Arizona republican., 1896-03-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 The Pheniz Drug Company.

We Edward Butt, Edward Butt, Jr, and B, A. Flckas, Of the County Of MaricOpa, Territory of Arizona. desiring to form corporation for business purposes. under the laws of the Ter 11tory Of Arizona as escrlDed by the Revised Statutes of said Territory approved March s, 1887, with all amendments thereto. do make, subscribe and acknowledge the following Articles of 1ncorportion:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation is 'The Ph9nix Drug Company and the principal D ace of transactlng it's business shall be Ill the County of Maric0pa. Territory of Arizona. with it's office in the City of PhGnix, in said County and Territory.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature Of the business to be pur- sued by this corporation and in wb ch it pro- poses to engage, is and shall be, that of nanu- facturing and jobblng of drags, chemicals and proprietary medicines, and the buying and selling of all articles usually handled in this line of trade.
 Also to own and conduct general retail and prescription drug store. It shall have the right to buy, sell hold, use and enjoy all kinds of property, real, personal and mlxed, and what may be necessary or use full for the purpose of carrying on the business aforesaid; and it may sell, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of said pro perty owned by said corporation necessary for the purpose of carrying on the said business of said corporation
 ARTICLE III. The amount of the Capital Stock of this corporation is Fifty Thousand (s5e OOO) Dollars divided into five hundred G0O) shares of the par value of One Hundred $l00) Dollars each; and the time when and the conditions upon which said Capital Stock shall be pad in, are | as follows, 10 wit: Fifty (5O per cent of the par value of each share snail be paid Tn upon the issuance of each of sa1 shares, the balance | OF any part th ereof of he par value of aid shares shall be paid for by the holders thereof whenever the Board of Directors of said cor poration shall direct and the said shares shall be nOn- asseSsable.
 ARTICLE W. The time of the commencement Of this cor | poration shall be the date of the fling of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of Maricopa County, Territory ! of Arizona and the tern ination of this cor poration shall be Twenty-Fiv (259 yelIs there | after.
 ARTICLE V | The officers of this corporation shall be a president, vice president, secretary treasurer, and three directors, and such othsr officers as the Board of Directors may hereafter consider necessary for the conduct of the said business | The affairs of this corporation shall be con. | ducted by the said Board of Directors, who shs Il be stockholders of said co, porat tion l The first election of officers of this corporation shall take pace immediately after the fling of 1 these Articles ofIncorporatfon of with the County l Recorder of ssid Marico oa County, and the officers so elected shall hold their respective i offices for period of one year from the da e of | election and until their successors are el cted and qualified.
 1 ARTICLE VI. | The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself, is the sum of Twenty Thousand (s20,Oo0) Dollars
 ARTICLE VII. The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt from the cor pOrate debts of this corporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Phoenix, Arizona, this 18th day of February, A. D., 1896.
 Signed EDWARD BUTT, [Seall | Signed, B. A FICKAS, [Seal]
 Signed, EDWARD BUTT, JR. [Seal.1 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. ss
 County of Maricopa.
 Before me, G M. Little Notary Public in and for said County and Territory. on this day personally appeared Edwart Butt, Edward Butt, Jr., and B. A. Fickas, of the County of MaricOpa, Territory of Arizona, each personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to to the foregoing 1nstru- ment. and they each se7erally acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the pur- poses and considerations therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 2Sth day of February A. D. 1896.
 Signed, G. M. LITTLE.
 (sEAL.] Notary Public.