The border vidette., 1923-12-22
ARTICLES OF 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 q
corporation under the laws of the State
OF Arizona and for that purpose do
hereby adopt the following Articles Of
Incorporation.
ARTICLE
The names and post Office addresses
OF the IncorporatOrs are:
E. D. MILLER, Nogales, Arizona.
E. B. SHARPE, Nogales, Arizona.
FRED AFFORD, Nogsles, Arizona.
ARTICLE II
The name of the corporation is So.
NORA STATE RANCHOS, Inc.
ARTICLE I'll
The principal place of business of the
corporation shall be in the city of Mo-
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 holders
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
poration, both private and public.
2.-TO purchaser 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, irrig alton projects, mines
and appurtenances thereto.
3.-To issue notes, bonds and other
evidences of indebtedness of this COR
fporation 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 TO 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 refineries 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 (s500 000,00) Dollars, divid-
ed into five thousand shares OF the par
value of ono hundred dollars each, all
OF which shares shall be fully partci-
pating in the profits OF this corporation
and shall be voting shares. at such
time as the Board of Directors shall by
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stock shall be paid in to the corpora
tion, 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
ment FOR which shares Of the capital