The Arizona sentinel., 1906-10-10
Articles of Incorporation of The Yuma Creamery Company

Know All Men by These Presents: That VIC the undersigned, have this day associated our. selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory oi Arizona, and for such purpose do adopt these articles of incorporation.
 Article 1.
 Section 1, The names of the corporators are O. c. Johnson. A. L. DeMund and A. H. Kent Sec. 2. The name of the corporation shall be The Yuma Creamery Company.
 Sec. 8. The principal place for the tranSac tion of the business of the corporation shall be St Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Article 2.
 The general nature of the businesd proposed to be transacted by the corporation is to manu facture, buy sell. import, export, and generally deal in cheese butter. buttermilk, oleomargar inc and butterine; to buy, sell. import export and generally deal in milk and all kinds oi dairy and creamery products.
 Article 5.
 Section 1. The authorized amount of the cap ital stock of the corporation shall be Ten Thou sand Dollars, divided into four hundred share, of tho par vnlue of Twenty-Five Dollars each. Sec. Q The Board of Directors may cause said capital stock, or any part thereof, to b, subscribed or paid for in cash, in the purchase or exchange or transfer of real or persona property, or for services rendered, and to issue or cause to be issued any part or all Of the capi tai stock as required, at any time, or from time to time and when so issued it shall be fully paic and non-assessable, and in the absence of fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Boart of Directors as to the value of the property pur chased or transferred or exchanged or service: rendered shall be conclusive.
 See 3. No dividends shall be declared ol paid on unissued stock and no stock shall b, sold or Issued for less than par.
 Article 4.
 The time of the commencement of this corpo ration shall be the date of the filing of a certi fled copy of these articles of incorporation 1T the offise of the Territorial Auditor and tht termination thereof shall be twenty-five year: thereafter.
 Article 5.
 Section 1. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Q board of Directors com posed of five stockholders of the corporation. Sec. 2. The first board of directors shall bt elected by the stockholders at their first meet ing, and thereafter the board of directors shal be elected by the stockholders at the annua stockholders meetings. Sec. 3. The board of directors shall have full power and authority to fill any and all vacan cies occurring in the membership of said board by appointment.
 Article G.
 The annual meetings, after the organization shall be held on the first Monday in October il each year, after the year 1906. Article 2.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia bility. direct or contingent. to which this corpo Dollars.
 Article g. The private property of each oficcr an' stockhOlder of this corporation shall be exemp from ali corporate debts. In witness whereof we have hereunto set ou l hands this soth day of July, ieo6 O. c. JOHNSON, A. L. DEMUND A. H. KENT. Territory or Arizona, County of Yuma
 Before me, Notary Pubic in and for tn County of Yuma Territory of Arizona, on thi day personally appeared O. c. Johnson. A. L DeNiund and A. H. Kent, known to me to b the persons whose names arc subscribed to tn foregoing instrument and acknowledged to m that they executed the same for the purpos and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of of1ce thi 3lst day of July, A. D. 1906. | A. G, Moore | (Sesl1 Notary Public. s1O
 First pub August :22, 1908