Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-01-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
BAY STATE CHEMICAL COM
PANY"

| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. whose hands
are hereunts 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:
First:
! The names of the corporate are
| Allen d. Hammond John H. McCleave,
| Leslie II. Adams, and the name of the
| corporation shall be BAY STATE.
| CHEMICAL COMPANY. Ghe princi-
l.al place in which the business of said
corporal ton 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
zCna shall be the City of BrCckton, in
the State of Massa chusetts, at which
meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held, and the corporation may have
such branch offices either within or
without the Territory as may be estab-
lls he'd by the Board of Directors.
Second:
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
pOratiOn Is as IOllOWS, IO-Wll-
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 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 secu-
rites 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 extern 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 AMI
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 $780, 000j
divided into sixty thousand shares of
the par value of Five dollars Cs5.O0)
shall be known as preferred stock and
the remainder to be known as common
st, 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 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 there
upon and thereby become and be fully
| paid up and -assessable, and in the
absence of actual fraud In the transact
ton the judgment of the Directors as
to 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
| in the office of the Secretary OF Ari-
IONA, and the termination thereof shall
be twenty-five years thereafter.
T.. Fifth:
| The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a Board of Three Di-
| rectors and the following named shall
| constitute the Board of Directors until
their successors are elected: Allen D.
/
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
dollars Cs25, o0O).
i Seventh:
The private property OF the stock
holders of this corporation shall be ex-
crypt from corporate debts of any kind
Whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
ninth day of January, 1902
ALLEN D. HAMMOND. (Seall
JOHN H. McCLEAVEI (Seal]
LESLIE II. ADAMS (Seal)
State of Massa chusettS County of Ply
mouth. IS.
On this ninth day of January. in tho
wear 1902 before me. Richard w. Nut
| ter, Notary Public in and for tbs
state and County aforesaid, residins
therein. duly commissioned and sworn
! DC rsonally appeared Allen d. Ham
> mond, John II. McCleave and Leslie 4
: Adams, known to me to be the person.
I described in, whose names are sub
: sc1ibed to. and who executed the an
I rexed instrument, and they acknowl
edged to me that they executed tn
: same for the purposes and considera
, tfons therein expressed.
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 hav,
I hereunto set my hand and affixed m.
q official seal, at my office in the salt
state and County, the day and yea
last above written