The Arizona sentinel., 1906-08-15
Articles of Incorporation of The Yuma Creamery Company

1 Know All Men by These Presents: That we. the undersigned, have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of forming d corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for such purpose do adopt these articles of incorporation.
 Article |. ] Section l. The names of the corporators are l o. C. Johnson, A. L. DeRund and A. H. Kent. See. ? The name of the corporation shall be The Yuma Creamery Company
 Sec. 3. The principal place for the transac- tion of the business of the corporation shall be at Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Article ,. The general nature of the businesd proposed 1 to be transacted by the corporation is to manu- facture. buy, sell import. export, and generally deal in cheese. butter. buttermilk, oleomargar- inc and bustcrine to buy, sell. import. export and generally deal in milk and all kinds of dairy and creamery products.
 Article 8
 Section l. The authorized amount of the cap ital stock of the corporation shall be Ten Thou sand Dollars, divided into four hundred shares Of the par value of Twenty-Five Dollars each. Sec , The Board of Directors may cause said capital stock or any part thereof to be subscribed or paid for in cash, in the purchase or exchange or transfer of real or personal 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 paid and non-assessable. and in the absence of fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of the property pur- chased or transferred or exchanged or services rendered shall be conclusive.
 Sec. g. No dividends shall be declared or paid on unissued stock and no stock shall be sold or issued for less than par.
 Article 1.
 The time Of the commencement of this corpO- ration shall be the date of the filing of certi- fed copy of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Territorial Auditor. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Article ,.
 Section l. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of Directors com posed of five stockholders of the corporation Sec. ,. The first board of directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their first meet ing, and thereafter the board of directors shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual stockholders meetings.
 Sec. 8 The board of directors shall have full power and authority to fiji any and all vacan- cies occurring in the membership of said board. by appointment.
 Article 6.
 The annual meetings after the organization shall be held on the first Monday in October in each year. after the year l9O6
 Article :.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or. lfa- blity. direct or contingent, to which this corpo- ration is at any time subject is Five Thousand Dollars
 Article 8.
 The private property of each officer and stoclzholder of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this SQth day of July 1906.
 o. C. JOHNSON,
 A. l.. DEMUND,
 A. II. KENT. Territory or Arizona xs
 County of Yuma
 Before me. Notary Pubic in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared o C. Johnson. A. L. DeMund and A. H. Kent, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed tire same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 3ist day of July A. D. 1906.
 X. c. DeAIund. FSeall Notary Public. My commission expires August 25 1909. First pub August l, 1906