The news-herald., 1903-05-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
PROTECTIVE MANUFACTURING
ASSOCIATION.

We, the undersigned, desiring to
form corporation under the laws o1
the Territory of Arizona, do hereby
make. sign, acknowledge and file this
certificate for that purpose, as follows:
FIRST.
The names of the incorporators are
.Iohn G.. Kamp. S. A. Fletcher, Leon
ard ]. Clother. Henry Rohrdantz ana
John NJ Fletcher.
SECOND.
The name of the proposed corpora
tion is Protective Manufacturing AS
sociation.
THIRD.
The principal place of transactlng the
business OF said corporation within
said Territory of Arizona shall De
Phoenix. and the principal place OF
business of said corporation outside OF
.aid territory shall be the city of Buff
falo. county of Erie and state OF New
York. 1T which last named place the
meetings of the stockholders and OF
the board Of directors may be held;
an0 the corporation may have such
branch Offices either within or without
SAID territory as may be established by
its board of directors.
FOURTH.
The business of said corporation
shall be to purchase, own and Sell
zeal estate; to purchase, own, sell ana
otherwise deal in patents and patent
rights: to purchase, equip, own and
Cperate a general manufacturing plant;
10 purchase sell and otherwise deal II
hardware and all kinds of merchan-
disc: to manufacture and sell burglar
alarms. electric appliances, hardware
specialties, novelties and patented ar
tic;es of various and divers kinds, in
the Territory of Arizona and elsewhere
rot inconsistent with the laws of the
United States and of said territory.
FIFTH.
The capital stock of said corporation
shall be six hundred thousand dol
lars ($6O0.OO0), divided into six hun
drCd thousand shares. of the par value
of one dollar ($1O0) each, which stock
shall be issued fully paid and non-as-
seseable in exchange for cash, services
or property, and at such prices as tn"
beard Of directors may from time to
time agree upon: and in the absence of
fraud the judgment of the directors as
to the value of the property purchased
or services rendered shall be coMclu-
sIve.
The business Of said corporation
shall be conducted by q board of seven
directors, all Of whom shall be stock
holders, and except for the first year,
shall be elected annually by the stock
holders of the corporation.
SEVENTH.
The directors of said corporation for
the first year and until their success
sGrs shall be duly elected, are as fol-
lows: John c. Kamp, Buffalo, n. T.;
5. A Fletcher. Buffalo, N. Y; Leonard
!. Clother, Buffalo, N. Y. Henry ROhr
dantz Buffalo, N. Y; J. NJ. Fletcher,
Buffalo, N. Y; E. G. Mansfield, Buf-
tale. n. Y; Jacob Freund Buffalo,
N. Y.
EIGHTH
The officers of said corporation for
the first year or until their successors
shall be duly elected, are as follows
President. John c. Kamp; vice presi
dent and general manager, S. A.
Fletcher: treasurer, Leonard J. Cloth
er, secretary, Henry Rohrdantz.
NINTH.
The corporation shall commence bus
mess on the date these articles are
filed in the Office of the Auditor Of
Arizona, and shall terminate twenty
live .25j years thereafter.
TENTH.
The highest amount of Indebtedness,
direct or contingent, to which the cor
poration shall subject itself at any
time. is one hundred thousand dollars
ELEVENTH.
The private property of the stock
holders of the said corporation shall be
exempt from corporate Indebtedness of
any and all kinds
TWELFTH.
Mr.. c. H. Akers. a resident of Phoe-
nix. Arizona, for three years last past
is hereby appointed the agent of the
corporation upon whom all notices and
served said Akers to act as such agent