The border vidette., 1903-10-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OFTHE KANSAS PRODUCE COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned residents of the City of Noga- les. County of Santa Cruz an Territory of Arizona, have this day associated ourselves to get her for the purpose of organizing and con ducting q corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end we do hereby certify the following:
 T.asT-The names of the corporators are K. J. Hipweu. W. E. Topham and A w. Geoghe- gan, and the name of the corporation shall be the KANSAS PRODUCE COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of this corporation shall he transacted is the City of Noyales, County of Santa Cruz and Territory of Arizona. It may maintain such branch offices either within without the Trritory of Arizona as its Board of Directors may estab- fish. At such branch offices. meetings of the Board of Direc tors and stockholders may be held and any CT all of it's corporate business transacted.
 sIcoNp-The purpose for which this corpOr- ation is organized is to engage in a general pro- duce and commission business, buying. selling owning. holding and otherwise handling and dealing in either its own account. or for other persons or corporations, all classes. kinds and manner os merchandise. wares, goods and commodities; to engage in the business of and to act as a importer, factor. commission merch- ant forwarding and shipping agent, warehouse man and depository in all kinds. classes and manner of personal property. chattels and merchandise: to acquire. own. hold. deal with and dispose of real property and every right estate and privilege therein. necessaey or incident to the proper conduct of the general business of this corporation; to enter into and become . party to any tran action of lease. mortgage. pledge or hypothecation of real or personal property; to acquire, own. holds operate and control cold storage and ice manu- facturins plants Elanufacturies: to acquire. own manage deal with and dispose of shares of the capital stock and the bonds or securities of other corporat; oas, and to vote and control such stock and securities so held by 1t, to the same extent that a natural person might or could do: to purchase out of its surplus prohts 0 otherwise acquire and control shares of the capital stock of this corpo: ation; to borrow and loan money; to issue bonds. certificates of de posit or any other lawful evidences of in debtedness; to pledge. hypothecate and mort gage rny and all of it's corporate stock and property to secure the payment of its debts and obligations
 TEIap-The capital stock of this corporation shall be SJOOOo.OO divided into 5O. .Ou0 shares of the par value of SlOO each At such time ns the Board of Directors may by resolu ion direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation and such payment may he either in cash, or by the sale and transfer to it of cal and personal property for the and purposes of said corporation. or by services rendered said corporation. and shares of said capita stO, a may be then issue m sucn shares issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully pad up forever non as sessabie, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transact:on the judgement of the Board of Directors to the value of the property purchased, or services rendered said corpor- ation, shall be conclusive.
 Tou8TH-The existence of this corpo ration shall be deemed to commence at the date upon which the duly certified copy of these Articles of In corporation shall be filed with the Auditor of Arizona, and the termination tn reOf shall be :5 years thereafter subject to renewal before Territory.
 be conducted by a Board of five Directors, and the following named persons shall constitute said Board of Directors. until their successors may be duly elected: R. J. Hipwell. w. l. Topham A. w. Geoghegan. R. $. Sturmer and wm. Schuckmann: thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders as the Bylaws of the corporation may provide. except that for the purpose of known as the cumulative system of voting is hereby adopted
 sIxTE-The greatest amount of indebtedness. poration may any time subject itself. is S2j, ,UOO.OO.
 SEVENTH The stocksholders of this corpor- ation and their private property .hall be for ever exempt from all corporate debts and liabi- lities.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set our ha nds. this lst, day of October. 19o3-
 R. HIPWELL, Seal
 w. E. TOPHAA. Seal
 A. W. GEOGHEGAN, Seal.