The border vidette., 1923-12-01
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
Of
SONORA STATE RANCHOS. INC.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, whose names are hereunto
affixed do hereby associate ourselves
together for the purpose of forming a
corporation under the laws of the State
OF Arizona and for that purpose do
hereby adopt the following Articles of
Incorporation.
Z. ARTICLE I
The names and post Office ado resses
of the Incorporators are:
E. D. MILLER. Nogales, Arizona.
E. B. SHARPE, Nogales, Arizona,
FRED AFFORD. Nogales Arizona.
ARTICLE II
| The name of the corporation is So.
NORA STATE RANCHOS, INC.
- ARTICLE III ~
The principal place of business of the
corporation shall be in the city of No
gales. county Of Santa Cruz, State of
Arizona, and the corporation may have
such branch Offices within or without
the State of Arizona, or within or with
out the United States, as may be here
after established by the Board of Di-
rectors; and meetings OF stock kholders
and of the Board of Directors may be.
held and any business of the corpora.
tion transacted either at the principal
Office or at any branch Office.
ARTICLE w
Without in any particular limiting or
restraining any Of the objects or powers
of the corporation, it is hereby ex-
pressly declared and provided that the
general nature of the business proposed
to be transacted is
Ito acquire, by purchase or other.
wise, own. hold. vote, sell and other.
wise dispose of and deal in and with
stocks, bonds and other securities is
sued by any domestic or foreign cor
poratiop, both private and public.
2.-TO purchase.or otherwise acquire,
own, operate, develop, sell and trade,
either directly or through agents, real
estate, hotels, buildings, steam and
electric railways, stage lines, electric
power plants, irrigation projects, mines
and appurtenances thereto.
3.-To issue notes, bonds and other
evidenc of Indebtedness of this COR
poration and to purchase or otherwise
acquire. hold, own and reissue the
shares Of its capital stock and its bonds
and other evidences OF indebtedness.
4.-TO cause or allow the legal title.
estate and interest in any property or
business owned Or carried on by the
corporation 10 remain or be vested or
registered in the name Of, or carried
on by any individual, OR by any other
company, either in trust or as agents
or nominees Of this corporation, or up
on any other terms or conditions which
the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine
s. To purchase, acquire. lease, hold
and own land for the purpose of ex-
ploring for or drilling for oil or other
mineral products; to explore for, drill
for, produce and otherwise develop,
obtain, store, clean, transport, market.
sell, remove, own and otherwise use
and dispose OF and refine all kinds of
crude petroleum, oil, gas or other
hydro-carbon substances; to secure
rights of way and equipment for roads.
pipelines, telegraph and telephone
lines and electric lines and to construct
operate and maintain all structures
machinery. pipelines, pumps, build
ings and refueries and other things
necessary to the production and market
ing of oil, gas and by products thereof
ARTICLE V
The authorized capital stock of this
corporation shall be Five Hundred
Thousand $500. 0O0.00) Dollars. divid-
ed 10 five thousand shares OF the par
value of ono hundred dollars each, all
of which shares shall ba fully partici-
pating in the proitsAOf this corporation
and shall be voting shares. at snch
time as the Board of Directors shall by
resolution determine, the said capital
stock shall be paid in to the corpora
ton, either in cash, or by the sale and
transfer to it OF real or personal prop
erty. contracts, services, or any other
valuable right or thing for the use and
purposes of said corporation, in pay.
meat for which shares of the capital