Arizona republican., 1891-12-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Arizona Republican Company

We, Theodore J. Woltiey and States D. Morrl- 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 cetnlng Corporations" approved March X, 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enter prlses, business pursuit and occupation herein. alter specified, do make, subscribe and ac- Knowledge according 10 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 or transacting business is the City of Tucson, County of Pima, in the Territory of Arizona, and the time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing of these articles in the office of the county re corder, County of Pima, in the Territory of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty five l25l 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 other newspapers as the board of directors of thi corporation shall here matter desire 70 publish, to carry on the busi- ness of publishers generally, to do general job printing, engraving, lthOgraphing and publi- cation business, and to acquire, possess, hold and enjoy, and use all kinds of property incl dental or convenient, or necessary in andabOut the carrying on oi said business, and to buy and sell printing presses, types and all other kinds Ot Spparntus, implements, furniture, tools and other property convenient, or useful, or necessary in and about the said business hercinabOve named; tO borrow money and cOu- tract to repay the same at such time or times, and with such rate or raIcs Of interest as ils board Of directors see it, end tO nypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part Of the prop erty of this corporation, aud all orany part of the property which this corporation may hereinafter acquire; tosecnre the payment Of suen money with interest, or to secure the payment of any debt of this corporation, with such interest thereon as it may legally Obiigate itself to pay.
 THIRD. The place where this corporation will mol iFa1 aft lf.1ug g,fk is the City of Tucson, m the County of Pima Territory of Arizona.
 FouRTiI. The amount Of the capital stock of this corporation shall be fifty thousand (jOODOl dollars, divided into five thousand shares of ten HO) dollars each, and the time when, and the condition upon which tt Is to be paid are as fol. lows, tO-wit The entire face value thereof i'm mediately upon making the subscription there for.
 FIFTH. The par value of each share of the cap ital stock Of this corporate shall be ten tlO) dollars.
 SIXTH The highest amount of indebtedness, or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation at any time Is to be subjected, is the sum of fifteen thousand (l5,OOOj dollars.
 SEVENTH. The stockholders in this corpora tion, and their private property shall be excmp pt from the corporate debts of this corporation.
 EIGHTH. The affairs of this corporation are to be and they shall be conducted by the board of directors, consisting of i've persons, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders, st such time and in such manner as shall be presCrl bed Dy the by-lhNb or tnls corporation, and all Of whom shall be subscribers to the capital stock Ui this corporation, and hereinafter no person snail be eligible to the office of director unless he isa stockholder in the corpOratiOn; provided, that said board Of directors may elect such off cers and appoint such committees from their own number to aid in the management of the business, and the conducting the affairs of the corporation as they may see fit, and vest in said officers and said committees all such powers as they may deem eXpedient. The following named persons, who are subscribers to the cap ital stock Of this corporation shall constitute the board of directors of this corporation until the first Monday in Dece nber, 1892. and until their successors, duly qualified shall be elected tO.wit Lewis WOliley, Clark Churchill, John A. Black, Thomas Hughes and Theodore J. Woliiey. Any person ctasing Co be q subscriber shall cease to be a director. End hereinafter if any direc'Or shall cease to be q stockholder he shall cease to be director. Vacancies in :he board of directors shall be filled by the remain ing members of the board. Immediately, or as soon practicable, after the filing of tn, SC ar ticles in the office of the county recorder of the County of Pima, Territory of Arizona, the per sons named herein as directors tO serve until the first Monday in December, 1892, until their successors, duly qualified, shall be elected shall meet and organize as board of di- rectors, adopt Oy laws, and prescribe in said bylaws the method of calling meetings of the board of directors and stockholders. ma iOrity of said directors shall be quorum for the transaction of the business of said board
 The stockho ders 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 O Ie vote at all meetings of the sub scrbers or holders Of said stock, and in case the said subscribers to or holders ot the capital stock, shall by vote increase the number of members Of the said board of directors. the members of said board thus created shall each have the same powers as each of the five mem. bers of said board created by these articles.
 The board Of directors of this corporation shall have power to establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations deemed expedient 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 2lst day of November, 1891.
 THEODORE J. WOLFLEY, [seall
 STATES D. MORRISON, seali