Arizona republican., 1902-09-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE AMERICAN PERFECTION ENGINE COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE signed, Frederick NJ c. Choate, Fran cis R. Foraker and Adam K. Luke, have this day associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation. under the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and We do hereby certify:
 I. That the name of the corporation shall be ''The American Perfection En- zine Company" and its principal place of transacting business shall be Phoe- nix, Maricopa County, Arizona.
 II. That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows.
 To carry on the business of a manu- facturer of engines and systems of steam engineering.
 To apply for, take out. purchase, ac- Guire or otherwise obtain, and to hold, use, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, letters patent or similar privileges of the United States or of any other country whatsoever, whether now CT hereafter issued, and also all extensions thereof.
 To acquire by purchase, lease, license. or in any manner whatsoever. and to hold, use. deal in, sell. lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of inven- tfons, secret processes, trademarks, trade-rights and other rights and fran chises of every kind and nature for use in the business of the company or oth- erwise.
 To acquire by purchase, lease or oth- erwise. and to hold, use, deal in, sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of in the business of the company, or oth- erwise, any lands and any rights and estates therein, buildings, mills, plant, machinery ard property, real and per sonal, of every description, including all kinds of merchandise and goods and to erect and maintain or recoh- struct and adapt buildings, mills, plant and machinery and other things found necessary or convenient for the pur- poses of the company.
 To develop, use, promote and deal in the property patents, patent rights, inventions, secret processes, trade marks, trade rights and other rights and franchises of the company, and to grant licenses to use the same 10 any person or persons, company or compa- nies whatsoever; and to manufacture, buy, sell, hire, lease, let and deal in engines and systems of steam engineer ing and all machinery for the use Of power of all kinds and to obtain, ac- cept and use all permits and franchises, municipal or otherwise.
 To acquire by purchase, pledge or III any way whatsoever, and to hold, reg ister use and own, and to sell, lease, pledge or otherwise dispose of, shares of stock, debentures, bonds and other securities of every kind of and in any other corporation or corporations or any nature whatsoever, public or pri- vate, domestic or foreign, whether eX- isting under the laws of the United States, or of any state or territory therein. or any foreign state or coun- try wha tsoever.
 To acquire and undertake the good will. property. rights and assets, and the liabilities of any person, firm. as- sociation or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock or bonds of the corporation or otherwise.
 To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind and for any lawful purpose with any per- son, firm, association or corporation.
 To borrow or raise money to the amount of Six million and six hundred thousand dollars ($6,600, ,O00.0O by the issue of or upon warrants. bonds, de- bentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments or otherwise
 To purchase, hold and reissue the shares of it's capital stock.
 To conduct business in any of the states, territories, colonies or depend arcies Of the United States, in the Dis trict of Columbia, and in any and al foreign countries, to have one or more