Arizona republican., 1902-12-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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 ARTICLES OF. INCORPORATION
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 Know All Men by These Presents, That we, whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 FURNITURE CITY OIL co.
 FIRST.
 The names of the incorporators are: Henry Spring, Grand Rapids, Mich. Anthony NJ. Maris, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Charles w. Spear, Muskegon, Mich. Lotan c. Read. Grand Rapids, Mich. Harry l.. Colby, Grand Rapids, Mich. Atlanta E. Briggs, Cedar Springs, Mieh.
 Martin Van Derveen Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Sylvester Wm. Barker, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Arthur J. Free, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Fred D. Vos, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Martin H. Luce, Grand Rapids, Mich
 
 Mich.
 Caroline V. Banks, Grand Rapids. Mich.
 Harry Sawyer, Muskegon. Much. Louis J. De La Martin, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Otto Albert, Muskegon, Mich. Corton J. Sawyer, Muskegon, Mich. John NJ Wander Veer, Grand Rapids Mich.
 John De Boe. Grand Rapids. Mich. Richard Q. Vos. Grand Rapids, Mich. And the name of the corporation snail be the FURNITURE CITY OIL COM | PANY." The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Azizona is to be tran sacted is Phoenix, MaricOpa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of i the Territory of Arizona shall be the | City of Grand Rapids, Tn the State of | Michigan, at which meetings or the ! board of directors may be held, and the 1 corporation may have such branch off ces either within or without the Terri | tory of Arizona as may be establised | by the board of directors. 1 SECOND.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poration is as follows, to-wit: | To purchase, lease, bond, locate or acquire, own. exchange or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothe- cate and deal in claims, oil lands, oil. gas, asphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine, explore, operate and de- 1 10 do a general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile | business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and | shares of capital stock of other cor | porations; to borrow money and exc cute notes. bonds, mortgages or deeds | of trust to secure the same, and e | exercise in respect of all such bonds mortgages notes, shares of capital | stock and other securities and Obliga- tions any and all rights, powers and | privileges of individual owners thereof | including the right to vote upon any | shares of stock held by it, to the samc 1 extent that natural person might doi | and in general to do all things neces- l sary to the proper conduct of the busi- l ness of this corporation in the terri tory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD.
 The authorized amount of capita stock of this corporation shall be three hundred thousand ($30O, ,OOO) dollars, di- vided into three hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar each At such time as the board o directors may by resolution direct, saiC I capital stock shall be paid into thi: corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or per sonal property for the uses and pur poses of said corporation, in paymen for which shares of the capital stool of said corporation may be issued, anf the capital stock so issued shall there upon and thereof become and be fulTl paid up and on-assessable, and in tn absence of actual fraud in the transac tion the judgment of the directors a to the value of the property purchases shall be conclusive. FOURTH. The time of the commencement O } this corporation shall be the date O l the filing of these articles of incorpora tion in the office of the Secretary O Arizona and the terminal tion thereo l shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 FIFTH.
 The affairs of this corporation shal ' be conducted by a board of eleven di rectors. and the following named shal constitute the board of directors unti their successors are elected:
 1 Henry Spring, Grand Rapids Mich.
 2 Charles w. Spear, Muskegon, Micr
 Lotan c. Read, Grand Rapids Mich.
 Anthony M. Maris, Grand Rapid: - Mich.
 l Harry L. Colby Grand Rapid.