Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
State of West Virginia
CERTIEIC.IIE OF INCORPORATION N

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 I,C w. SWlSHER, Secretary of State oi
 the state of west Virginia, do hereby certify tnat an agreement duly dcknoWleueeu ana ac compAnleu Dy the p'uper aindatlts, mas been | this day delivered lo me, whicn agreement Is
 in words and figures following:
 l. The undersigned agree to become cor. | poratlon by the name of UNION CAkBlDE SALES COMPANY.
 H. The principal place of business of said
 corporation shall De located Tn the City of Chi
 cagu, Tn the Couuty Of Cook and State of Ill
 nols Sald corporation Will nave no chlef works. | III The oDJec,s and purposes for which this | corporation is formed are as follows:
 l. To purchase, acquire, store, use, sell, and | otherwise uea. ln and dispose of. either directly
 or indirectly by means of agents or otherwise, calcium olue anu all other gas producing
 mdterlals and gas, especially acetylene gas, ana all machinery, apparatus. nXtureS. appll
 ances and equipment IUr any purposes relating
 Tn any manner to the use of calcium carbide and aceLylene or other gas; also any and all | meUallurglcal, electro met ailurgical, chemical
 and electro. chemical products and compound lLciudlng any and all elementary substances, | alN, any ana all alloys and compounds there
 of, and any and all articles consisting, or
 partly consisting of the foregoing or any of
 them, ana any and all products of the foregoing | UT any Uf them.
 9 To construct, purchase. lease and other | Wise acquire shops, stores warehouses and other buildings, and to maintain, use and op-
 crate the same for any purposes of the com | pany. and to lease and sell or otherwise dis | pose of the same.
 | 5. To apply for, obtain. register, purchase or | otherwise acquire, and to hold, use, own, op-
 crate and introduce and to sell, assign, or | other wise dispose of, any and all trade marks, | Lrade names, patents, applicatloh for patt nt, | patent rights, licenses, inventions improve. | ments and processes used in connection with
 or secured under letters patent of the United | states, or elsewhere or othe erwise, and to use. | eXel else, develop grant licenses in respect of,
 or otherwise to turn to account the foregoing, | or any or elUler or them, or any Sucn property | or rights.
 | f. To acquire by purchase, subscription or | otherwise and to hold and dispose of, proper | ties rights good will, and other assets, stock,
 bonds or any other fiscal obligations of any
 corporation formed for, or now or hereafter eu- gagged iu or pursuing any one or more ot the | kinds of business, purposes objec,s, or opera
 tlonS aDove indicated, or owning or holding any | property of any kind herein mentioned. | 3. To hold for investment or otherwise, to
 use, sell or dispose of any stocks, bonds or
 other fiscal obligations of any other corpora
 ton, and while owner or any such StuckS bonds
 or other obligations, to exercise all the right.
 powers and privileges Of ownership thereof,
 and to. exercise any and all voting powers | thereon.
 | 6. 10 construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, and to maintain, use, employ and D.
 crate, and to lease and sel or otherwise dlS- pose of all machinery, apparatus, fixtures, ap pliances and equipment relating in any manner
 to the storage, use and sale of calcium carbide
 ana all other gas producing materials or nec- l eSSdTE, utSlTdDlt UT COnNtuleHl III
 of any purposes and objects herenabove set | forth
 | z. The object or purposes Of the company is l from time to time to du any oLe or more, or all
 of the acts herein set forth. and it is the nten- | that the objects and purposes specified in
 any aau all of the items of this clause (IlD of | this certificate of incorporation shall be re-
 garded as independent objects and pun poses. | The company may also conduct its business | in other States, and in ttrIitol ies and de
 pendencies of the United states, and in foreign
 countries and may have branch offices in the | City of New York in the State of New York,
 or in he City of Niagara Falls in the state of
 New York, or in each, or elsewhere, and keep | its books outside the state of West Virginia
 except as otherwise ma, be provided by law | ". The amount of the total authorized cap
 ital stock of said corporation shall be Three
 Hundret rh"usand Dollars (SouOOOU) which
 shall be divide into three thousand (3OOO)
 shares of the par value O ore hundred dollars
 ,.lvv tach. of which authorized capitnl stock
 tne amount of thirty thousand (S30,00O) has
 been suoset. .Ded, and the amount of thii ty l thousand doll .rs t9oJ,,UOl has been paid | V. Inc names and post office addresses Of | incorporatvrs and the nuuIu-r oI shares of stock subscribed for by eacn are as follows: Post Office No. or Total
 Address Shares No. | Common Shares | Names Stock
 $. $. Jackson 777 East Sixty-ninth 60 60 Place, Lhcago. Illinois
 Benjamin O OShea6j37 CalumetAv'ue 60 60 | Chicago, Illinois | Jessie J. Kicks, 1522 Windsor Av'ne 60 60 Chicago. Illinois
 E. E. White, 2Gs SO Claremont Ave. 50 60
 Fred l.. Blackinton. $50 Lake Av'ne 60 50 Wllmette. Illinois VI This corporation is to expire in fifty (50) yea from the date of this certificate of incor- portion
 VII. In furtherance and not in limitation of u general powers conferred by the laws of | the oLl.e If West Virginia, and of the objects | and purposes as nei einabove stated 1t is here | by expressly provided mat this company shall | have also the following powers, that is to say, | to do any and all Of the things set forth as ob- | jects aId purposes in clause III hereof, to the same extent and as fully as natural persons | might or could do
 Given under our hands this 9th day of March | A. D. 1908. J. S. JACk ION, BENJAMIN OSHEA, | JESSE KICKS, E E. WHITE, | FRED l.. BLACkINTON. WHEREFORE, The corporators named in the said Agreement, and who have signed the same, | and their successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be from this date until the eleventh day of March, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty Eight a corporation by the name and for the purposes set forth in said Agreement.
 Given under my hand and Great Seal Of the said State at the City of Charleston. this | rl, venth day of March, Nineteen Hundred and Eight. C. w. SWlSHER, | Seall Secretary of State.
 CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 9O6 REVISED | STATUTES nF THE UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, | STATE OF W EST VIRGINIA. | OFFICE OF THh SECRETARY OF STATE. l l. Stuart F. Reed Secretary of State of the
 State of West Virginia. being the officer who, | under the constitution and laws Of said State, | is authorized to issue certificates of incorpora- tion of all companies incorporated under the | laws thereof, and being the officer authorized | to issue certificates certifying changes in | amendments to such certificates Of lncOrpora-
 tion, and being the officer who is keeper of all | the records and papers relaxing to the erection