Arizona republican., 1902-05-16
ARTICLES OF INtORPORATION
 OF THE INTERN SERUM TOXIN COMPANY

OF
 THE INTERNATIONAL SERUM
 TOXIN COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That We. whose hands are hereuntu affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purposa 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 corpora tors are: Frank H. Cooper. Peter NJ. Brum- gardner. Chas. 4. Cooper. Francis \. Sieber. and the name of the corporation shall be The International Serum Toxin Company. The principal place in which the business of said corpora tion within the Territory of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix. Maricopa. County. Arizona and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the city of Chicago. Ccok 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- ta ablished 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 otherwise acquire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort gage. hypcthecate and deal in real es- tate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines mining claims. oil lands. mineral lands. oil gas. a;- iDhaltum. petroleum. water and water rights and machinery. and to work. mine. explore, operate and develop the same: to do general real estate. manufacturing and mercantile busi- ness; t. own. handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of ether corporations: to borrow money and execute notes. bonds. mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same. and to exercise in re- ispsct Cf all such bonds. mortgages. notes. shares Of capital stock and Gthe. securities and obligations any and all rights. powers and privileges of indi- Vidual owners thereof. Including the right t9 vote upon any shares Of stocE held bT il 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 -f this corporation in the territory and
 
 laws cf the United States and the Ter ritory of Arizona: and to manufacture buy. sell. administer and deal in in any manner whatsoever q certain medicine CT specific known as Dr. 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 ($l.000.0GW. di- Viied into one million shares of the par value of One Dollar ($1.OG) each. Al such time as the Beard of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation r either in cash CT by the sale and trans fer to it Of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corpora tion, in payment fer which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock sc issued shall thereupon and thereby : become and be fully paid up and non assessahle. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgm ant Of the directors as to the value of the , property purchased shall be conclusive. [ Fourth: The time of the commence f msnt of this corporation shall be the , date Of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secre- f tary O. Arizona. and the termination a thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board Of five l directors and the following named shall . constitute the Board Of Directors until their successors are elected: Frank II. : Cooper. Peter V. Baumgardner, Fran : cis \. Sisbel. C. A. Carey and Chas. |. . Cooper. Thereafter the Beard of di- y rectors shall be elected frcm among the S stockholders as the bylaws of the cor o por2tion may provide.
 s Sixth: The highest amount oc ir- = debtedness CT liability. direct or con f tingent. to which this corporation is al | any time subject shall be One Hundred f Thousand Dollars ($fO0000.0W.
 Seventh: The private property of the = stockholders Of this corporation shall | be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 s IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have S hcr1unto set our hands and seals this ?, 18th day of April 1902
 d FRANK T. COOPER. (SeaD -- PETER M. BAUAiGARDNER. 6seal y, FRANCIS A. SIEBER. (SeaD L. CHAS- A- COOPER. (SeaD
 d State cf Illinois. County cf Cook. ss le OA lillS iSJh daN Cf AprIl. in the veal Ie 1ac2. b~fcre ne. F. l.. Klein. d Notary i Public in and for the state and county IT aforesaid. residing therein. duly cc-a- d missicned and sworn. personally ar- .- peared Frank II. Cooper. Peter N l, Baumsardrer, Frank A. Sieber aa, V Chas. \. Cooper. known to me to b. d tn. persons described in. whose name. 1e 3rc subscribed r.. and who executec IF tho annexed instrument and tre, ee ackrcw!edged to me that they execut T. ed the same for the purposes and cen III siderations therein expressed. $, In witness whereof I havc he-eunt. le set my hand and affixed my official sea
 at my Cifice in the said state and coun f ty- the day and year last above written ol tNotary SeaD F. l.. KLEIN ly Notary Public h My commission expires
 Is Territory of Arizcna. County Of Mari d COpa. sS.