Arizona republican., 1912-03-27
ARTICLES OF ACCOMMODATIONS
 of the ARIZONA STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.

PRESENTS:
 That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona. anG we do hereby adopt the following
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incOrpOratOrS are R. N Fredericks. IT J. McClunS. J. M. Ormsby, Reese NJ. Ling and Nose DraChman.
 ARTICLE 1T.
 The name of this corporation is and shall be
 ARIZONA STATE BANK AND
 TRUST COMPANY,
 and it's principal place of transactinS business shall be at Phoenix. in the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, with branches iu such other places in the State of Arizona as may be deem cd advantage
 ARTICLE III
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is a gen eral banking. savings. loan. deposit and trust business. and to accumulate and loan it's funds and t!:e funds of its depositors. and to invest the same, receive deposits of money. loan. in vest and collect the same with in terest and repay the same to depos- itors. with or without interest. as .may be provided by proper authority of the Board of Directors; in and by it's corporate name to take, re- ceive. hold, and repay, reconvey and dispose ot any effects and property. both real and personal which may be granted, committed. transferred or conveyed to it, with it's consent, upon any terms. or upon any trusts what ever. at any time or times, by any person or persons. including married women, or miners, body or bodies corporate. or by any court of record |; to administer, fulfill and discharge the duties of such trust or trusts. for such remuneration as may be agreed upon: to act generally as agents or attorneys for the transaction of busi- ness, the management of estates, the collection of rents, dividends, mort gages. interest, bonds. bills. notes and securities for moneys. to act as agents for the purpose of issuing. negotiating. registering, transferring or countersigning the certificates of of stock. bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association or municipality, and to manage any sink ing funds therefor on such terms as T C.. for fire insurance, surety and othci companies; and generally to act as agent for any person or corporation in the transaction of any lawful bus mess. To accept and execute the of flee of cXccutOr, administrator, trustee, receiver, assignee or guard ian for any minor, incompetent per son. Iunatic or any person subject Ito guardianship; to loan money upon real estate and collateral security, and to execute and issue its notes and debentures, payable at future date, and to pledge its mortgages on real estate and other securities as security therefor; to take and receive for any individual or corporation. or deposit for Safe-keeping and storage gold and silver plate. jcwelry, money stocks, securities and other valuable and personal property, and to rent out the use of safes and other re- ceptacles, upon such terms and for such compensation as may be agreed upon: to become Sureties for admin istrators, guardians. or other trustees or persons in cases where, by law or otherwise, one or more Sureties are required; to examine titles and make and certify abstracts of title: to guarantee or insure to grantees the validity of titles in real estate trans fers. at a rate of compensation, and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon; to lease, pur- chase. hold and convey land. or such personal estate as may be necessary to carry on its business, as we'll as such real and personal estate as if may deem necessary to acquire in the enforcement or settlement of any claim or demands arising out of its business transactions, and to ex- ecute and issue in the transaction of its business all necessary receipts
  shall be signed by such person or persons as may be designated by the bylaws of this corporation; tc do any and all acts and things per taining to or what they may be connected with the purposes and ob- jects above specified. or that may be necessary or convenient or uSe- ful to the main purposes of this cor poration, in carrying on general banking. savings. loan, deposit and trust business.
 ARTICLE "
 The amount of capital stock of this corporation is one million dol lars (s1,000.000), divided into ten thousand shares GO,000), of the par value of one hundred dollars (S100) each. Five thousand (5,000) shares of the par value of five hundred thousand dollars (s5O0,o0o) shall bc