Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-08-17
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE
INTERNATIONAL. FIBER AND CORDAGE
 COMPANY

INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE
 COMPANY
 That we, the undersigned subscribers. to-wit
 NEWTON EVANS
 WILLIAM H. HEADY both of whom are citizens of the United States of America, having associated ourselves for the purpose of forming a corporation un- der the laws of Arizona, hereby execute, sign tion.
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the Corporation shall be the INTERNATIONAL FIBER AND CORDAGE COMPANY, and it's principal place of busi- ness in Arizona shall be Yucca. The princi- pal place. of business outside of Arizona shall be Los Angeles, California, but other offices may be established and maintained within or outside of Arizona, at such places as the Board of Directors may designate in the Unit ed States where meetings of the Stockholders and Directors may be held and any and all corporate business transacted.
 The business of this Corporation may be carried on in all parts of said State of Ari- States, in any and all foreign countries as may be deemed best by the members of this corporation, for the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes for which this Cor poratiOn is created
 ARTICLE 9.
 The object and purposes and general nature of the business to be transacted and carried on, and for which this Corporation is created and organized, are as follows, to-wit:
 To plant. propagate, raise, cultivate and grow all kinds of fiber bearing plants, wheth- CT they be indigenous to the several localities in which they are found or if they have been transplanted from foreign countries and to provide means and methods whether mechan- ical chemical for producing these fibers from such plants and to have the right to manufacture all and every kind of such tibers as produced into merchantable articles of commerce such as cordage, rope, binding twlne, bags and banging; rugs and mating, hats and wearing apparel of all kinds. Also to make all kinds of tree protectors. surgeons spInts, paper pulp and paper, in fact all ar tices of commerce possible to be manufactured from trees and plants now found in the State of Arizona elsewhere
 To provide the proper machinery for util- izing the by-products to be made from the pulp of the fiber plants and to convert the same into articles of commerce. and in fact all those plants, trees or shrubs as may be found in Arizona elsewhere that can be utilized in the production of alcohol, gum, saponin, rubber potash, etc.
 To do general land, farming, townsite, cattle raising, mining, horticulture dairying and manufacturing business, and to deal in the products of the earth.
 To purchase, deal in, erect, install and op- crate all necessary buildings, machinery and appliances in connection herewith, for pro- ducing, storing, preparing, conveying and any and all food products. Build and operate slaughter houses, canneries for canning meats. vegetables, fruits an dberries. To acquire lands by purchase, bond, lease or otherwise, to own, hold, improve cultivate, mortgage or otherwise cucumber, to sell, bond lease or otherwise dispose of the same.
 To acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise, and to operate, develop, conserve, distribute lrriOatjOn riphts forr CT, water for live stock, domestic and agricul- tural use, for mining and all other purposes Easements of way, appliances for the convey ance of, storing, using, raising, buying, sell ing and dealing in lands cattle. and domes- tic animals, horticulture and dairying prod ucts of the earth of all kinds. To build stor age reservoirs, pipe lines for conserving and distributing water. To acquire, lease or construct telegraph or telephone lines, and any and all appliances and methods useful needed in connection herewith for hire or toll. To erect, maintain and operate power plants of steam, water or other description for the generation, use and transmission of electrical or other power for hire or toll and distribution, for any and all useful purposes. | To borrow money by hypothecating or in any wise incumbering the corporation prop | erty. within the limits hereinafter named as | security for the payment thereof. To make | execute and deliver bonds, debentures, prom ssory notes, mortgages and other evidences |
 
 Corporation, for the purpose of acquiring and | money to carry out the objects and | purposes for which this Corporation is formed | To buy and sell the Capital stock of this | tee and Broker, or in any other fiduciary | capacity.
 To do a general building, contracting, ware housing and slaughtering business.
 To own, handle and control letters patent | and inventions, and to vote any shares of stock in other Corporations owned by it. the same as natural person might do. And in general, to do and perform such acts and with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent ! with the law, in any part of the world, as he Board of Directors may deem of advan- age to this Corporation.
 ARTICLE 8.
 The amount of the total authorized Cap tai Stock of the Corporation is One Hundred Thousand (S100,000.00) Dollars; the number ,f shares into which the same is divided is )ne Hundred Thousand Q00,0O0), and the 'ar value of each share is One (Sl.00) Dollar. All or any portion of the Capital Stock may ,e issued in payment for real or personal property services, or any other right or thing ,f value necessary for, or incidental to the advancement of this Corporation. and when so ssued shall become fully paid the same as hough paid for in cash at par, and the Di- ectors shall be the sole judges of the value If any property, interest, franchise, right or hing acquired or transferred to this Corpora ion in exchange for, or in purchase of it's Capital Stock. No shares of Capital Stock hall be issued until fully paid for in the manner and forms and at the price prescribed 'y the Board of Directors, and thereafter hall be non-assessable.
 ARTICLE 4.
 The commencement of this Corporation hall be on the day these articles are filed n accordance with the law. and which shall ndure for the term of twenty-five years hereafter, with the privilege of perpetual as provided by statute.
 ARTICLE 5.
 The affairs of this Corporation shall be onducted by Board of Directors and such )fticers and executive and auditing or other Committees, as the said Directors may elect r appoint.
 Tho number of Directors shall be fixed by he Bylaws and they shall be elected from mong the stockholders of record, at their nnua meeting to be held on the third We'd lesday of January of each year, at two 'clock in the afternoon. Until the first an- ua meeting of the stockholders, anl until heir successors have been elected and aual- fled, the following named persons shall be Directors: Newton Evans and William H. Ieady.
 ARTICLE 6.
 The Directors shall have the power to adopt,
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