Graham guardian., 1907-02-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Cooperative Ice & Creamery Co.
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
Of The

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS;
That we, f. Hubbard, Oscar Webster, W. 4.
Plat, Bert Hopes W. W Pace, A. e. jacobson
and e. M. Alfred, have this day and by these
| presents associated ourselves together, fol the
purpose OF forming corporation, under the
laws OF the Territory of Arizona and have
adopted the following as our Articles of Incor-
| poratien.
Article 1 The names of the Corporators
hereof are Z. Hubbard, Oscar Webster, W E.
| Platt Bert Hopes, W, W, Pace, A. Jacob
son and (. N. Alfred all residents OF the coun-
ty of Graham In the Territory OF Arizona.
Article II. The name adopted for this cor.
porationis The Cooperative Ice and Creamery
Company" and the principal place for the
transaction st Its business, is at the town of
Thatcher, IN Graham county in the Territory
| of Arizona.
Article IN The general nature of the bust
ness to be Transacted by said corporation is to
own and oTprate cfeameries for manufacturing,
| buying ant selling all dairy and creamery
products, AID to deal in all kinds Of property;
both real ard personal including merchaudise
and farm pDducts to own and operate an Ice
| plant for tn manufacture and sale Of ice: and
| to keep ano maintain cold storage, to own
and operatean electric light plant, or electric
power pantYlthin the town OF Thatcher for the
purpose Of tansmitting power and Light to any
| point With the Gila valley, and to do and per.
form such ther acts and things that may be
| incident an necessary to the main powers OF
said corportion,
Article ~ The authorized amount of capi
| tai stock ofthis corporation shall be twenty.
| fve rousnd lS25ooo) dollars, divided into
| twenty-fvethousand shares Of the par value
OF one vi Dollar each and at such times as
the Board Directors may by resolution direct
said CapltaStoek shall be paid into this Cor.
| pnration elher In cash or by the sale and
| transfer OF ea estate or personal property for
| the uses AM purposes of said corporation in
| payment fo which, shares Of the Capital Stock
may be issled and the CAPITAL Stock so issued
shall therelpm aud thereby become fully paid |
up and n0EaSessable and in the absence of |
actual (. aud tie judgment OF the directors Of
the actual Laile OF the property 80 purchased |
shall be colcllsive
ArticleV me affairs and business Of this |
Corporation shall be conducted and controlled |
by board OF directors, consisting of seven
members ~ a OF whom shall be stockholders |
Said Board Of directors shall elect one of Its
members as preident and one of its members /
as vice-presidet and shall also elect secre.
tary and treasuer
ARTICLE VI
The annual esction for Directors shall be
every year, ani IN said first annual eleCti,;,s.
T.. Hubbard, osar Webster. W, E, PlStf ReTt
Hi0opes, W. W, Pee, A. E. jacobson, and L. M
hliIed, all OF NON are stockholders herein
snail constitutehe first Board OF Directors,
Article VII. he Board of Director, ara ON.
powered to ordin and establish all bylaws
an9 Sl9 tegnlauonaecessary to the mana cement
and business oBaid Corporation, and aiier and
repeal the sameat pleasure.
Article YIN, This Corporation may com.
iInence businesDn the filing OF these Articles
l9r record in tn, Office of the County RecordeT
~ ~ Gaaaam C0,ity, and filing certified copy
ie .inereOI IN the uice of the Auditor of the Ter.
riory of Ariz9ra, and continue 10 exist for
'"ehty'nYe years thereafter.
Article TX The highest amount of jpdabt.
iahess TO Which this Corporation Shall nt anv
line subIeclitself shall not exceed two-tbirds
u It's capitalstock,
Article X. Ths private property of stockbo,.
ers snail be exempt from Corporate debts.
IN witness whereof we have hereto set opr
andS this the 6th day of February A. ID, 1907
FREE HUBBARD
o. Il. WEBSTER
", X. PLATT
BEhF HooPks
", W. PACE
4. u, JACOBSON
'rritory Of Arisona,l ss
lunty of Graham. 60
Before me- O. orge II. Crosby, Jr A Notary
lolic, In and for Graham County, In the Ter.
ory rsd ot = arizona on this day personally APP d.
ated, f. Hubbard, Oscar webster, W, e. Plat
y Hopes, ". W. Pace, A, E. jacobson and
NJ. Alfred, known to me TO bo the persons
ose names are subscribed to the foregoinu |
trument and acknowledged TO me that they
! each Of them executed the same for the
rpose and confederation therein expressed
IN WITNESS WHEREOF: i, have
,E hereto set my hand aud affixed my
'EAL) Notorial Seal on this the 9Th day ~ ID,
February A. d. 1907
GEO. II, Crosby, Jr. su
rizona. 0N"""' SN
J commission expires January II, 1911. Tt