The Arizona sentinel., 1903-10-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Smyth-PierCe Company.

Know all men by these presents: That we, whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby asSOciate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming and do hereby form corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end do make the following state mcnt:
 FirSt-The names of the incOrporators are Erastus F. Pierce, John Franklin Miner, Ernst H. Seiplc Timothy S. White. Samuel P.White, Charles A.White, Joseph F. Mitchell. and John Read Miner, all of the Borough of New Brighton. Beaver county, Pennsylvania, aDl George E. Post of Pasadena, Los Angeles county, California.
 Second-The name of this corporation shall be Snyth- Pierce Company.
 Thrd-The principal place in the Territory of Arizona at which the business of this cor poration is to be transacted is in Yuma, Yuma county, therein, and the principal place of business of this corporation outside Of the Territory ot Arizona shall be in the Borough oi New Brighton. Beaver county, Pennsylvania, at which place the meetings of the stockholders and board of directors shall be held, unless otherwise changed by or in accordance with the bylaws of the corpOra- tiun, and this corporation may have such  Territory ot Arizona and either within or without the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as may be created and established from time to time by it's board of directors.
 Fourth-The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows: To acquire, own, sell, lease. li- cenSe the use of, control and generally deal in patents, letters patent, inventions secured
 
 secured by inventions and rights secured to inventors: 10 manufacture, acquire, lease, sell and control the use of any machinery or other apparatus that may be used in manu- featuring, architecture, building, engineering and in the arts; to make, build, construct, manufacture, acquire, lease, sell and control the use Of any machine, machinery, appara- tus. tool or appliance. constructed wholly or partially of any fabric, steel, iron. aluminium or other metal or substance or any combina- tion thereof, and either protected or not by letters patent Of these United States, or of any other country, state or pTincipaIity; to acquire. own, sell. hypothecate, mortgage and dispose of bonds and other securities and evil dences of indebtedness; to acquire, mortgage, sell and dispose of real and personal property; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds Of trust or secure the same; to purchase, acquire. own, handle, con- trol, hypothecate. mortgage, sell and dispose Of the shares of capital stock of other cOrpO- rations well ss of its own issue. and to eX- ercise in respect to all such bonds mortgages, notes. shares Of capital stock and other secur- ities and obligations any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote on any share or shares of stock held by it to the same extent that natural person might or could do, excepting only that this corpora tion shall not vote or cause to be voted any of its own stock owned or held by it in it's treas ury. and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation, in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws ofthese United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Fifth-The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be five hun- dred thousand dollars, divided into five thousand shares of the par value of one hun- dred dollars each. The said capital stock has been and is now and hereby subscribed for follows: