Arizona republican., 1911-04-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we, the under signed, have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under Chapter H. Title XIII, Revised Statutes of Ari- Zona, 1901. and acts amendatory there to. and to that end do hereby certify and declare:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this Corporation shall be Farmers and Merchants Bank, Phoenix
 ARTICLE IT.
 The principal place Of business of this Corporation within the Territory of Arizona, shall De at Phoenix, Mari copa County. and at such other places as the Board Of Directors may de- termine, where meetings of Stockhold- CTS and Directors may be held and all business transacted.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows, tO-wit: To do any and all of the things herein mentioned, as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do the same, and in any part of the world; to transact, promote and carry on a general commercial banking business: and to exercise by its Board of Directors or duly authorized officers and agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on said general commercial banking business. In furtherance, but not in limitation of, the general powers
 
 of Arizona, and the objects and pur- poses herein set forth, it is expressly provided that said corporation shall also have the following powers:
 To receive deposits; to discount and negotiate promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other evidences of debt; to buy and sell exchange, coin and bullion, and to collect for others money due them on notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, commercial paper or other evidences of indebted ness; to act as escrow agent; to bor- row or raise money by the issue of its notes, debentures or other form of obligation, and if necessary or advis- able, to secure the payment of the same by the deposit of stock securities or other personal property as collateral for said payment, or by executing mortgages, liens or other form of se- curity on any of the property of said corporation, real, personal or mixed; to loan money and when deemed ad- visable. to require and receive a mort gage on real property or a deposit and pledge Of or mortgage on personal property or other property security for ha ar7t nP Ia make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments; to enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts Of every kind and for any lawful pur- pose, with any firm, association or cor pOratiOn; to purchase or otherwise ac- quire and to hold, own and enjoy, and to mortgage, convey or otherwise dis pose of property of every kind, charac- ter and description, real, personal and mixed; to purchase or otherwise ac- quire and deal in, and to hold, sell or otherwise dispose of, the shares of this or any other corporation. and to buy, sell, take, own, hold and deal in bonds. mortgages pledges, choses in action, judgments, inventions. trademarks. patents, licenses, privileges, options, and property of every kind and charac- ter; to install and rent safety deposit boxes. and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation not incon- sistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona
 AR1ICi E ".
 The authorized s,nount of capital