Arizona republican., 1913-01-07
No 01Qe2

No. 24S63. Frank C. Jordan. Secretary of State
 Frank H. Cory, Deputy. State
 of California, Department
 of State.
 l, FRANK C. JORDAN. Secretary of the State of California, do hereby certify that I have carefully com pared the annexed copy of Articles of of LOS ANGELES UN- ION STOCKYARDS COMPANY with the certified copy of the original now on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcript there from, and of the whole thereof Also that this authentication is in due form and by the proper officer.
 WITNESS my hand and the Great Seal of State, at office in Sacramen- to. California, the 2nd day of January A. D. 1913.
 (SEAL) FRANK C. JORDAN,
 Secretary of State.
 By FRANK H. CORY,
 Deputy ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
 LOS ANGELES UNION STOCK
 YARDS COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY TIES PRE- SENTS:
 That we. the undersigned, citizens and residents of the State of Calf ornia. have this day voluntarily as sociated ourselves together for the purposes of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Cal ifornia.
 AND WE HEREBY CERTIFY,
 FIRST: That the name of the said corporation shall be the LOS AN GILES UNION STOCKYARDS COMPANY.
 SECOND: That the purposes for which it is formed are to engage in the live stock business, to buy, sell and handle all kinds of live stock by every known commercial method; to slaughter. pack, ship and sell, and deal in all kinds of fresh meats and cold storage products, and all and every other kind of produce, irclud- ing hay, grain, fuel. lumber and all other building materials; to build, manufacture, owr and operate all ne cessary means of transportation for the purpose of the efficient handling and marketing of the products and commodities hereinbefore mentioned, including the owning, operating and the manufacturing of refrigeratoE cars. etc. to own, print and publish for the information of the trade in particular and the public in general, a newspaper or other medium for the proper distribution of the news of and concerning the state of the trade, prices. market quotations, etc, of the products and things hereinbefore mentioned.
 THIRD: That the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is the State of California, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, and at the cer- tain number known as 339 South Hill Street.
 FOURTH: That the term for which said corporation is to exist is to be for fifty C5O years from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 FIFTH: That the number of direc- tors of said corporation shall be seV- en @ and the names and residences Of the directors who are appointed for the first year and to serve until the election and qualification of such officers are as follows, tOWit:
 NAME ADDRESS. J. A. swank, 339 South Hill Street w. R. Letton. 339 South Hill Street. D. A. Whitaker. 339 South Hill Street. R. H Mouser. 339 South Hill Street, V. Kresse 339 South Hill Street, R. E. Frey, 339 South Hill Street. F.. s. Robinson. 339 South Hill Street. SIXTH: That the amount of capi- tai stock of said corporation is one Million ($1.O00,000) Dollars. and the number of shares that it is divided into is one million G,000,000) shares at q par value of One ($100) Dollar each.
 SEVENTH: That the amount oi said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is Seven ($7O0( Dollars. and the following are the names of the persons by whom same has been subscribed. NAME NUMBER OF OF