The Arizona sentinel., 1902-02-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE Pioneer Investment and Trust
 Company,

Company.
 Know All Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming @ corpo- ration under tho laws of tho Territory of Ari- zona and to thut end do certify the following;
 FIRST
 The names of the incorporators arc: J. liar yer Mccarthy and Alfred " Allen. The name of the corporation shall be The Pioneer h. vestment and Trust Company"
 SECOND.
 The principal place in which tho business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Yuma, county of Yulra Territory of Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside tho Territory Of Arizona, shall be the city of Los Angeles, State of California, at which place meetings of the stockholders and board of di- rcctors may be held and said corporation may have such branch offices either within or with out the Territory Of Arizona, may be eStab- lished by the board of directors.
 THIRD.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation Is as follows, to-wit:
 To acquire, own, hold, operate, buy, sell, lease, pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal ill real | estate and any and all kinds of personal prop erty mines, mining claims and mineral lands of any kind or nature whatsoever; to acquire, own, hold, buy, sell, and deal in shares of stock in other corporations; to borrow money, and exc cute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect to all such bonds mortgages, noteS shares of stock and other securities and obligations, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of in- dividual owners thereof including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by 1t to the same extent that q natural person might or could do; to carry on a general real estate and stock brokerage business, handling stocks, real estate and personal property for the bcneht or ] other persons or corporations; t0act as agent or trustee for such other persons or corpora tions for the purpose of purchasing, dealing ln selling or otherwise disposing of stocks or prop critics; to crt3r into contracts guaranteeing the salc purchase, or payment of interest or divi- dendS on such bonds, stocks, securities or other property so owned, dealt in or handled; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in said Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or of said Territory of Arizona.
 FOURTH.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($l0OOOO divided into one i hundred thousand shares of the par value Of one dollar I$1C0) each At such time as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation and such payments may be either in cash or by the transfer to it of real CT personal property for the uses and purposes Of said corporation 1 in payncnt for which certificates of shares of said capita, stock may be issued and shares Of 1 stock so issued sE. Il thereupon and thereby be- come ard be fully paid up and forever non as5eSSabie.
 The existence of this corporation shall be deemed to commence at the date upon which | a certified copy of these articles shall be duly filed with the secretary of the Territory of Ari- zona and shall terminate twenty-five years thereafter, subject to renewal before such ter imitation, pursuant to the laws of said Territory of Arizona,
 SIXTH
 The afTairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of three directors, and the ! following named shall constitute said board of directors until their successors may be duly elected: Phil L. Serve, J. Harvey Mccarthy and Alfred w, Allen. Thereafter said board of directors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the bylaws of this corporation may provide.
 l SEVENTH.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability either direct or contingent. to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself is fifty thousand dollars (S5O,00JOO).
 EIGHTH.
 The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be forever exempt 1 from all corporate debts and liabilities.
 NINTH | For the purpose of electing directors and that only what is known as the cumulative system of voting is hereby adopted. In witness whereof, we the said inc0rpOrat0rS have hcreunto set our hands and seals this 18th
 j. HARVEY MCCARTHY, [Seall
 ALFRED w. ALLEN tSeall State Of California,
 County-of Los Angeles, '''
 On this ssh day Of January, 1902, before nc Omar H. Hubbard notary public, in and for | duiv commissioned and sworn, personally ap- | pcarCd J. Harvey McCarthy and Alfred W. Allen, i known to me to be the persons described ln, whose names are subscribed to, and who exc cuted the annexed instrument, and they r fknowledged to me that they executed the same for tho purposes and considerations there | in expressed.
 | In witness whereof I have hcrcunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in said state and county, the day and year last above written.
 | OMAR II. HUBBARD, FSeall Notary Public in and for the county of Los Ange- les, state of California. | My Commission expires June 15, 1903. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, lss. COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. { IC w. Bell Clerk of the County of Les An, Eeles (and also ex-oficio Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for said County the same being court of record of tho aforesaid county, having by law SC2D do here | tsv certify that Omar Ii. ElnbbarG whose name is subscribed to the attached certificate of ac- | knOwledgInent proof or 2iudaVit, was at the l time of taking said acknowledgment. proof or affidavit. a Notary Public, duly commissioned ard sworn and residing in said county and was, as such an officer of said state, duly authorized | by the laws thereof to take and certify the same, as well to take and certify the proof | and dackrOwlcdgmcnt of deCdS and other lnStru- rentS in writing to be recorded in said state, and that full faith and credit are and ought to i be given to his official GctS; and further cer- tify that am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verify believe that the signature to the attached certificate is his genuine sigma | turc.
 | In Witness Whereof. have hcreunto set my hand and affixed my official seal thiS 18th day of C. w BELL, County Clerk and Cx-oftcio Clerk TScGII of the Superior Court of Los An gelcS County, State Of California.