Graham guardian., 1912-12-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, for the purpose of
forming corporation under the laws of the State
Of Missouri and more particularly under the pro-
visions Of Article Nine uX). Chapter Twelve ll2),
OF the Revised Statutes of 1899 and the amend
ments thereto, governing manufacturing and
business corporations, have made and entered
into the following agreement, to-wit:
": The name of the corporation shall be
RANSAS X i2S CITY STRUCTURAL STEEL COM
t2) The corporation shall be located in Kansas
City. jackson County. Missouri
l3l The amount of the capital stock of the cor
poration shall be Five Hundred Thousand $780,
Thousand $3.50 Ooo.OO) Dollars shall be preferred
stock; which shall be entitled to a preferential
cumulative dividend of seven a per centum) per
eentum per annum: and Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand 1890, ,000.00l Dollars shall be common
stock. all divided into Five Thousand 5O00J shares
of the par value of One Hundred ($IO0.O0) Dollars
each: and the same has been bona fde subscribed
and all thereof actually paid up in lawful money
of the United States, which is in the custody Of
the persons hereinafter named as the first board
of directors.
A. The names, places of residence of the sew
era shareholders and the number of shares of
stock. both common and preferred. subscribed by
each as follows: - \
COMMON STOCK
No. of
Name. Residence Shares
Howard A. Fitch, Minneapolis. Minnesota, l24s
Oluf c. Smith. Minneapolis, Minnesota, l24S
Michael M. Sweetman, Kansas City. Mo-. 2
James w. Jones. Kansas City. Missouri, /
Armwell L. Cooper. Kansas City. Missouri, /
Total 2500
PREFERRED STOCK
No. of
Name. Residence Shares
Howard A, Fitch. Minneapolis. Minnesota. l24s
Inf G. Mipnaapnlic
Michael M. Sweetman Kansas Citv. Mo-, 2
James w. Jones' Kansas City, Missouri.
Armwell l.. Cooper. Kansas City. Missouri. 1
(5. The Board of Directors shall consist of
five l5) shareholders and the following named
A. Fitch. 0luf C. Smith, Michael M. Sweetman,
James w. Jones and Armwell l.. Cooper.
49, The corporation is to continue fifty (50l
years.
a. The purposes for which the corporation is
formed are as follows. to-wit: To manufacture
all classes and kinds of foundry architectural and
structural steel and iron work; to engage in the
general steel and iron manufacturing business;
to sell the products manufactured or acquired BY
1t; to build, construct, acquire, buy, sell, own or
cucumber such property (real and PERSONAL.
plants and machinery necessary, usual or incl
dental to the carrying on and conducting its busi-
ness to take, make and enter into oil contracts
and agreements financial otherwise, and to
borrow money by mortgaging. encumbering or
peuRlng ltS property, real or personal, or other-
wise necessary, usual or incidental to the carry
ing on and conducting it's business.
~. The first meeting of the stockholders of
the corporation shall be held at Suite 3S Dwight
Building, in Kansas City, jackson County, Mis-
souri,. on Tuesday. February 26, 1907. at nine
o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
Witness our hands and seals this eighteenth
day of February A. ID. 1907.
HOWARD A. FITCH, tSealI
OLUF C. SMITH. lSeal]
MICHAEL M. SwEETMAN, (Seall
JAMES W. JONES, Seal
ARMwELL L. COOPER, tSeall