Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-05-29
ARTICLES OR INCORPORATION
OF THE
Alhambfa Mercantile and Real Estate Co.
Of ALEXANDRIA, MarieOpa County, Arizona.

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We, ] .siah Harbert George W. Harbert, Ar
thur E. Hinton, Gilbert D. Gray aud John T.
Harbert, whose names are herein subscribed
for the purpose of forming corporation and
being incorporated under the laws OF the terfl-
tory OF Arizona, and especially an Act OF the
legislative assembly thereof entitled ian Act
concerning corporations" approved March Sth,
1887, and all Acts amendatory thereto, have
adopted, signed and acknowledged these artl-
cles of incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
The name of the corporators of this cor
poration are: Josiah Harbert, George W. Har-
bert, Arthur E. Hinton, Gilbert d. Gray and
joint T. Harbert.
The name of this corporation, and by
which it shall be designated and known,
is the ALEXANDRA Mercantile and Real Es-
tate Company, ana it's principal place
of transact1ng business is and shall be IN
the town of ALEXANDRA, Maricopa county, terri
places as its board OF directors may from time
to time hereafter designate.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature and character of the bust
ness proposed to be transacted by this corpor-
alton is and shall be that of a general whole
sale and retail mercantile and real estate bust
ness, buying and selling all kinds of farm pro-
duets and supplies and buying and selling all
kinds of real estate and buying and selling any
product whatever that is manufactured, grown
or produced, also stock in other corporations.
ARTICLE Ill
The authorized capital stock of this corpora
ton is fifty Thousand ESQ, 00O dollars, divided
into five hundred 5000 shares of the par value
of one hundred Q00 dollars per share. The
when and the conditions upon which said
capital stock is to be paid in are as follows
All stock snail be paid in full in cash, or in
property at the time said stock is issued and
no stock shall be issued by this company until
it shall be fully paid, and thereafter shall be
worcestershire.
ARTICLE ".
The time of commencement of this corpora
ton shall be the date of the filing of these
articles of incorporation for record with the
county recorder OF Marlcopa county, Arizona
territory, and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five (25) years thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by a board OF directors consisting of
five (5) persons, each of whom shall be stock
holder in the corporation, and shall be elected
at the annual meeting of the stockholders and
hold their resi- ect1ve offices as such directors
for one year, or until their successors are
elected and qualified; provided, that any officer
or director ceasing to be a stockholder shall
cease to be an officer or director in the corpor-
alton, and any vacancy in the board of direc-
tors shall be filled by the board until the next
annual meeting of the stockholders. The first
annual meeting of the stockholders of this cor.
poration shall be held at the office of the cor
poration in the town of Alhambra, Arizona
territory, on the second Monday in January,
1896, at the hour of 10 O'Clock, a. M, aud the
annual meeting of the stockholders shall be
thereafter neld at the hour of 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day.
ARTICLE VI.
The officers of this corporation shall be a
president, vice president, secretary and treas
urer, each OF whom shall be elected by the
board of directors from among their number
at the next annual meeting after their annual
election in each year.
The president shall be the chief executive of
oft ha ha1
eral management of all it's affairs subject 70
the approval and control of the board of direc
tors. All certificates of stock, contract and
other papers except checks shall be signed in
the corporate name by the president, and in
his absence or inability to act, the vice presi-
dent shall posses all the powers and perform
the corporation may be signed by either the
president or secretary.
ARTICLE VII.
The following named persons who are sub
scribers to the capital stock of this corporation
shall constitute the board of directors and of
fcers of this corporation until the second Mon
day in January, 1896, and until their successors
are duly elected and qualified viz: Josiah
Harbert, president: Gilbert D. Gray, Vice Presi-
dent; George w Harbert, secretary; Arthur 4.
Hinton, Treasurer.
The above named board of directors shall as
soon as practicable after the fling of these
articles of incorporation in the Office of the
county recorder of Maricopa county, Territory
of Arizona, meet and adopt by laws and may
prescribe in said by laws the method of calling
meetings of the board OF directors and stock
holders The board of directors shall have
power to prescribe the duties of the officers and
agents of the corporation and fix their salaries
and compensations. A maj 1rity OF the board of
directors shall constitute quorum and any
meeting of said board of directors at which
quorum shall be present. shall be deemed a
legal meeting and have the same authority as
a full board whether the absent members shall
have had first notice of said meeting or not.
ARTICLE VIII.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liabil-
ity to which this corporation is at any time to
subject itself is the sum of Twenty Thousand
$3.50 000) Dollars.
ARTICLE TX.
The private property OF the individual stock
holders of this corporation is and shall be eX-
empt from the corporate debts OF the corpora
ton.
ARTICLEX.
The corporation shall never lean its credit
for the purpose of endorsing commercial papers
or becoming security on any bond or obligation
whatsoever
ARTICLE XI.
The board OF directors shall have power to
borrow money, execute the corporate note or
bond of the company to secure the payment of
the same by mortgage on the company's pro-
perty OF in any other manner designated by the
board of directors.
ARTICLE XII
These articles of incorporation may be
amended at any annual meeting of the stock
holders or at any special meeting of the stock
holders called Tor that purpose by majority
vote of all the stock then issued, voting in
favor of such amendment and all amendments
SO made shall be signed and acknowledged by
and effect as the original articles OF incorpora
ton without the signature OF the individual
stockholders whereto.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
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