The Arizona sentinel., 1891-12-26
ARTICLES OF Igc0R9oRATIOE CT THs
YUMA FRUIT COMPANY.

John Fl. Carpenter and Elisha NJ. Sanford,
residents OF the Territory Of Arizona, and
Earl +. Coe and Fred il. Coe, residents of
the State Of Colorado, desiring TO erect
corporation under aud by virtue Of the
laws of the Territory Of Arizona, for the
plrpose OF engaging in the lawful enter
prize, business pursuits and occupation
hereinafter mentioned do hereby make,
subscribe and acknou ledge these articles of
Incol poration and declare:
The name assumed by this corporation
and by " hich 1T shall be known is the
Va ma Fruit Company and the principal
place OF business shall he the County Of
Yuma, Territory of Arizona, with branch
otIice at the City OF Denver, III the state OF
| Colorado.
The enterprises, pursuits and business
occupation in y hich this cooperation pro
poses to engage Is DIS follows, namely gen
erat fruit. agricultural. gardening, mer-
chandiSe aud st0ckraising business; and to
buy, sell, lease, let, hold, acquire and con
vey water, water rights and the use of
water, land and all other kinds of property,
real, personal, chattels, real and mixed,
convenient and useful for the purposes
aforesaid; and to ALLEVIATE, sell, lease,
mortgage. pledge, hypothe"ate and di<-
pose of the same or ANY part thereof.
Ill.
The amount of the capital stock of this
corporation shall be five hundred Thousand
dollars $500, 000), divided into fifty thous.
aGd 80, 000) shares of the par value of ten
(St0) dollars each, and the time when, and
the conditions upon which said capital
stock is to be paid Is as follows, to- wit:
! The whole thereof Immediately upon max
ing the subscription therefor, and said
stock shall lie fully paid before being is
sued and non assessable thereafter,
".
The time of the commencement of this |
corporation shall be on the day of the filing
of these articles of this corporation in the |
office of the County Recorder of the county |
of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the |
termination of said corporation shall be |
twenty five (25l years thereafter.
The affairs of this corporation are to be |
and they shall be conducted by d Board of
Directors consisting Of five person who |
shall be elected annually by the stock
holders at such time and III such manner AS
shall be prescribed by the bylaws of this |
corporation and all OF whom shall be sub
scribers to the capital stock thereof. The |
following named persons who are sub |
scribers to the capital stock of this corpor-
alton, shall constitute the Board Of Direc-
tors OF this corporation until the third |
Monday in October. a. D. 1892, and until |
their successors are duly elected and quail
fed, to-wit Edwin 4. Netmore, Earl B. |
Coe, Fred Z. Coe, John II. Carpenter and |
Elisha NJ. Sanford.
VI
The highest amount OF indebtedness di-
rect or contingent TO hich tins corporation |
is at any time to be subjected or TO subject !
ITSELF is the sum OF three hundred tnous-
and dollars $500, 000j.
VII.
The stockholders of this corporation
and their private property, shall be exempt
from the corporate debts of this corporation.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this oath day of
November, A. ID. 1891.
EDWIN A. WETMoRE, lSeal
JOHN H. CARPENTER. (Seal.)
ELISHA NJ. SANFORD, (SeaL)
EARL b. Coz, (Seal
FRED (. Coz (Seal1
Territory of Arizona,
County Of Yuma 60
Before me, Charles II. Brinley, Clerk of |
the District Court of the Third judicial
District of the Territory of Arizona, i'll
and for the County of Yuma, on this day
personally appeared Edwin A. Wetmore,
Earl B. Coe, Fred E. Coe, John H. Carpen-
ter and Elisha NJ. Sanford, known to me to
be the persons whose names are subscribed
to the foregoing instrument, and they each
DULY acknowledged to me that they and
each of them severally executed the same
for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of said
court this oath day of November, A. d.
1891.
[Seall c. H. BRINLEY,
Clerk Dist Court, Sd Judicial Dist, Terri
tory Arizona, County of Yuma.
Recorded at the request of j. II. Car
penter, November Oath, 1891, at 10 min.
utes past o'clock D. m.
]. L. Relordo, County Recorder
Territory of Arizona,
County of Yuma.
l, ]. L. Redondo, County Recorder in
and for the County of Yuma, Territory of
Arizona, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is true, full and
copy Of the articles of
of the Yuma Fruit Company,
as the same appears of record in Book of
Bonds and Agreements; page 229 ct seq.
Records of Yuma County.
Witness my hand and seal of office
[Seal.l this24th day of November, A.
ID. 1891.
J. L. REDoNDo,
County Recorder.