in company with other persons assO-
 citations or corporations; and m genera m .So so
 have and exercise with respect thereto all tliS Iv.r,tr nrlEl
 upon corporations or tilis Si0'S "
 of the State of Arizona s .h, ,,ri.
 tai stock of this corporation, sna5d e 5;,;JeJ HInTDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS olsloeI into one million shares of the par Naiue o |, Ten Cents each and the same, Mien 4LI lss LIa shatI be fully paid and forever non -
 Said stock shall be issued at sueIi ,,ti. s ss t;.ss and anon such terms and eondltlohs as ' may be provided by the boaru oi I-.e For and same may be issued in e&ehahge @ Loi | mines mining claims or any other pIOpeA1GS v
 mn 'r 1,ersonaI or for benefits accruing or services rendered to the eorporalloh, nj It S- . nSanner or form whatsoever, as the boaru OL
 Directors may determine ana m s,ie s,,.h 5e of actual fraud in the transaction sueh Ie T Termination of the Board of Directors siAn D' I final. ,,,,,s rh. r,anagement and . control of the business, property anu 91il'- 1j . - tbis coronation shall be vested m DVaLu e of Directors which shall consist ot not s IesS tban three nor more than live memDeIs, siL- @ . sbsiI he elected from among the stocknolaeIs E siAil O5 st tbe regular annual meeting oi i tba stockholders, which shall be held ae tns Trincinal office of the company on the llIs' T Tuesday in March oI eSen stino I,. for one , year or until their successors are elected atlu | qualified; any vacancy when may i OCSui L n said Board of Directors, whether Sau9ea St,,y death resignation otherwise, shail De AlileG n ! b,, election by the remaining members or salS
 Board from among the stockholders or Ieeoi ' ,L u n Said Board oi Directors snail nave power " est n rss,1IIations necessary or convenient for tnt
 conduct and management of the property @ @ahc S affairs of the corpOration' not lheoAsls.eil' s ! yyirb law of these Articles of lncorporallo4A 4A
 The first Board of Directors, to serve Il Hlltl n tbs first annual meeting of the slockholuers
 or untiI their successors are elected ana pu0'1 | T,ao saaii ue selected by the lncorporaIors'
 ARTICLE SIX: The time of the comm ehee' | nent of this corporation shall be the date ol
 - t.s,1.rce of n Certificate ot Incorporation S E, tbe ARIZONA CORPORATION CoMMIS' n SION. and the termination thereof shall DC
 twenty-five years thereafter "iIn prI'Hes' I of renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE SEVEN: The officers of this u corporation shall be a President, one or more n Nice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer
 and more than one of said offices, Whos' n duties are not inconsistent, may be held nS
 the same person. The first Board Of Dlfec, s tors. when selected as herein provided shall , appoint the officers of the corporation ano u the President and Vice President shall o' n ] from among their own number. The officers
 SO appointed shall hold office until the hrs'