The news-herald., 1903-02-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE NATIONAL TOBACCO STEM
MING MACHINE COMPANY.

Article 1. We, William A SHARP
George H. Klumph, Frederick e.
Frankenberg, Charles ]. l. Kressmann
and Michael P. Breen, agree to lorIn
a corporation under the laws OF the
Territory Of Arizona under the name
Of The National Tobacco StemmlnS
Machine Company, with its principal
place of transacting business at Phoe'
nix. Arizona, with a branch office in the
city of Chicago, state Of Illionis, and
such other places as the board or ol-
rectors of said corporation may from
time to time designate.
Article 2. The general nature OF the
business to be transacted by this cor
poration shall be:
To manufacture, purchase or other
wise acquire, hold, own, let, mortgage,
sell, assign and transfer or otherwise
dispose Of, invest, trade, deal in and
deal with tobacco stemming and strip
ping appliances, devices and mach1n-
cry, and all kinds Of devices, ap'
pliances and machinery adopted for or
used in the handling or manufacture OF
tobacco, O. any Of its by-products, AMI
any and all other goods, wares, mer-
chandise and property Of every class
and description;
TO purchase, lease or otherwise ac'
quire and hold, sell, convey, mortgage
or otherwise dispose Of, within tf
without the Territory Of Arizona, and
in any part of the world, real estate
and real property and any interests
and rights therein;
To apply for, obtain, register, pur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire, and
to hold, use, own, operate and intro
duce, and to sell assign or otherwise
dispose of any trade marks, trade
names, patents, inventions, improve
ments and processes used in connection
with or secured under letters patent OF
the United States, or elsewhere or 9TH
erwise. and to use, exercise, develop,
grant licenses in respect of or other
wise to turn to account any such trade
marks, patents, licenses, processes and
the like, or any such property or
rights;
To manufacture, purchase or other
, wise acquire goods, merchandise and
personal property Of every class, and
to hold, own, mortgage, sell or other
wise dispose of, trade, deal in and deal
with the same:
To acquire and undertake the good
will, property, rights and assets and
the liabilities of any person, firm, asso-
citation or corporation, and to pay for
the same in cash, stock or bonds of
the corporation or otherwise;
To enter into, make, perform and
carry out contracts of every kind and
for any lawful purpose with any per-
son, firm, association or corporation,
public or private, and with any gov
ernment, relating to- any business of
this corporation or in which it may be
interested;
To borrow or raise money without
limits, except as hereinafter provided
as to amount, by the issue OF or upon
warrants, bonds, debentures and Other
negotiable or transferable instruments
or otherwise;
To purchase, hold and reissue the
shares of its capital stock;
To conduct business in any of the
states. territories, colonies or dependen'
cies Of the United States, in the District
Of Columbia and in any and all foreign
there, and therein to hold, purchase
mortgage and convey real and persona,
property, without limit as to amount
but always subject to local laws;
To do any or all of the things hereiI
set forth to the same extent as natura
persons might or could do, and in an!
part OF the world;
The foregoing clauses shall be con
strued both as objects and powers; an(
It Is hereby expressly provided that th'
foreglng enumeration of specific power
shall not be held to limit or restrict II
any manner the powers Of the corpora
tion;
In general to carry on any othe
business in connection with the forego
Ing, whether manufacturing or other
wise, and to have and to exercise al
the powers conferred by the laws o.