Graham guardian., 1919-10-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FISHER LUMBER COMPANY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned, have vol
unfairly associated ourselves for the
purpose of forming corporation under
the laws of the State of Arizona. and
we adopt the following Articles of In
corporation:
ARTICLE l.
(a). The names, residence and post
office addresses of the incorporators
are:
w. E. WhalIey, of Globe, Arizona;
f. G. Fisher, of Thatcher, Arizona;
w. X. Freeman, of Thatcher; Arizona;
George F. Martini, of Thatcher, Ari-
zona.
(b). The name of the corporation
shall be FISHER LUMBER COMPANY. -
(c). The corporations office and
principal place of transacting business
shall be at Thatcher, Graham County,
Arizona. Branch offices may be es-
tablished and business of the corpora
tion may be transacted at any place OF
places, either within or without the
State of Arizona, that the Board OF
Directors may designate.
ARTICLE III.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by the corporation is
as follows: 70 engage in, carry on
and conduct a general wholesale and
retail lumber business; to own, acquire,
lease, possess, and otherwise hold tim
Der, saw mills, fumes and lumber
yards; to operate saw mills, and to cut,
saw and manufacture timber, lumber
and their products; to conduct and car
ry on general contracting business
for the building and constructing of all
structures of whatsoever character; to
purchase and otherwise acquire, to
rent, lease, own, hold, control and inn
prove, and to sell and otherwise dis
pose Of property of every kind, wheth-
er real or personal, and wheresoever
situated; to receive, hold, enjoy and
transfer franchises, easements, con-
tracts and incorporeal hereditaments;
to acquire, hold, sell, transfer. pledge,
and otherwise dispose of shares of
stock, bonds and evidences of indebt-
edness issued or created by this or any
other corporation, and while such holder
to exercise all the rights of ownership
thereof, including the right to vote
stock of any other corporation.
ARTICLE Ill.
The amount of the capital stock of
the corporation shall be Fifty Thousand
Dollars $3.50. 600. 0W, divided into five
thousand $4,000 shares of the par value
of Ten Dollars $4,000 each. The cap
ital stock shall be issued as provided
by the Board of Directors. and shall be
fully paid at the time of its issuance.
1t may be issued in exchange for mon
ey, property, services, contracts, leas-
es, or any other valuable right or thing
useful and beneficial to this corpora
ton, and the judgment of the Board
of Directors as to the value of such
property, services and rights shall be
conclusive.
ARTICLE Nv.
The time of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the day these arti-
cles are filed as provided by law, and
the corporation shall terminate twenty
five (25) years from said date, unless
renewed as now provided by law.
ARTICLE v.
(a). The affairs of the corporation
shall be conducted by Board of Di-
rectors consisting of not less than three
nor more than five persons, and by such
officers as the Board of Directors may
elect or appoint. The following named
persons shall constitute the Board of
Directors until their successors are
elected and have qualified:
w. E. Whalley,
f. c. Fisher,
w. Z. Freeman,
George F. Martini.
Hereafter the Board of Directors
shall be elected from among the stock
holders at the annual stockholders meet
ing, to be held on the first Monday of
December of each year.
(b). The names of the officers to
have charge of the corporate affairs
are President, Vice President and Sec
retary Treasurer all of which officers
shall be elected by the Board of Di-
rectors from their own number.
(c). The Board of Directors are
hereby authorized to fill vacancies in
the Board and to prepare and to adopt
bylaws for the corporation, which said
bylaws shall be amended or repealed
as provided therein.
(d). The Board of Directors shall
have power to sell. convey, mortgage.
lease. and otherwise dispose of all or
any portion of the property Of the cor
either for cash or in exchange
for other property, on such terms and
as they may deem proper;
provided that the Board of Directors
shall not have the power to sell, as
sign, transfer, convey, or otherwise
dispose of the whole or substantially
the whole of the property, assets, eff
fects, franchises and good VIII of the
except with the consent in
or pursuant to the vote of the
holders Of two-thirds Of all the capital