Arizona republican., 1902-01-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
BAY STATE CHEMICAL COM
PANY"

PANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose hands
ere hereunto affixed, do hereby asso-
c,s te ourselves together for the pur-
pose of forming a corporation under
tie 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 H. McCleave,
Leslie T. Adams. and the name of the
cor poration shall be BAY STATE
CHEMICAL COMPANY. Fhe princi-
pal place in which the business of said
corporation within the Territory of
Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix.
Maricopa 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 as may be estab
liz he'd by the Board of Directors.
Second:
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
p,,ration 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
al kinds of personal property; to do
general manufacturing ana mercantile
BIT siness: to own, handle and control
letters patent and inventions; to Dor
row money end execute notes, bonds.
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the same. and to exercise in respect 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 II to the same extent that
natural person might or 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
ritory of Arizona.
Third:
The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Three
Hundred Thousand dollars (s300.000j
divided into sixty thousand shares of
the par value of Five dollars (s5.00)
each. two thousand shares of which
shall be known as preferred stock and
the rema Under to be known common
| ST. elk. 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 transfer to II Of real or
personal property for the uses and pur-
poses of said corporation, in payment
I
of said corporation may be issued, and
tie capital stock so issued shall there
| upon and thereby become and be fully
paid up and worcestershire, and in the
| absence of actual fraud In the transac-
ton the judgment of the Directors as
to the value of the property purchased
shall be conclusive.
Fourth:
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date of the
filing of these articles of incorpora ton
in the office of the Secretary o; 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
Hammond. John H. NcCIeave, am
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 rs
the bylaws of the corporation may
provide.
Sixth:
The highest amount or Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent &c
which this corpora ton is at any time
subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand
dollars Cs25, oOO).
. Seventh:
The private property OF the stock
holders of this corporation shall be ex
, crypt from corporate debts of any kline
i whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hav.
hereunto set our hands and seals thi
ninth day of January, 1902.
ALLEN d. HAMMOND. (Seal
! JOHN Fl. McCLEAVE (Seal
, LESLIE T. ADAMS. (SeaI
State of Massachusetts, County of Ply
mouth, SIS.
. On this ninth day of January, in tn
L year 1902, before me. Richard W. Nut
1 ter, Notary Public in and for tn
State and County aforesaid, residing
= therein, duly commissioned and sworr
I personally appeared Allen d. Ham
p mond, John H. McCleave and Leslie I
S Adams, known to me to be the person
! described in, whose names are sub
= sciibed to, and who executed the an
d rexed instrument, and they acknowl
: edged to me that they executed tn
same for the purposes and considera
O tons therein expressed
i IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 1 tav
hereunto set my hand and affixed m
e official seal, at my office in the sal
state and County, the day and yea
last above written.