This too is recorded in these books by the secretary of state. Occasionally letters of transmittal to the Secretary of State or copies of correspondence from the Secretary noting the filing date may be included. As legal documents, these contract sale agreements, lease agreements, bills of sale etc. were signed by the appropriate company officials and verified with statements of witnessing notaries public. In these record books, these may appear as original signatures or as typed copies. The names of the corporate attorneys drawing up the contracts may also be specified.
Entries are chronological by filing date within alphabetically labeled volumes.
The last contract in vol.