The Holbrook news., 1918-08-23
Articles of Incorporation of the AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY

First: The name of this Cor
 poration shall be the AMERI-
 CAN RAILWAY EXPRESS
 COMPANY.
 Second: It's principal office or
 place of business in the State of
 Delaware shall be located in the city of Dover, county of Kent,
 and it's resident agent shall be the UNITED STATES CORPOR- ATION COMPANY, whose ad- dress is 311 South State street, in said city.
 Third: The nature of the bus mess and the objects and pur- poses proposed to be transacted, promoted and carried on, are as follows:
 To engage in and carry on in the state of Delaware, and in and between any and all of the states, territories and possess ions of the United States and the District of Columbia. and in adjacent foreign countries. the business of carrying and trans porting and forwarding by rail- roads, steamboats, ships, canals. stages and other means of trans portation, goods, wares, merchan- disc. money, bills, notes, bullion, packages. parcels and movable valuables of any description, over and upon such lines and routes as it may from time to time establish, and in and be- tween the points. places or sta tions at which it may from time to time establish and con- tinue agencies; and the said corporation is hereby invest ed with the powers neces- sary and proper for said purpose, as we'll as the powers incident and appropriate to ex- press carriers, and especially with full power to give such se- curity in the nature of a general transportation bond as may be required by the laws of the United States and the regula- tions passed in relation thereto for the transportation and de- livery of dutiable merchandise | and other property in bond, from port to port in the United States, or through the United States.
 To take bonds of indemnity with or without security from it's agents and employees, to acquire by purchase, devise or otherwise, and to hold real and | personal estate of any value to the amount necessary and proper for the purpose for which it is incorporated, and to sell, mort gage or otherwise dispose of the same:
 To borrow, when necessary for the purpose of it's business, money. with or without pledge of or mortgage on all or any of its property, real or personal. as security;
 To take, hold and dispose of any mortgage on real or personal estate; and to issue bonds, debentures or obligations of the corporation from time to time for any of the objects or pur- poses of the corporation;
 To have one or more offices, to carry on any or all of it's oper- ations or business and without | restriction or limits as to amount | to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage. sell, convey, or otherwise dis pose of real and personal prop erty of every class and descrip- ton in any of the states, terri tories, districts. colonies or pos sessions of the United States and in adjacent foreign countries, subject to the laws of such state. district. territory. colony. pos session or country:
 To enter into. make, perform, and carry out contracts of every kind for any lawful purpose without limit as to amount with any person. firm, association or corporation; and to act as agent for any person, firm, association or corporation for any lawful purpose: and to do a general