The Parker post., 1918-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE RANEY MERCAN-
TILE COMPANY.

State OF Arizona, Office of the Ari-
Zona Corporation Commission.
United States Of America, State of
Arizona-ss.
The Arizona Corporation COmmis-
4Bion does hereby certify that the an
nexed is a true and complete trans
cript of the articles of incorporation
OF Raney Mercantile Company, which
were filed in the Office of said Arizona
Corporation Commission on the 18th
day of July, A. d. 1918, at 1000
o'clock a. m, as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, the Arizona
Corporation Commission, by it's Chair
man, has hereuntO set it's hand and
affixed it's official seal. Done at the
City of Phoenix, the capitol, this 18th
day of July, A. D. 1918.
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMITS
SION
F. A. JONES, Chairman.
(SeaD
Attest:
SAM w. PROCTOR, Secretary.
Y{now All Men by These PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, do hereby
associate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming corporation
under the laws of the state of Art-
zona, and in furtherance of that pur
pose, and to that end, do hereby
adopt, execute, acknowledge and puo-
lish the following articles of incor
pOratiOn:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall
be, and is, RANEY MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
ARTICLE II.
The names, residences and post
office addresses of the incOrporators
are as follows:
Name Residence POstoffice
j. F. Raney. Parker. Arizona. Parker. Arizona
Celia H. Raney
Theodore Hodson.
C. E. Phelps,
VIZ
ARTICLE III
The principal place of business OF
this corporation shall be at it's office,
in the town of Parker, Yuma county
state of Arizona; but other
offices may be established and
maintained, either within OF
without the state Of Ari
zona, as the board of directors of the
determine and designate, at any OF
which said offices meetings of the
stockholders, or meetings of the board
of directors, may be held, and any
and all corporate business transacted
ARTICLE ".
The purpose of this corporation,
and the general nature of the bust
ness proposed to be transacted and
carried on by it, shall be:
First: To conduct store or stores
for the purchase and sale, at retail
and wholesale, of dry goods, groceries
crockery, glassware, hardware, har
ness and trappings, automobile &C
: cessories, articles made from leather
notions, millinery, boots and shoes,
toys, stationery, confectionery, wall
paper, decorations, furniture, carpets,
upholstery, mine supplies and equip
ment, farming Implements, fruits
vegetables, meats and breadstuffs as
we'll as all other articles Of merchan-
dises and to do any and all of the
things hereinafter mentioned as fully
and to the same extent as natural
persons might or could do, within
or without the state of Arizona, and
to do any and everything, and to en-
gage in any and every business, which
may by it's board of directors be
deemed necessary, requisite, essential,
convenient or auxiliary to the carry
ing out of the objects and purposes
for which the corporation is formed.
In furtherance, and not in limita-
ton, of it's general powers AMI pur-
poses, it is expressly provided that the
powers, tO-wit:
l. To acquire, own, handle, sell,
cucumber and otherwise deal in or
with any and all classes of property
to buy, or otherwise acquire, Own.
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