Arizona republican., 1902-01-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
BAY STATE CHEMICAL COM
PANY."

IAN
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose hands
ere hereunto affixed, do hereby asso-
cate 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:
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. The 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-
zona shall be the City of Brockton. in
the State of Massachusetts, at which
meetings of the Board of Directors mag
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
pr opposed to be transacted by this cor
pt,ration is as follows, to-wit:
To purchase, lease, bond. locate or
otherwise acquire. own, exchange, sell.
or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mort
gage. hypothecate and deal in any and
all kinds of personal property: to do a
general manufacturing ana mercantile
bit siness: TO own. handle and control
letters patent and inventions; to bor-
row money and execute notes. bonds,
mortgages or deeds Of trust to secure
the same. and to exercise In respect of
all such bonds. mortgages, notes,
shares of capital stock and other secu-
rifles 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 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
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 ts300. 00Oj
divided into sixty thousand shares of
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 in cash or by
the sale and transfer to il 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 corporation may be issued and
tie capital stock so issued shall there
upon and thereby become and be fully
paid up and non-assessab BILE. and in the
absence of actual fraud In the transac-
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 corporation shall be the date of the
filing of these articles of incorporation
In the office of the Secretary of Ari-
zona, and the termination thereof shall
be twenty-five years Thereafter
Fifth:
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of Three pi-
rectors and the following named shall
constitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: Allen d.
Hammond, John H McCIeave. 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 corporation may
provide.
Sixth:
The highest amount or Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent, to
which this corporation is at any time
subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand
dt-,lars ($25, 0O0).
Seventh:
The private property OF the stock
holders of this corporation shall be ex-
crypt from corporate debts Of any kind
" hatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
ninth day of January. 1902
ALLEN d. HAMMOND. (SeaD
JOHN H. McCLEAVE. (SeaD
LESLIE T. ADAMS (SeaD
State of Massachusetts, County of Ply
mouth, ss-
On this ninth day of January. in the
year 1909. before me, Richard w. Nut
ter, a Notary Public in and for the
State and County aforeSafd ,-o.;a;,.,