Arizona republican., 1891-11-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 --OF 1.-The Arizona Republican Company

We, Theodore J. Wolney and States D. Morri- son, desiring to incorporate ourselves, under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of
 Arizona, and especially an act of the Legisla- tive assembly thereof, entitled, An Act Con corning Corporations" approved March S, 1887,
 for the purpose Of engaging in the lawful enter prses, business, pursuit and occupation herein
 after specified, do make, subscribe and ac. knowledge according to law, these articles of incorporation, and declare:
 FIRST. The name assumed by this corpora ton and by which 1t shall be Known is '.The Arizona Republican Company" and its princi. pal place of tansacting business is the City ol Arizona. and the time of the commencement
 of this corporation shall be the day Of the filing of these articles in the office of tho county re corder, County of Pima, in the Territory of | twenty five i2ij years thereafter.
 | SECOND. The enterprises, business, pursuit and occupation in which this corporation pro | poses to engage, is tha. of publishing news | paper. to be known and called "The Arizona | Republican" and such othernewspapers as ihe
 board of directors of thi corporation shall here inafter desire to publish, io carry on the busi-
 ness of publishers generally, to do a general job | printing, engraving, lithograPhing and publi. cation business, and to acquire, possess, bold
 and enjoy, and use all kinds of property incl | dental or convenient, or necessary in andabout the carrying on of said business, and to buy
 and sell printing presses, types and all other | kinds Of apparatus, implements, furniture,
 tools and other property convenient, or useful,
 CT necessary in and about the said business hcreinaboye named; to borrow money and cou- ! tract to repay the same at such time or times, and with such rate or rates of interest as its | board of directors sec it, and to hypoihecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part Of the pr'p-
 ery of corporation, and all orany part oi the | property which this corporation may hereinafter acquire. to secure the payment Of such money with interest, or to secure the payment of any 1 dett of this corporation, with such interest
 thereon as it may legally obligate itself to pay. THIRD The place where this corporation will | have its principal office and place Of business
 is the City Of Tucson, in the County of Pima, Territory of Arizona.
 FOURrH The amount of the capital stock of | this corporation shall be fifty thousand G0,WO) dollars, divided into five thousand shares of ten | iO) dollars each, and the time when, and the
 condition upon which it is Co be paid are as fol- | lows, to-wit The entire face value thereof i'm.
 nediatciy upon making the subscri ption there | for.
 | FIFTH The par value of each share of the cap ital stock of this corporatitn shall be ten (lO) | dollars
 SIXTH. The highest amount of indebtedness. pr liability, direct or contingent, to which this l corporation at any time Is to be subjected, Is
 he sum of fifteen thousand (l5OoOl dollars. | SEVENTH. The stockholders in this corpora | ion, and their private property shall be exempt | from the corporate debts Of this corporation. | EIGHTH. The affairs of this corporation are to | De and they shall he conducteduby the board of | directors, consisting of five persons, who shall | De elected annually by the stockholders, at such ! lime and in such manner as shall be prescribed 1 5y the bylaws of this corporation, and all of I | 1f this corporation, and hereinafter no person
 shall be eligible to the office Of director unless | he isa stockhoider in the corporation; provided, | that said board Of directors may elect such o1i- l cers and appoint such committees from their | own number to aid in the management Of the | business, and the conducting the affairs of the 1 corporation they m Ay see fit, and vest in said ' officers and said committees all such powers as | hey may deem expedient. The following | named persons, who are subscribers to the cap ! ,tal stock of this corporation shall constitute I . ha rd n nf n nj l the first Monday fin Dece mber, 1892, and until
 their successors, duly qualified, shall be elected. A. Black, Thomas Hughes and Theodore J. Wolhey. Any person ceasing 10 be subscriber shall cease to be director. and hereinafter if
 any director shall cease to be . stockholder he | shall cease to be director. Vacancies fin :he
 board of directors shall be filled by the remain ing members of the board Immediately, as
 soon as practicable, after the filing of tht SC ar
 ticles in the office Of the county recorder of the County Of Pima, Territory O. Arizona, the per sons named herein as directors to serve until the first Monday in December, ise, until their successors, duly qualified shall be elected,
 shatl meet and organize as q board of di-
 rectors, adopt Dy laws, and prescribe in said bylaws the method of calling meetings of the board of directors and stockholders. ma- jority of said directors shall be quorum for the transaction of the business of said board. The stockhoders of the corporation are here- by authorized and empowered to increase or
 diminish the number of the members consti-
 tuting the board of directors of this corporation, by vote of the majority of the subscribed cap
 ital stock, and each share subscribed or held
 shall entitle the subscriber therefor or holder thereof to ole vote at all meetings of the sub
 scribers or holders of said stock, and in the
 said subscribers to or holders of the capital | stock shall by vote increase the number Of members of the said board of directors, the members of said board thus created snail each have the same powers as each or the live mem bers Of said board created by these articles.
 The board of directors of this corporation
 shall have power to establish by laws and make
 all rules and regulations deemed eXpodient for the management of the affairs of this corpora tion, and the officers thereof, not inconsistent
 with the constitution and laws of the United States and the laws Of this Territory.
 In witness whereof we have hereuntO set our hands and seals, this 21st day of November, 1891. -
 THEODORE ]. WOLFLEY, [seall
 STATES D. MORRISON, fseal]