Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-07-30
ARTICLES OF lNCCR-I
PORAflON
MESA HAY & GRAIN CO.

Know all Men by these Presents that we, Al
Chan iler, Z l. Atkins and H S Peterson, all Of
Mario npa Comfy, Arizona, desiring to incor-
por;.te ourselves under the provisions If e
laws of the Territory If Arlz ma, for the -
pose Of engaging in the lawful enterprises,
businesses, pursuits and occupations herein
after specified do make, 8: bscr.be and acknow-
ledge thes, articles Of incorporation and declare
1. lhe me assumed h. this corporation
and by which it shall be krowpsis the Mesa
Hay and Grain Comp Wy. anIssfts principa
place of transac,ing bu mess - Sansthe 7 wn of
Mesa City, in the County OF MsEaeepa, Arizona.
H. The ente. Prise, business, pursult and
! occup.ti n in W L:h this corporation proposes
to engage is that Of buying 81 selling hay
grain, alfalfa, and other products Of tn soil, to
| conduct general business in threehng grain
! alfalfa seed, etc., also to Tale hays TO borrow
money and to contract to pay the same at such
time or times and With such rate of interest as
It's Board of Directors may deem proper and
ft to buy and sell real estate and personal
property and to hold the same, to hypothsc4te,
mortgage or pledge ell or any pat of the
property which this CORPORATE may acquire,
to secLle the pawn aht OF such money with
interet or to secu e the payment Of any debt
of this corporation with such Interest or in
terests thereon it may be legally obligated
to pay.
III The amount of the capital stock of this
corporation shall be the sum Of Ten Thousano
Dollars. divided into One Hundred Shares Of
One Hundred Dollars each. The stock sfa
he fully paid before being issued and shall II"
non- .ssess BILE thereafter, ana all sto tx shall
be fully paid up at the time it IS subssri ocl for
w. That the tine OF the Con Tlencen ent Ct
this corporation shall be the date of tie day OF
the filing of these articles in the Office IF the
c UNITY Recorder OF Maricopa County, Tertitor
Of Arizona, and the Termination" there f shall be
twenty-five years thereafter.
v. The affairs Of this corporation are to be
ard they shalI be con tucted by Board of
. Directors on>lsting of three PERSONS, and the
! II wing named person wlo are subscrih ers
| TO the capital stock Of this rporatiln and
stockhol .Cr5 thereof ami therein, shall con-
stitu.e In. Board of Directors of this corpora
tion until the first Iuesdty in January, 1893
! and until their successors are ouly elected and
q lalifie |, VIZ ] Claudier, Z Atkins and II
= Peterson. The officers shall consist OF
President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall
be elected by the Directo.s: All officers of the
company shall be -tockholdeis therein.
VI. The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability, dil,ct or.ctLtIntent, 20 viii, h this
,orp ration i, at any time to be subjected to
suject itself IS the sum of $1,000.
VII. The stockholders of this corpolat Oh
and their private property shall be eAemI
from the corporate debts of this corp raj ~.
In wit.ess whereof we have hereunta set our
hands and seals this 7th day Of May, 1897.
A. j. CH- Miller, (ssAL
CT ATKINS, (ssAL
H. 8. PETERSON, (sEAt)
TERRITORY Of ARIZONA, GO
C,U,TI Or MARIcyTa.
Eeft re me, a Snowman, Notary ruo'i c IN
and for the County Of Maricopa, Territory Of
Arizona, OH this day personally appeare! * j
Chandler, G Atkins and II S Peterson know
to me to he the persons whose names are sub
scrihed to the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to ME that they exc, uted the
same for the purpose and consde ration therein
expressed. RI
Owen under my hann and seal CT ofic, this
9TH day of May, ID 1897. ut
A'P. SnTwM,N,
Meta fu1lic !
Ny commission Expires June /, 1898.
TEERrroRY OF ARR Ma, r
County If Marlc0pa.
I, County Recor1er in and for the County |
and Territor, aforesaid, do he eby certify that
the within instrument was filed for record at
3 As o'clock on this Ilth day Of May, l99,
an duly recorded in Book NO 2 OF Corporation.
records Of Maricola County, Arizona, at page
% Il = = /
Witness nv har and Ctfi .ial seal the Cay
and year ah4ve VIZ CT.
7. ". SHERIDAN,
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