The oasis., 1905-01-21
CERTIFIED COPY
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
GEO. A. BEAToN & co.

Registered with the Corporation Trust Com pany, Jersey City, New Jersey.
 We the undersigned, in order to form cor poration for the objects and purposes and with the powers hereinafter stated, under and pur- suant to the provisions Of the Act Of the Legis- lature of the state of New Jersey entitled, "An act concerning corporations (RevisiOn Of lS96f and the acts amendatory thereof an supple mental thereto, do hereby certify as follows:
 FIRST. The corporate name is Geo A. Bea- ton X Co.,
 SECOND. The nature of the business and the objects and purposes for which this Company is established and which 1t is proposed to pro- mote and carry on. as fully and to the same ex- tent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the wOrld.are as follows, namely:
 As agent or principal, to buy, sell and other wise deal in the stocks, bonds and securities of other corporations, foreign and domestic, and, in general, to conduct and carry on broker age and commission business; and to promote the incorporation, supervision and mainten- ance of suitable companies, organized for like purposes, to operate in such states, districts or localities as may be determined upon with reference to each such local company
 Either as agent or principal. to purchase re- ceive hold, sell, own or otherwise deal in bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities obligations, contracts, and evidences of indebtedness, ol any private, public or municipal corporation, or ot the government of the United States, or of any state, territory or colony thereof, or of any foreign state or country; to receive, col- lee and dispose of interest, dividends and in come upon, of and from any such bonds, mort gages, debentures. notes. shares Of capital stock securities, ObligatiDns contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held, man. aged or owned by it, and to exercise in respect to all such bonds mortgages, debentures, notes, shares Of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all rights, power and privi leges of individual owners thereof; to do any and all acts and things tending to lncSease the value of the properties, assets or interests at any time held, owned controlled or managed by the Company 10 issue bonds and to secure the same by pledges, deeds of trust, mortgages or trust indentures of or upon the whole or any part of the property owned by the Company, and to sell or pledge such bonds for the proper corporate purposes of the Company in such manner and at such times as the Board of Di- rectors shall determines and, in the promotion Of it's said corporate business, and to the ex- tent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property Of any name kind or nature, provided that nothing poratOn shall give or be construed as giving to the Company the power of carrying on the business of an insurance, banking, trust or savings institution, As authorized by the laws of the state of New Jersey
 IN TEMPERANCE AND NOT IN LIMITATION, of the general powers conferred by the laws of New Jersey, it is expressly provided that this cor poration shall have the following powers,
 To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage, or -othewise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer or in any other manner whatever dis pose of. real property, wherever situated.
 To manufacture, purchase, or otherwise &C., quire, in any lawful manner, and to hold, own, mortgage, pledge, sell, transfer, or in any other manner dispose of, and to deal and trade in, goods. wares merchandise and property of any and every class and description.
 To acquire the good will, rights and proper ty of any person, firm, association or corpora tion; to pay for the same in cash, the stock of this Company bonds, or otherwise to hold or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part Of the property so purchased: to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business, so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business
 TO apply for, obtain, register, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own. use, operate, introduce, and seil assign, license or otherwise dispose of, any and all trademarks, trade names, and distinctive marks and all inventions, Improvements and processes used in connection with or secured under Letters Patent of United States, or of any foreign coun- try, or otherwise, and to use, exercise, develop, grant licenses i'll respect or, or otherwise to turn to account any such trade marks patents, licenses, concessions, processes and the like, or any such property, rights and information so acquired, and with view to the working and development of the same, to carry on any busi- ness, whether mining. manufacturing or other wise, which the corporation may think calcu- lated directly and indirectly to effectuate these objects
 To hold, purchase, or otherwise acquire, to sell assign, transfer and market, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares Of the capital stock. bonds or other evidences of indebtedness created by any corporation or corporations, and while the holder of such stock, to exercise all the rights and privileges of ownership, in- cluding the right to vote thereon to the ex- tent that natural person might or could do.
 To purchase, lease. exchange, hire or other wise acquire, any and all rights. privileges, permits or franchises suitable or convenient for any of the objects or purposes of it's busi- ness. to erect and construct, make, improve, aid or subscribe toward the construction, mak- ing and improving Of mills, factories, store houses, buildings, roads, docks, piers, and oth- CT works. To guarantee the payment of divid- ends or interest on any shares, stocks, deben- tures or other securities, or any other contract or obligation, issued by or entered into by any corporation whatsoever, whenever proper or necessary for the business of this corpora ton in the judgment of it's Directors or Executive Committee
 To make and enter into contracts of every sort and kind with any individual, firm assoeia- tion, corporation, private public or municipal, e1