Graham guardian., 1901-05-10
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Of The Taylor Cyclone Mercantile
Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsE
That,
We the undersigned, ]. II. Taylor, T.. W. Tay
lor and A. J. Taylor, all residing at Stafford
Graham County, Arizona Territory, and J l.
Frazier, residing at Lampasas. State of Texas
have this day associated ourselves together for
laws of The Territory of Arizona, ana in accord
ance with said laws, do hereby adopt. sign and
acknowledge these presents as its Articles of In
corporations.
ARTICLEI
The name of this corporation is and shall be
the Taylor Cyclone Mercantile Company, and
its principal place of business will be in the
rown of Stafford, in Graham County, Territory
of Arizona.
The names of the incorporators of this com
papy are ]. II. TAYLOR, Z. W. TAYLOR, and
A. j. TAYLOR of Stafford, Arizona and J. l.
FRAZER of Lampasas, Texas.
ARTICLE III.
The general nature of the business to be
transacted by said corporation and the object
for which it is formed is for the purpose of buy.
ing and selling all kinds of merchandise, both
al wholesale and relail; the carrying on of a
general mercantile business; the buyink and
selling OF hay, grain, feed, farming imp plements
of all descriptions, wagons, buggieS, and mer.
chandise and merchantable commodities OF
whatsoever kind and character.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the capital stock of said cor.
poration shall bs Twenty Thousand Dollars
tSl0,0OO.O0 divided into Two Hundred shares OF
the par value of One Hundred Dollars lslOO.OO)
each. nifty per centum of which shall be paid in
on or before the date of filing these articles with
the county recorder of said Graham county and
the remainder upon the call of the board of di.
rectors not later than the lst day of January,
1902.
ARTICLE ".
The corporate existence of this corporation
shall begin on the day of the filing of these
articles with said county Recorder of said Ora.
ham County, Arizona Territory, and the ter.
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thereafter.
ARTICLE V
The business of said corporation shall he con.
Quoted by Board of Four directors who shall
be stockholders in said corporation, and shall
be elected annually by the stockholders on the
First Tuesday after the first Monday in August
of each year, AT the principal place of business
herein mentioned, notice of the time and place
of holding said annual meeting and election to
be given as provided by the bylaws of said cor.
poration. Said directors shall hold office ft a
term of one year from the date of their election,
and until their successors shall be elected and
qualified,
The following named persons, being subscrib-
ers to the capital stock of said corporation, and
whose names and places of residence are as fol-
lows: j. H. TAYLOR. E. w. TAYLOR, and A.
in the Territory of Arizona, andJ L. FRAZER
residing at the Town of Lampasas, in the State
of Texas shall constitute the Board of Directors
of said corporation until the first Tuesday after
the first Monday of August, 1901, and until their
successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies
in said Board shall be filed by the remaining
members thereof for the unexpired term for
which the member vacating was elected A
majority of such members shall constitute a
quorum and any meeting of such quorum of
said Board of Directors shall be deemed a legal
meeting and have the same authority as a full
Board. The officers of the corporation shall be
q President, Vice President, Secretsry and
Treasurer and General Manager chosen an.
nually by said Board of Directors from among
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among the stockholders as said Board may
deem necessary to carry on said business. The
Board of Directors shah have power To remove
any officer at any time and TO fill all vaca ncles
caused by removal or otherwise. The follow
ing named persons shall constitute the officers
of said corporation until the first annual meet
ing i'll August, 1901: A. j. TAYLOR. Pre,ident
i. W. TAYLOR. Vice President; J. j.. FP AVER
Secretary and Treasurer, and "A, j. TAYLOR,
General Manager, unless sooner vacated by
the provisions herein contained.
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liabi-
ity to which this corporation at any time can
become subjected or TO which il shall subject
itself is the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, tsl0,-
000,00).
ARTICLE VII.
The private property of the officers and stock
holders of said corporation shall Oe exempt
from corporate debts thereof.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Board OF Directors OF said corporation
shall have power to establish bylaws and make
all needful rules and regulations for the man
agement of the affairs of said COZ poration not
inconsistent with the laws of the United states
and of this Territory.
ARTICLE TX.
These articles may be amended by majority
vote of the stock. at any regular meeting or at
any special meeting duly called after notice, for
that purpose, and any amenoment when so
adopted and signed and acknowledged by the
Intaf and ssf IT,.
shall have the same force and effect as though