The daily morning oasis., 1918-08-02
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Articles Of Incorporation
of the
American Railway Express Co.

FIRST: The name of this Corporation
shall be the AMERICAN RAILWAY Ex-
fRESS COMPANY
SECOND: Its principal office or place
of business in the State of Delaware shall be
located in the city of Dover. County Of Kent,
and its resident agent shall be the UNITED
STATES CORPORATION COMPANY, whose
address is Bill South State Street, in said
city.
THIRD: The nature of the business and
objects and purposes proposed to be trans
acted. promoted and carried on. are as fol-
lows:
To engage in and carry on In the State Of
Delaware and in and between any and all
+ the States. Territories and possessions Of
the United States and the District of Coluni-
bia and adjacent foreign countries the
business of carrying and transporting and
forwarding by railroads, steamboats,, ships,
canals stages and other means of transpor-
bills. notes, bullion. packages. parcels and
movable valuables of any description over
and upon such lines and routes as 1t may
from time to time establish, and in and be-
tween the points places or stations at which
it may from time to time establish and con-
tinue agencies: and the said corporation Is
hereby invested with the powers necessary
and proper for said purpose, as well as the
powers incident and appropriate to express
carriers and especially with full power to
give such security in the nature of a general
transportation bend as may be required by
the laws of the United States and the regu-
laticns passed in relation thereto for trans
portation and delivery of dutiable merchan-
disc 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 with
out security from the 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. mortgage otherwise dispose
of the same,
To borrow, when necessary for the purpose
of its business, money with or without
pledge of mortgage all or any of
it's 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
purposes of the corporation.
To have one or more offices to carry on
any or all of its operations business and
without restriction limits to amount
to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold own
to mortgage. sell, convey, or otherwise dis
pose of real and personal property of every
class and description in any of the states,ter-
ritories districts colonies or possessions of the
United States and in adjacent foreign coun-
tries. subject to the laws of such state, dis
trict, territory, colony, possession or country,
To enter into, make, perform, and carry
OUT contracts of every kind for any lawful
purpose without limit to amount with any
person. firm. association corporation: and
to act agent for any person, firm associa-
ton corporation for any lawful purpose:
and to do general collection business.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed
both as objects and powers. and it is hereby
expressly provided that the foregoing en.-
meration of specific powers shall not be held
to limit restrict in any manner the pow
ers of this corporation.
In general, to have and to exercise all the
powers conferred by the laws of Delaware
upon corporations formed under the laws of
said State.
To purchase, hold and reissue any of the
shares of it's capital stock.
FOURTH: The total authorized capital
stock of this corporation is Forty Million
Dollars (s4O ,OOO. OOO), divided into Four
Hundred Thousand (4oO,OOO) shares, of par
value of One Hundred Dollars $1,000 each.
The amount of capital stock with which