Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-12-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
WESTERN LIVE STOCK COMPANY.

WESTERN LIVE STOCK COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. the within
named and undersigned. with the pur-
pose of forming a corporation under
the laws OF the Territory OF Arizona. OF
the nature and for the purposes herein
after set forth. have adopted and do
| hereby publish the following ARTI-
| Giles OF INCORPORATION:
FIRST: The names of the corpo-
rators are:
JOHN II. DICKINSON of Sausai.to.
California.
CHARLES NJ. MANNoN of San
Francisco. California.
w. A HALSTED of San Francisco,
California.
ADOLPH HUBER OF San Francisco.
California.
e. A. KoLB of San Francisco. Cali
| fornia.
T. F. A. OBERMEYER of San Fran
cisco. California.
FRED. RATHJENS of San Fran
cisco, California.
E. c. HUGHES of san Francisco.
California.
WILLIAM CUFF of San Francisco.
California.
SECOND: The name of the corpora
"WESTERN LIVE STOCK COM
PANY."
THIRD: The corporation is formed
to endure for the period of twenty-five
years from and after the date of its
incorpora ton.
FOURTH: The principal place of
transacting business is Phoenix, Mari
copa County. Arizona. with a branch
office a San Francisco. California.
FIFTH: The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
the corporation is that of purchasing.
owning. managing. improving and SELL
ing real estate; borrowing money. Civ
ing prorlissory notes therefor and
mcrtgaging real and personal property
as security for its repayment; purchas-
ing. raising owning. selling and
Strengthening live stock of every kind
and description; dressing, packing and
marketing meat of every kind and de-
script.on: conducting and managing
vineyards and farm or farms and
marketing the produce thereof in its
original or in a manufactured state:
and generally to do all things neces-
sGry for the proper conduct OF the bust
ness OF such general nature
SIXTH: The capital stock of the
corporation shall be TWO HUNDRED
AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(S2f0. Ooo) and shall consist OF two hun
dre1 (2CO) shares of the par value OF
twelve hundred dollars C12O0) each.
SEVENTH: The shares of stock of
the corporation shall be n-assessable
for any purpose. beyond the full
amount of their par value.
EIGHTH: The private property of
the members or stockholders OF the
corporation shall be exempt from liza
bil:ty for the debts of the corporation,
except to the amount OF unpaid INSTALL
rylents on the stock owned By them. or
transferred to them for the purpose of
defraudiny creditors.
NINTH: The corporation shall at
no time be subject to any indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent. OF a
greater amount than one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars (S1G0.0G0) in the
aggregate.
TENTH: All meetings of the stock
holders and of the Boardsof Directors
of the corporation shall be held with
in or without the Territory of Arizona
and at such times and places as shall
be provided in the bylaws to be adopt
ed by the corporal ton, or by any
amendment thereof.
ELEVENTH: The cumulative sys-
tenn CT voting shall be used at all cleo
lions of Directors Of the corporation.
that is. each stakeholder may cast as
many votes for each director as he has
shares of stock, or he may cast as
many votes for one director as the
number of his shares multiplied by the
number of directors TO be elected. or he
may divide such votes among the pum-
Der of directors to be elected in such
manner as he may see fit.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
9Th day OF December. 1901.
EDWARD c. HUGHES. (Seal)
CHARLES NJ. MANNON. (Seal)
Z. a. KOLB. (SealD
ADOLPH HUBER. (Seal)
T. F. a. OBERMEYER. (SeaL)
JOHN II. DICKINSON. (Seal)
w. y. HALSTED. (SesL
WILLIAM CLUFF. (Seal)
FRED RATHJENS. (SeaL)
State of California, city and County OF
San Francisco, SIS.
Before me. CHAS. Il. STANLEY. a
Notary Public in and for the City AMI
County OF San Francisco. State of
California. on this day personally APP
pearcd JOHN II. DICKINSON,
CHARLES NJ. MANNON, w. a. Hall
STED. \. HUBER, e. a KOLB.
FRED RATHJENS, r. F. A. ODER
MEYER, L. G. HUGHES and WILL
LIAM CLUFF, known to me to be the
persons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and ac-
knowledged to me that they and each
of them executed the same for the pur-
pose and consideration therein ex-
pressed.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of
office, this 9Th day of December. A. d.
1901
My commission expires on the 18th
day of August, 1902
(Seal) CHAS r STANLEY