The news-herald., 1903-05-02
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
OF THE
PROTECTIVE MANUFACTURING
ASSOCIATION.

form a corporation under the laws Oh
the Territory of Arizona, do hereby
make. sign, acknowledge and Tile THIS
certificate for that purpose, as follows:
FIRST.
The names of the incOrporators are
John C. Kamp, S. A. Fletcher Leon
ard ]. Clother, Henry ROhrdantz and
John NJ. Fletcher.
SECOND.
The name of the proposed corpora
ton is Protective Manufacturing AS
sociation.
The principal place of transacting tho
business of said corporation within
eaid Territory of Arizona shall be
Phoenix, and the principal place of
business of said corporation outside OF
said territory shall be the city OF Bur
falo. county OF Erie and state OF New
York. ut which last named place the
meetings of the stockholders and or
the board Of directors may be held;
En0 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 and
otherwise deal in patents and patent
rights; to purchase, equip, own and
operate a general manufacturing plant;
10 uurchase sell and otherwise deal in
hardware and all kinds of merchan-
disc; to manufacture and sell burglar
alarms, electric appliances, hardware
specialties, novelties and patented ar
tfcies of various and divers kinds, in
the Territory of Arizona and elsewhers
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 ($60O,000), divided into six hum
dred thousand shares, of the par value
of one dollar ($1.00) each, which stock
shall be issued fully paid and non-as-
sessable in exchange for cash. services
or property, and at such prices as the
board 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 coDclu
siYe.
The business of said corporation !
shall be conducted by 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
scrs shall be duly elected, are as fol- |
lows: John C. Kamp, Buffalo, N. Y;
s. A Fletcher, Buffalo, N. Y; Leonard
7. Clother, Buffalo, N. Y; Henry Rohr-
dantz, Buffalo, N Y; ]. NJ. Fletcher,
Buffalo, NJ Y; E. G. Mansfield, Buff
ialo, 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 l25) 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. G. H. Akers, resident of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, for three years last past,
IS hereby appointed the agent of the
corporation upon whom all notices and
processes, including summons, shall be
served, said Akers to act as such agent
until his successor shall have been duly
appointed; the corporation hereby ex-
pr7ssly reserving the right to designate
at any time any other or different
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