The copper era., 1910-06-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
KNIGHTS OF PYTHtAS BUILDING
CORPORATION

Known All Men By These Presents, that we,
C. 2. Dunn, LA. W. Burtch and C. A. Van Dorm
have this day associated ourselves together for
the purpose of forming Corporation under
the Laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we
do hereby certify and adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation.
1. The name of this corporation shall be the
knights of Pythias Building Corporation and
the principal place for the transaction of the
business of the said Corporation shall be at
Clifton, Graham County. Territory of Arizona
II. The general nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted is to acquire possession
of, and titles to real estate. houses, and all
things pertinent to the use and benefits of said
real estate and houses, to purchase, own and
sell real estate of all kinds, to rent property
owned by the Corporation. and, generally do
and perform any and all acts necessary or in
cidental to its business aforesaid.
III. That the amount of the Capital Stock of
this Corporation shall be, and is Fifteen Thous-
aud Dollars, divided into Three Thousand
Shares of the par value of Five Dollars each.
The said Capital Stock to be placed in the
treasury of said Corporation and be issued from
time to time in such amounts as the Board of
Directors may deem necessary for the purchase
of property or development of the property of
this Corporation, and hen so issued, to be fully
paid and forever non aSseSsabie.
". The time of the commence N ent of this
Corporation shall be the date of the filing of
these Articles for record in the Office of the
Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the
termination thereof shall be twenty-fv years
thereafter. unless renewed pursuant to the
Laws of the Territory of Arizona.
V. The affairs of this corporation shall be
conducted by a Board of Three Directors, all
the members of which shall be shareholders of
this corporation, and shall be elected at the An
nual Meeting of the Shareholders on the first
Friday in March in each year; and the said
Board of Directors shall elect from their own
number the following officers to-wit Presi-
dent Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer.
The Board of Directors. shall adopt by laws
which shall define the duties of said officers,
and the time of their election, the time of the
meeting of such Board and such other matters
as the Board of Directors may deem proper.
The members of the Board of Directors for the
current year and until their successors are
elected and qualified, are: C. P. Dunn, L. A.
w. Burtch and C. A. Van Dorm,
VI. The h. CHEST amount of Indebtedness,
direct or contingent, to which this corporation
may at any time subject itself shall in no case
exceed an amount equal to Sixty-six and Two
| thirds (66ss) per cent of the Capital Stock at
the time the obligation is incurred
VII The private property of the sharehold-
ers shall be exempt from all corporate debts
and liabilities.
VIII. These Articles of Incorporation may
be amended at any Annual Meeting of the
shareholders, or at any Special Meeting called
for that purpose, by vote of two-thirds of the
shares of this Corporation then issued. in favor
of such amendment.
In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set
our hands and seals, this 18th day of March.
A. d. 1916.
(SeaD c. P. DUNN
(SeaD L. A. W. BURTCH
(SeaD c. A. VAN DORM