Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-01-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
BAY STATE CHEMICAL COM
PANY."

| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose hands
ere hereunto affixed. do hereby asso
c,3 te ourselves together for the pur-
pose OF forming a corporation under
the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
and to that end make the following
| statement:
! First;
| The names of the corporators are
Allen d. Hammond, John II. McCleave,
Leslie T. Adams. and the name of the
COZ poratfon shall be BAY STATE
| CHEMICAL COMPANY. The princi-
,sal place in which the business of said
| corpora ton within the Territory of
| Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix,
| MGricopa County, Arizona, and the
principal place of business OF said cor
poration outside the Territory of Ari-
zCna shall be the City of Brockton, in
| the State of Massachusetts. at which
meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held. and the corporation may have
such branch Offices either within or
| without the Territory may be estab
| LIS he'd by the Board of Directors.
| Second:
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
puration is as follows, to-wit:
| To purchase, lease, bond. locate or
otherwise acquire, own. exchange, sell.
CT otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort
gage. hypothecate and deal in any and
! all kinds Of personal property; to do
general manufacturing ana mercantile
! bJ siness: to own. handle and control
letters patent and inventions; to Dor
| row money and execute notes, bonds,
mortgages or deeds Of trust to secure
he TO ay in P.t of
all such bonds, mortgages, notes,
shares of capital stock and other secu-
rites and obligations any and all
| rights, powers and privileges OF indi-
vidual owners thereof, including the
right to vote upon any shares of stock
| held by it to the same extent that
natural person might o. could do; ami
in general to do all things necessary
| to the proper conduct of the business
of this corporation in the Territory and
elsewhere, not inconsistent with the
| laws of the United States and the Ter
ritcry of Arizona.
Third:
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Three
I Hundred Thousand dollars (s30O, 000j
divided into sixty thousand shares OF
the par value of Five dollars (s5.O0)
each. two thousand shares of which
shall be known as preferred stock and
| the remainder to be known as common
ste ok. At such time as the Board OF
| Directors may by resolution direct.
| said capital stock shall be paid into
| this corporation either i'm cash by
| tho sale and transfer to it of real or
| personal property for the uses and pur-
poses of said corporation, in payment
| for which shares of the capital stock
of said corpora ton may be issued. and
| TIE capital stock so issued shall there
uron and thereby become and be fully
| paid up and worcestershire. and in the
| absence of actual fraud In the transact
ton the judgment Of the Directors as
TO the value OF the property purchased
snail be conclusive.
Fourth:
The time of the commencement of
this corpora ton shall be the date of the
| fling OF these articles of Incorporate
III the office OF the Secretary OF Ari-
iona, and the termination thereof shall
| be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth:
The affairs of this corporation shall
| be conducted by a Board of Three Di-
| rectors and the following named shall
| constitute the Board of Directors until
| their successors are elected: Allen ID.
! Hammond, John II. McCleaVe, ana
| Leslie T. Adams and said Board of
Directors may be increased hereafter
| by the adoption or amendment of the
| bylaws of this corporation. There
after the Board of Directors shall be
elected from among the stockholders as
the bylaws of the corpora ton may
| provide.
The highest amount o. Indebtedness
| or liability, direct or contingent. to
which this corporation is at any time
subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand
dollars (s25.00O). - a. g..
Seventh:
The private property OF the stock
| holders of this corporation shall be OK
| eppt from corporate debts of any kind
| whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
| hereunto set our hands and seals this
ninth day of January. 1902.
| ALLEN d. HAMMOND. (SeaD
JOHN II. McCLEAVE. (SeaD
| LESLIE T. ADAMS (SeaD
| State of Massachusetts. County of Ply
mouth. SIS.
On this ninth day of January, in the
year 1902, before me, Richard w. Nut
ter a Notary Public in and for the
State and County aforesaid. residing
therein, duly commissioned and sworn.
NTSonahS appeared Allen ID. Ham
mond. John II. McCleave and Leslie 7.
Adams. known to me to be. the persons
described in. whose names are sub
SCI ibed to, and who executed the an
| rexed instrument. and they acknowl-
edged to me that they executed the
| same for the purposes and considcra-
tons therein expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. l have
hsreunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal. at my office in the said
state and County, the day and year
last above written
(Notaria1 Seal)