Arizona republican., 1901-10-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE CONSOLIDATED MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY.

TURING COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. the under signed. have this day voluntarily asso- ciated ourselves together for the pu-- pose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of A-izona and do hereby certify as follows. to- wit:
 ARTICLE I. The name of said co-- poration shall be The Consolidated Manufacturing Company. and its prin- cipal place of transacting business shall be at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, with a branch office at the City of Toledo. State of Ohio. and at such other places as may be deter mined by the Board of Directors
 Tae names of the incorporators of said corporation are: J. R. B. Ransom. Ezra F. Kirk, A. w. Colter.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the different kinds of business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows. to-wit:
 To manufacture and sell Bicycles, Automobiles. all kinds of vehicles Forgings. Stove Rims. Oil Jacks. Um- brella Handles. other products of sheet steel, and Cycle fittings: purchase, oxvn and sell patents. and also acquire, own and sell stocks. bonds and other ir- terests in other corporations.
 ARTICLE III. Among the powers of this body corporate shall be: To have perpetual succession; to sue and .,e sued by :ts corporate name: to have common seal and alter the same at pleasure: to prescribe the mode of making transfers of stock or interests of Its stockholders; to make contracts: to acquire and transfer property of every kind and description. both reel and personal: and to possess the same powers in such respects as private indi- viduals now enjoy: to establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations deemed expedient for the management of it's affairs not inconsistent with t,Ie laws and constitution or the Cnlted States and the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
 ARTICLE ". The amount of the capital stock of the corporation shall be Six Hundred Thousand Dollars (s600.o00 divided into six thousand 6,O0O) shares, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars (s1OO each. fully paid up and forever non-assessabl
 ARTICLE V. The time of the conI- mencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of tn. Secretary of Arizona. and the termina- ton thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 ARTICLE VI. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by s Board of Directors. who shall be elect ed annually by the stockholders of the corporation.
 ARTICLE VII. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. to which this corporation shall subject itself at any time Is Four Hundred Thousand Dollars (s4Oo. .o0o). ARTICLE VIII. The private prop erty of the stockholders of this corpc- ration shall be exempt from all corpo- rate debts.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set our hands and seals this 4th day Of October. 1901
 J. R. B. RANSOM tSeal
 EZRA F. KIRK. (Seal)
 A. WILBER GOLFER. (Seal) State of Ohio. County of Lucas, ss
 On this 4th day of October. in the year 1901. before me Richard w Kirk ley. Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, residing therein. duly commissioned and sworn. personally appeared J. R. B Ransom, Ezra F.. Kirk and A. w. Colter, known to me to be the persons described in.
 
 who executed the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged 70 me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in the said State and County. the day and year last above written.
 (Seall R. w. KIRKLEY,
 Notary Public. My commission expires Feb. 1902. Territory of Arizona, County of Mari cOpa, sS.
 I. B. F. McFall County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid. hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original Art. of Incorp. of The Con- solidated Mani Co.,, filed and recorded in my office on the 9th day of Oct, 1901 in Book No. 9 of Art of lncorp. at pag. -. and that the same is a full, true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof
 Witness my hand and seal of office this day of Oct, 1901.
 (Seal) B. F. McFALL.
 County Recorder. Filed in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Arizona this eth day of October. A. D.. 1901. at D. m
 ISAAC T. STODDARD,
 Secretary of Arizona. First publication. Oct II.