Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-05-14
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
 OF THE GLOBE WHOLESALE MEAT COMPANY

gether for the purpose of forming and creating a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and there fore do hereby adopt the following Ar tieles of Incorporation;
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the ineorporators are: E. D. Reed, Denis Murphy, Joe Ryan, James Pitts, William Gaskill, Pat Rose, J. N. Porter, William Ryan, J. J. Mo loney, Howard T. Wayne, l.. II. Brown, q. c. Simmons, Fred Jones, A. J. Me Kinnon, George Rose and s. F, Sullen- berger, all of Globe, Gila County, Ari- zona, and citizens of the United States of America.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation is and shall be THE GLOBE WHOLESALE MEAT COMPANY.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place for the transac ton of business by this corporation is and shall be the City of Globe, Gils County, Territory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of the Directors and Stockholders shall be had and held, but branch offices for conducting and tran sacting business may be maintained at other places, as its Board of Directors may from time to time designate and select.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this eer poration is as follows: To do a gen. eral wholesale and retail butcher busi- ness; to deal in, buy and sell all kinds of fresh, salted and cured meats, live and dressed poultry and produce of all kinds; to deal in all kinds of general merchandise, and to maintain stores and offices for that purpose; to erect, oper- ate and maintain cold-storage plants, and plants for the manufacture of ice to operate and maintain bottling plants and deal in the products thereof; to erect, operate and maintain electric lighting and power plants; to own, buy, sell and deal generally in real estate of all kinds, including mines and min. ! ing stocks; to issue bonds, debentures, mortgages, or other obligations and se- cure the same by mortgage or lien on any of the property, franchises or rights l of this corporation; to deal in, buy, 1 sell or otherwise acquire the stocks, | bonds or securities of other corpora tions, firms or individuals, as we'll as of this corporation; to raise, buy or breed, and otherwise acquire, own or hold and deal in, all kinds of live stock l of every description or character, and conduct a general live stock and cattle business, and for that purpose to own. control and acquire cattle ranges and ranch properties of every kind or de- | scription; to own, operate and control hotels, restaurants and boarding | houses; to buy, sell and deal in all | kinds of personal property, wares and merchandise; to act as agent or broker for the purchase or sale of real or per sonal property, including live stock.
 ARTICLE V.
 The capital stock of this corporation is and shall be the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars (sl50, ,0OO.OO), divided into fifteen hundred shares of | the par value of One Hundred Dollars (sl00.00) eaoh, and when issued shall be first fully paid for in cash, or prop erty of an equivalent cash value, and such shares of stock, when so issued, shall thereafter be non-assessable.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Arti- cles of Incorporation in the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, at Phoenix, Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years from the date of the filing of said certified copy in said office of the said Auditor, unless renewed for greater length of time, as provided by law.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by s Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three, norl more than fifteen, to be elected annually by and from among the stockholders, and the number decided upon and elect ed at such annual election shall consti tute the number of Director for that year. The first annual meeting of Stock holders for the election of Directors and transaction of other business as may come before them shall be held on the second Tuesday of April 1908, and such annual meeting shall be held on the same day of each succeeding year thereafter.
 ARTICLE VIII. The officers of this corporation shall consist of President, Vice. President, Secretary, Treasurer and General Man. | ager, and such other minor officers as the Board of Directors may sec proper to create, and the offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be filled by one and the same person, and all of said off eers are to be elected by and from t among the Board of Directors. Until } such Board of Directors shall have been 8 elected, as provided for in Article VII, | the following stockholders herein are | hereby designated and appointed and shall constitute the Board of Directors, = viz:
 Pat Rose, Alfred Kinney, William [ Ryan, Fred Jones, J. N. Porter, Denis A Murphy, F. D. Reed, 8. F. sullenberger, b and Joe Ryan; and until such time, the A following persons are hereby named, e and appointed as the officers c ,f this corDoration viz. Denia Muy "a