The Arizona sentinel., 1906-08-29
Articles of Incorporation of The Yuma Creamery Company

Know All Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of 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 ,. 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 at Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Article ?.
 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 of dairy and creamery products.
 Article B.
 Section 1. 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 2 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. 3. No dividends shall be declared or paid on unissued stock and stock shall be sold or issued for less than par. Article 4. | The time of the commencement of this eorpo- ration shall be the date of the filing of certi- | fled copy of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Territorial Auditor. and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Article 5. | Section 1. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of Directors com posed of five stockholders of the corporation. ! Sec. 3. 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. i Sec. B. 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 6.
 The annual meetings, after the organization shall be held on the first Monday in October in each year, after the year 1906
 Article z.
 
 bility 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 stocl1holder of this corporation shall be exempt 1 from all corporate debts.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set oul hands this 9oth day of July, 1906. I O. c. JOHNSON,
 A. l.. DEMUND, I A H, KENT. Territory or Arizona, | es
 County of Yuma .i 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 mC that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office thi; 3lSt day of July, A. D. 1906.
 A. G, Moore, [Seall Notary Public. My commission expires August 2S, 1909. First pub August 22, 1906