Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
| Know all men BY these presents:
That we, the undersigned, have this
day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming a corporation
and for that purpose do establish the
following charter:
The name of this corporation shall
be the Northwest Amusement Com
pany.
| The name of the incorporators are
H. E. Grinnell and E. C. Sherman.
| The principal place in which the
business of the corporation within the
Territory of Arizona Is to be trans
acted is at Phoenix in Maricopa coun-
ty, Arizona.
| The general nature of the business
| in which the corporation shall engage
is as follows: To own, buy, sell, lease,
rent, mortgage or cucumber real estate,
borrow and loan money, operating
moving picture shows. stock or vaude-
willie, theatrical companies, buying or
renting films.
! V.
| The authorized amount of capital
stock of this corporation shall be Ten
Thousand dollars 100000, divided
into fifty shares of the par value of
Two Hundred dollars $4,000 each. The
board of directors may cause said cap
ital 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 the
services rendered and to issue or cause
to be issued any part or all of the
capital stock as required at any time
or from time to time and when so is
sued it shall be fully paid and non-as-
sessable and in the absence of fraud
| in the transactions. the judgment of
the board of directors as to the valu-
| ing of property purchased or trans
ferred or exchanged or services rem
dered shall be conclusive.
VI.
That the time of the commencement
of this corporation shalt be the date
of the filing of these articles of incor-
poration in the office OF the county
auditor of Maricopa county, Arizona.
and the termination thereof shall be
twenty five years thereafter.
VII.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of directors
who shall be elected annually by the
stockholders. The annual meeting of
the stockholders shall be held on the
first Monday Of January of each year.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability, direct or contingent to which
this corporation is at any time sub
ject, shall be not to exceed Six Thou
sand Five Hundred dollars (s6,500)
VIII
The private property of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be.
exempt from corporate debts of any
kind whatever.
Among the powers of this corpora
ton shall be:
l. To have perpetual succession.
2. To sue and be sued by the cor
porate name.
3. To have a common seal and alter
the same at pleasure.
4. To render the shares or interests
of stockholders transferable and pre-
scribe the mode or manner Of making
such transfers.
5. To exempt the private property
of members from liability for corpor-
ate Indebtedness.
6. To make contracts. acquire and
transfer property, possessing the same
powers in such respects as private in
dividualS now enjoy.
Z. To mortgage all or any part Of
it's property and create mortgages,
bonds, debenture bonds and other evil
dence of indebtedness.
s. To establish bylaws and make
rules and regulations deemed expedi-
ent for the management of the affairs
of the corporation not inconsistent
with the constitution of the United
States and the Territory of Arizona.
3. To authorize voting by proxy at
all stockholders meetings.
In witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands and seals this goth
day OF May, 1908.
H. E. GRINNELL
E. c. SHERMAN.
State of Washington,
County of Walla Walla, IS.
On this goth day of May. 1908. be-
fore me, a notary public, in and for
said county and state, duly commits
stoned and sworn. personally appear
ed E. c. Sherman. known to me to be
the persons described in and whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing
instrument and they acknowledged to
me that they executed the same for
the purpose and considerations there
in expressed.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official
seal in my office in said state and
county the day and year last above