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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION— op —MESA HAY GRAIN 00.Know Ml Men by these Presents that we, A JChandler, C L Atkins and H S Peterron, all of Maricopa County, Arizona, desiring to incorporate ourselves under the provisions of thelaws of the Territory of Arizona, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprises,businesses, pursuits and occupations hereinafter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge these articles of incorporation and declareI. The name assumed by this corporation and by which it shall be known is the Mesa Hay and Grain Company, and its principa place of transacting business is in the Town of Mesa City, in the County of Maricopa, Arizoua.II. The enterprise, business, pursuit and occupation in which this corporation proposes to engage is that of buying and selling hay, grain, alfalfa, and other products of the soil, to conduct a general business in threshing grain, alfalfa seed, etc., also to bale hay, to borrow money and to contract to pay the samo at such time or times and with such rate of interest as its Board of Directors may deem proper and fit, to buy and sell real estate and personal property and to hold the same, to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge ail or any part of the property which this corporation may acquire, to secuie the payment of such money with interest or to secu e the payment of any debt of this corporation wiih such interest or interests thereon as it may be legally obligated to pay.III. The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall he the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, divided into One Hundred Shares of One Hundred Dollars each. The stock shall lie fully paid before being issued and shall be ncn-assessable thereafter, and all stock shall be fully paid up at the time it is subscribed for.IV. That the time of the commencement ot this corporation shall be the date of the day of the filing of these articles in the office of the County Recorder of Maricopa County. Territoryof Arizona, and the terminatio lt;there f shall be twenty-five years thereafter.V. The affairs of this corporation are to be and they thall be conducted by a Board of Directors consisting of three persons, and the following named persons, who are subscribers to the capital stock of this corporation andstockholders thereof and therein, shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation until the first Tuesday in January, 1898, and until Aheir successors are duly elected and qualified, viz A J Chandler, C L Atkins and H S Peterson. The officers shall consist of a President* Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Directojs: All officers of the company shall be stockholders thereiL.VI. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, *o which this corporation is at any time to be subjected or to suject itself is the sum of $6,000VII. The stockholders of this corporationfrom the corporate debts of this corporation- j In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 7th day of May, 1897.A. J. CHANDLER, (heal)Territory of Arizona, ICOUNTV OF MARICOTA. IFefcre me, A P Showman, a Notarj Public in and for the County of Maricopa, Territory of j Arizona, on this day personally appeared A J j Chandler, C I, Atkins and H S Peterson, known !and their private property shall be exemptC. L. ATKINS, (seal)H. S. PETERSON, (real)
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Mesa Free Press
Mesa, Arizona, US
Fri, May 21, 1897
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