The Arizona sentinel., 1903-07-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Syndicate Loan Company.
OF THE


 Know all men by these presents: That we, the undersigned, subscribers, Charles w. Bry- son, and Marshall H. Woodland, both Of whom are citizens of the United States of America, do hereby associate ourselves to- Fether for the purpose Of forming corpora tion under the laws Of the Territory of Ari- zona, In the United States of America, and for that purpose do hereby make, execute, adopt sign and acknowledge these Articles of Incorporation.
 First: The name Of this corporation Is and shall be Syndicate Loan Company.
 Second: The principal place for the tran psction Of business Of this corporation shall he in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma, in the territory Of Arizona; said corporation shall and may have and maintain offices in other parts of the United States, and the principal office of said company outside of the territory of Arizona shall be in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California, at which office meetings Of the Directors and stockholders of this Company may be held. and any and all business of the corporation may be transacted. The business
  said territory of Arizona and the said State of California; and in any and all other parts of the United States, and in other parts of the world as may be deemed best for the carrying on oi the business and purposes for which this corporation Is created.
 Third: The amount and sum Of the capital stock of this corporation is and shall be in the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars 1885, OOOl divided into thirty-five thousand shares of the par value of one dollar each. Said stock shall be full paid and Eon-assessable, and may be paid for at the time of It's is- suance in cash, property services or any other equivalent or valuable consideration.
 Fourth: The time Of the commencement of the existence of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorp- Oration for record in the office ofthe Auditor Of the said territory of Arizona and the termina- ton of the existence Of this corporation shall be twenty-five years from and after said date, provided, the directors anfi stockholders or the directors or stockholders may. if they see fit so to to do before the expiration of said twenty-five years, renew the same from time to time for period Ofnot exceeding twenty five years in any one renewal
 Fifth: The affairs and business of this cor pOration shall be conducted by a Board of two directors each and all of whom shall be stock holders in said corporation. Said di- rectors shall be elected by the stockholders of this corporation at the annual meeting of the tockhOlderS, and said annual meeting of said stockholders shall be held upon the first Tuesday in October, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon in each year, provid- ed that the persons who shall act as directors until such annual meeting shall be and shall constitute the Board of Directors of this cor poration until said meeting is held, until their successors are elected and qualified, are the above mentioned Charles w. Bryson, and Marshall H. Woodland.
 sixth: The officers of this corporation shall be and consist of President and Secretary and such other officers as the Board of Di- rectors may see fit to elect or appoint, The aforesaid first mentioned officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Within ten days Ofter the election of the directors at any annual meeting Of the stock holders, the said directors shall elect their officers as herein provided. And for the first year until the holding Of said annual meet ing the directors shall elect said officers from among their number within ten days after the filing of these articles in the office Of the said auditor of the territory of Arizona.
 Seventh: The highes amount of indebted ness or liability direct contingent to which this corporation is at any time to subject it. self, is in the sum Of Twenty-three Thousand Dollars (S.S,OGO).
 Eighth The private property of, the .itock- holders of this corporation is and shall at all times be exempt from any and all corporate debt or debts of this corporation, and the stockholders thereof are and shall at all times be personally exempt from any and all liabii- ty for any debt or debts or this corporation.
 Ninth: The objects and purposes for which said corporation is created and organized Is Go loan money with without security, to receive and accept, hold and possess as se- curity for money loaned pledges Of personal property, and to act as pledges or pledgors Of personal property, and to have and receive prnmisSory notes or other evidences of in- debtedness from parties borrowing money from this corporation, and to sell and ncgo- tiate the same and to sell property which may be pledged to 1t as security for loans; to accept as security for money loaned mortga- gcs upon both real and and personal property and to execute both chattcl mortgages and mortgages on real estate, and to execute SatisfactionS and releases for the same. To loan and borrow money, to make and issue promissory notes, bills Of exchange, bonds, debentures and evidences of indebtedness Of all kinds whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge or otherwise.
 To hold, purchase Or otherwise acquire, to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or oth- erwise dispose of the capital stock and bonds, debentures or evidence of indebtedness creat- ed by other corporation or corporations, and to buy and sell personal property, and to act as the bailee or bailor for personal property.
 To issue shares of stock, debcntures, de bcnture stock bonds and other obligations. To invest the money so obtained in and to hold, sell and deal with stock, shares, bonds and securities of any corporation either pu- bile or private, to make advances upon and to hold in trust, issue on commissions, sell or dispose Of aay investments aforesaid or to act as agent for any of the above or like purposes
 To acquire by purchase loans, exchange. hire or otherwise lands, or any interest there in, and to erect and construct houses and buildings Of different kinds upon aI.y land Of the company or other lands: to sell lease, let, mortgage otherwise dispose of the lands, houses or buildings or other property of the Company.
 To carry on a general loan business; to do any or all things in these Articles set forth as objects, purposes, powers or otherwise, to the as aft ttr..lr