Arizona republican., 1902-05-17
ARTICLES OF INcORPORATION
 OF THE INTERNAT1O SERUM TOXIN COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE That we whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate together for the purpose 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: Frank II. Cooper, Peter NJ. Brum- Chas. A. Cooper. Francis A. Sieber. and the name of the corporation shall be The international Serum Toxin Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory Of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix. Maricopa, County. and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Chicago. Cook County, in the State of Illinois. 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 of Arizona. as may be es- tabished by the Board Of Directors.
 Second The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows. to-wit:
 To purchase. lease. bond, locate or acquire. own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge. mort gage. hypothecate and deal in real es- tate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines, mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, as phaltum, petroleum. water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine. explore, operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate, and mercantile busi- ness; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares Of capital stock of other corpora tions: to borrow money and execute notes, bonds. mortga ges or deeds of trust to secure the same. and to exercise in re- spect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes. shares of capital stock and other securities 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 a natural person might or could do; and 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 ritory of Arizona; and to manufacture. buy, sell, administer and deal in in any manner whatsoever a certain medicine or specific known as pr. Sieber's Serum Toxin. or any of the ingredients there of. or any other medicine or specific
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall he One Million Dollars ($1, O00), di- vided into one million shares of the par value of One Dollar ($100) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and trans fer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corpora ton. in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thareupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secre- tary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Firth. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by q board of five directors and the following named shall constitute the Beard of Directors until their successors are elected: Frank H. Cooper. Peter NJ. Baumgardner. Fran cis A. Sieber, C. 4. Carey and Chas. A. Cooper Thereafter the Board of di- rectors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of the cor poration may provide.
 Sixth: The highest amount Of in- debtedness or liability, direct or con- tingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,0O0.00).
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders Of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts Of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of April. 1902.
 FRANK H. COOPER. (SeaD
 PETER NJ. BAUMGARDNER. (SeaD FRANCIS A. SIEBER. (SeaD CHAS. A. COOPER. (SeaD
 Sldle CI 1lllIOlS, county or COOK, SS.
 On this 18th day of April, in the year 1902, before me, F. L. Klein, a Notary Public in and for the state and county aforesaid, residing therein. duly com missioned and sworn, personally ap- peared Frank H. Cooper, Peter M. BaUmgardner. Frank A. Sieber and Chas. A. Cooper, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names
 are subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowledged to me that they eXecut-
 ed the same for the purposes and con lsiderations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof l have hereunto
 set my hand and affixed my official seal
 at my cffice in the said state and coun-
 ty, the day and year last above written | (Notary SeaD F. l.. KLEIN, Notary Public.
 My commission expires
 | Territory of Arizona. County of Mari
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 I, B. F. McFall County Recorder ir
 and for the county and territory afore-
 said, hereby certify that l have com
 pared the foregoing copy with the orig