Mesa free press., 1897-07-02
ARTICLES OF INo0R-
PoRATIoN
-OF-
NJ EsA HAY & GRAIN 90.

Know all Men BY tn ;se Pre- snts tn u we, A J
Chandler, c Atkins and H 8 Petereon, all OF
Maricopa Comfy, Arizona, desiring to incor-
porate ourselves under the provisions Of the
laws Of the Territory Of Arizons, for the pur-
pose OF engaging in the lawful enterprises,
businesses. pursuits and occupations herein
after specified, do make, subscribe and acknow-
ledge these articles of incorporation and declare
1, The name assumed by this corporation
and by which it shall be known is the Mesa
Hay and GraiA Company, a9i it's principa
place of transacting business is in the ToWn Of
Mesa City, in the County Of Maricopa, Arizona.
II. The enterprise, business, pursuit and
occupation in which this corporation proposes
to engage is that of buying ard selling hay
gFain, alfalfa, and other products of the SOIL to
conduct general business in threshing grain
alfalfa seed, etc., also to bale hay, to borrow
money and to contract to pay the same at spsh
time Or times and with such rate of lntarest as
its Board of Directors pay deem proper and
fit, to buy and sell real estate and personal
property and to hold the same, to hypothscate,
mortgage or pledge all or any part of the
property which this corporation may acquire,
to secure the payment of such money with
interest or to secu the payment of any debt
Of this corporation with such ihterest or in
terests thereon as it may be legally obligated
to pay.
III. The amount of the eapital stock Of this
corporation shall be the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars. divided into One Hundred Shares of
One Hundred Dollars each. The stock shall
be fully paid before being issued and shall be
non -assessable thereafter, ani all stock shall
be fully paid up at the time it is subs ;rbcl for.
Nv. That tho time OF the commencement OF
this corporation shall be the date Of the day of
the filing of these articles in the office of the
County Recorder of Maricopa County. Territor
Of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five years thereafter.
V. The affairs Of this corporation are to be
and they shall be conducted by Board OF
Directors consisting of three persons, and the
following named persons, who are subscribers
to the capital stock Of this corporation and
stockholders thereof and therein. shall con-
stitute the Board of Directors of this corpora
tion until the first Tuesday in January, 1893
and until their successors are duly elected snd
qualified, vlz Chandler, c L Atkins and II
s Peterson. The officers shall consist Of q
President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall
be elected by the Directors: All officers Of the
company shall be STOCKHOLDERS thereiL.
VI. The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability, direct or contine mt, to which this
corporation is at any time to be subjected or to
suiect itself is the sum OF Sc, 1000.
VII. The stockholders of this corporation
and their private property shall be exemp
from the corporate debts of this corporation:
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 7th day of May, 1897.
A. J. CHANDLER. (ssAL
G. l.. ATKINS, .(sEAL
H. 8. PETERSON, (sEAb)
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, CO
County OF MARICoTA.
Refcre me, a Sheyman, Notary Public in
and for the County of Marieopa, Territory OF
Arizona, on this day personally appeared A J
Chandler, c I Atkins and H S Peterson know
to me to be the persons those names are SUBJ
soribed to the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to me that they executed Tie
same for tho purpose and consideration therein
expressed.
Owen under my hand and seal Of Office this
7th day of May, A 1897.
A'P. sHKwnAx.
Notary Public
My commission Expires June l, 1898.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County Of Maricopa.
I. County Recorder in and for the County
and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that
the within instrument was filed for record at
As o'clock p M on this 11th day of May, 1897,
and duly recorded in Book NO 2 Of Corporations
Records Of Maricopa County, Arizona, at pages
520-1.
Witness my hand and official seal the day
and year above written.
F: w. SHERIDAN,
County kecorde