Williams news., 1906-05-05
OF INCORPORATION
Poison Bros. Mercantile
 Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That e fhs and AseS porators, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corpor- Laws of the Territory of Arizona. and for that purpose do adopt Articles of Incorporation" as follows, to-wit: ton are Alfred Poison. Frank o. Poison and Prince A. Melick.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation is, and it shall be, "Polson Bros Mercantile Company.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of transacting business of this corpora tion is. and it shall be, the Town of Williams, in Coconino County. Territory of ness in the said Tertory or in any other Ter ritory or State. if SO hereafter at any time de- termined by the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE ".
 All incorporators', stockholders and direct ors' meetings shall ] e held at Williams. Ari- zona; except otherwise hereafter ordered by the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE
 The affairs of this corporation shall be man. aged by a Board of not less than three, nor more than five directors, who shall be elected an- nually, on the first Tuesday coming on or after the fifteenth day of February, of each and every that, until otherwise ordered by any meeting of the stockholders, such Board of Directors shall consist of three. and the following persons shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation until their successors are elected Alfred Poison, of Garfield, Kansas.
 Frank Q. Poison. of Williams, William. Arizona Prince A. Melick. of Willi ans, Arizona. ARTICLE VI.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Hundred and Fifty Thousand 1l5O O.oW Dollars. divided into Fiji Fiji, capital stock shail be fully paid up at the date property, labor. or any other right or thing of value, and the judgment and decision Of the Board of Directors, or managing officers, as the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted by this Corporation is, and it shall be, as follows. to-wit:
 To own, carry on, maintain, manage and con- duct general wholesale and retail merchan- disc business, or businesses. at Williams, Ari. zona, and such other or different places as 1t may desire; and to manufacture, buy, acquire, own hold, sell. give. trade, assign divert trans fer; or otherwise acquire or dispose; 9f dy every wares, merchandise, bonds, notes mortgages, securities. and all and every other class kind, sonal, in any manner 1t may deem fit or neces- sary or incident to the carrying on and con- ducting of such merchandise business.
 To buy, sell, own, hold, lease, mortgage, or hypothecate, give, slaughter, and otherwise deal in live stock of any and every description, and the brands. irons. and marks for any such live stock and to carry on end conduct a gen. and any kinds of meats, hides. pelts. and other properties necessary for or incident to live stock and to a butcher business
 To secure take purchase, own, buy, acquire, hold, sell lease, mortgage, or otherwise use, deaI n or dispose oa real tbegs in; and real estate, notes. mortgages, or other securities of all and every description, collat- naa er and shares of capital stock; and any other securities. obli- aebtedness abod of anT Character; and to sell or pledge any or all such securities; and generally to exercise in respect to the same, and each ana all of the above mentioned affairs any and all right, powers and privileges of individual nat ural persons, owners thereof.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The time of the commencement of this corpor- ation shall be the date of the filing of these Arti: cles of Incorporation for record in the office of the County Recorder, and a certified copy there- of in the office of the territorial auditor; and this corporation is formed to endure for twenty five years thereafter. but it may be renewed from time to time for period 0i twenty-five years longer, each time perpetually.
 ARTICLE TX.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia- bility, direct or contingent, to which this cor poration is at any time to be subject. shall be Dollars. Dc fla ease '0 eA'eeD one nuH0''O '"'''A0
 ARTICLE x. The private property of the members and stockholders of this corporation shall be. and it is hereby made forever exempt from all lia- bility for its corporate debts of every kind what soever.
 ARTICLE XI. The capital stock of this corporation shall be and it is hereby made forever non-assessable, for any and every purpose.
 ARTICLE XII. The Directors of this Corporation may ap- point General Manager, who shall have all the powers which said Board of Directors may confer upon him. In. Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set our hand and seals, at Williams. Arizona, this | the 21st day of March, A.D., 1906.
 ALFRED POISON. [Seal] |
 FRANK O. POISON. tSeal1 |
 PRINCE A. MELICK. tSeal1 | TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss County of Coconino. N lic