Arizona republican., 1906-12-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE NATIONAL PREMIUM
 COMPANY.

Know All Men By These Presents.
 That we. whose hands. are hereunto affixed. do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are Andrew J. Randall, Solon J. Lieb- eskind and William A. Smith. and the name of the corporation shall be Ma tional Premium Company. The prin- cipal place within the Territory of Ari- zona in which the business of said cor poration is to be transacted Is Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, and the cor poration may establish branch offices within or without the Territory of Ari- zona where meetings of the board of directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, tO-wit: To conduct a general premium and gift business; to manufacture, import. ex port. design. buy, sell and distribute every kind of personal property. gen. eraI merchandise and negotiable in struments or any other memoranda in writing; to print, publish, distribute and circulate all manner of advertising matter. books and newspapers; to make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose Of. pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal | in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property; mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands. oil. gas, coal. shale, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt water and water rights and machinery and tO work, mine, explore, operate and de- velop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper con- duct of the business of this corpora ! tion in the Territory and elsewhere, not ! inconsistent with the laws of the Unit ed States and the Territory of Arizona. Third: The authorized amount Of capital stock of this corporation shall be two million dollars ($2. 2.00O.0OO) di- vided into 15,0OO common and 5000 preferred shares of the par value of one hundred dollars (s100) each. At such times as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora tion. either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued and the cap ital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non -assessable, and in the absence Of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these articles of incorporation in the office of the auditor. and the termina- ton thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora ton shall be conducted by a board of five directors, and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected: An drew J. Randall, James H. Cameron. T. Frederick Martin, Frank R. Parker. William A. Smith. Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the third Monday in January of each year. The officers of said corporation until their successors are elected shall be; An drew J. Randall. president; James H. Cameron. vice-president; William A. Smith. secretary; T. Frederick Martin. treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability. direct or Esr- tingent to which this corporation ts any time subject shall be one millioS dollars (S1. 900. .OOO). which amount does , not exceed two-thirds the amount of capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property or the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 Tn witness whereof. we have here unto set our hands and seals this nine teenth day of November. 1906.
 ANDREW J. RANDALL. (SeaD
 SOLON J. LIEBESKIND. (SeaD
 WILLIAM A. SMITH. (SeaD State of Pennsylvania.
 County of PhiladeIphia, sS.
 On this nineteenth day of November, fin the year 1906. before me. John A Fitzpatrick. a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid. resld- ing therein. duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Andrew J Randall. known to me to be the per son described in. whose name Is sub scribed to, and who executed the an- nexed instrument. and he ackn0wl- edged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed
 In witness whereof. l have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my off.ci7i seal. at my office. in the said state and county. the day and year last above written.
 JOHN A. FITZPATRICK.
 (Sea) Notary Public.
 My commission expires April {, 1908 State of New York,