The Arizona sentinel., 1902-03-12
A. "A. Y.
ARTICLES 0F INCORPORATION.
 OF THE Pioneer Investment and Trust
 Company.

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 Know All Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming eorpo- ration under the laws of tho Territory of Ari- zona and to that end do certify the following:
 FIRST
 The names of the incorporators are: J. Har- yer Mccarthy and Alfred w Allen The name of the corporation snail be ''The Pioneer In- vestment and Trust Company"
 SECOND.
 The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Yuma, county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona, shall be the city of Los Angeles, State of California, at which place meetings of the stockholders and board Of di- rectors may be held and said corporation may have such branch offices either within or with out the Territory of Arizona, as 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 in 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 II 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 it to the same extent that 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 benefit Of other persons or corporations; to act as agent or trustee for such other persons or corpora tions for the purpose of purchasing, dealing in. selling or otherwise diSpoSirg of stocks or prop critics; to CT ter into contracts guaranteeing the sale. 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 (s1OO,OOO) divided into one hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar [Sl.OO each. At such time as the board Of directors may by resolution direct, said
 
 and such payments may be either in cash or by the transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which certificates of shares of said capital stock may be issued and shares of stock so issued Sh: Il thercupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and forever noE- as5eSsabie.
 FIFTH.
 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 minaton pursuant to the laws of said Territory of Arizona.
 SIXTH.
 The affairs 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, SJ. 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.
 SEVENTH.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, either direct contingent, to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself is fifty thousand dollars (S50OO0.00).
 EIGHTH. their private property shall be forever exempt 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 incorporators have hereuntO set our hands and seals this 18th day of January, 1902.
 j. HARVEY MCCARTHY, {Seall
 ALFRED w. ALLEN, lSeall State of California, lss County of Los Angeles, !
 On this 2Sth day of January. 1902 beferc me, Omar H. Hubbard, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally ap- peared J. Harvey Mccarthy and Alfred w. Allen, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who exc cutcd the annexed instrument, and they ac- knowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations there in expressed.
 In witness whereof I have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in said state and county, the day and year last above written.
 OMAR H. HUBBARD, ISeal1 Notary Public in and for
 the county of Los Ange-
 les state of California.