Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-01-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
BAY STATE CHEMICAL COM
PANY"

KNOW ALB MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose hands
are hereunto affixed, do hereby assoc
clat tie ourselves together for the pur-
pose of forming a corporation under
| TIE laws of the Territory of Arizona.
and to that end make the following
statement:
First:
The names of the corporators are
Allen ID. Hammond. John H. McCleave.
Leslie T. Adams, and the name of the
cor poration shall be BAY STATE
CHEMICAL COMPANY. The princi-
!,al 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 may
be held, and the corporation may have
such branch offices either within or
" lthout the Territory as may be estab-
liz he'd by the Board of Directors.
Second:
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
pora ton 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
oil kinds Of personal property; to do q
general manufacturing ana mercantile
Business; TO own, handle and control
letters patent and inventions: to Dor
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 seal
rifles and obligations any and all
rights, powers and privileges of indi-
vioual owners thereof. including the
right to vote upon any shares of stock
held by It to the same extent that a
natural person might or could do; ami
| 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 (S30o, 000j
divided into sixty thousand shares of
the par value of Five dollars (s500)
each. two thousand shares of which
shall be known as preferred stock and
the remainder to be known as common
Ste elk. 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 it 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 thepe-
uron and thereby becOrr:e and be fully
paid up and non-assessable, and in the
absence of actual fraud in the transac-
ton the judgment of the Directors as
&c the value of the property purchased
shall be conclusive.
| Fourth:
The time of the commencement OF
this corporation shall be the date of the
filing of these articles of incorpora ton
III the office of the Secretary OF Ari-
| iona, and the termination thereof shall
be twenty-five years thereafter.
Fifth:
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of Three Di-
re ctors and the following named shall
constitute the Board of Directors until
! their successors are elected: Allen ID.
Hammond, John H. McCIeave, AMI
| 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 OF Indebtedness
or liability, direct or contingent tc
which this corporation is at any timi
subject shall be Twenty-Five Thousand
dollars (s25, oOO).
Seventh:
The private property OF the stock.
holders of this corporation shall be ex.
crypt from corporate debts of any kim
whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hav.
hereunto set our hands and seals thi.
ninth day of January, 1902
ALLEN d. HAMMOND. (SeaI
JOHN II. McCLEAVE. (Seal
LESLIE r. ADAMS (Seal
State of Massa chusetts. County of PLY
mouth, ss.
, On this ninth day of January. in tn,
, year 1902. before me. Richard w. Nut
| ter, a Notary Public in and for tn
State and County aforesaid. residin.
. therein, duly commissioned and sworn
I DC rsonally appeared Allen d. Ham
, mond, John H. McCleave and Leslie r
: Adams. known to me to be the person
4 described in, whose names are sub
= scribed TO, and who executed the an
! rexed instrument, and they acknowl
: edged to me that they executed tn
same for the purposes and considera
D tons therein expressed.
/ IN WITNESS WHEREOF. hav
4 hereunto set my hand and affixed m
e official seal. at my office in the sal
state and County. the day and yea
Hast above written.