Arizona republican., 1902-10-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE THE ACME MANUFACTURING
 COMPANY.

Know all Men by these presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose 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 corporators are:. Franklin P. Stukey. John O. James and Elmer E. Murphy, and the name of the company shall be THE ACME MANUFACTURING COM PANY. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the territory of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix. Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the territory of Arizona shall be the city of Lancaster, in the state of Ohio, aT which meetings of the board of direc- tors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch either within or without the territory of Arizona as may be established by the board of direc tors.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To do a general manufacturing and foundry business. To purchase. lease, bond, locate, or otherwise acquire, own. | exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge. mortgage, hypothecate and deal | in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, water and water rights and machinery, and to work. mine, bore for gas. explore, operate and develop the same; to 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 corpor- ations; to borrow money and execute notes. bonds, mortgages or deeds of | trust to secure the same, and to ex- ercise 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, l including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might pr could do: and in general to do all | things necessary to the proper con- duct of the business of this corporation in the territory and elsewhere, not in- consistent with the laws of the United oldltSs lHt oNdbC Ol CAliO anu tAAt tNA tory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be fifty thousand dollors ($5000Q.0O) di- vided into five thousand shares of the par value of ten dollars (s10.00) each. At such times as the board of directors may by resolution direct. said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora l..-- -l, I,v~t tl, Ia Dr nd transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of sad corporation. in payment. for whicn shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued, and the capi-
 tai stock so issued. shall thereupon and
 thereby become and be fully paid UT
 and non-assessable, and in the absence
 of actual fraud in the transaction ths
 judgment of the directors as to the val
 ue of the property purchased shall be
 conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence
 ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles o1 Incorporation in the office of the secre.
 tary of Arizona, and the termination
 thereof shall be twenty-five years there
 after.
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 tion shall be conducted by a board O. i, three directors and the following named , shall constitute the board of director until their successors are elected Franklin P. Stukey John O. James anC
 Elmer F.. Murphy. Thereafter tn
 board of directors shall be elected iron
 among the stockholders as the Bylaw of the corpora ton may provide.
 hfOhact ar,oou0t of in
 debtedness or liability direct or con
 tingent, to which this corporation is T any time subject shall be thirty-thre ! thousand dollars ($33. 3.0O000).
 l Seventh. The private property of tn y stockholders of this corporation shaI be exempt from corporate debts of an 0 kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof. we have hereunt . set our hands and seals this twelft CPD day of September. 1902. I FRANKLIN P. STUKEY (SeaD. JOHN O. JAMES (SeaD.
 ELMER r. MURPHY (SeaD.