Graham guardian., 1920-01-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Arizona Trust and Savings Bank

hfiAoiia trust ana savings Bank
| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That, we w. R
| CHAMBERS, whose residence anc
post office address is Stafford. Ari.
zona, WILLIAM McRAE, who's,
residence and post office addres:
is Thatcher, Arizona, w. w. PACE
whose residence and post office adj
dress is Thatcher, Arizona, FRANZ
| A. WEBSTER, whose residence anC
post office address is Central Ari-
zona, and ]. w. MATTTCE, whose
residence and post office address is
Pima, Arizona, and all being citi-
zens of the United States, end of the
State of Arizona, have this day as
sociated ourselves together for the
purpose of forming a corporation
under the laws of the State of Ari-
zona, and to make, sign, acknow-
ledge, publish and adopt the fol-
lowing as the articles of incorpor-
alton thereof.
ARTICLE |.
The names of the incorporators
are w. R. CHAMBERS, WILLIAM
McRAE, w, w. PACE, FRANK A.
WEBSTER, and j. w. MATICE.
The name Of the corporation is
ARIZONA TRUST AID SAVINGS
BANK. The principal place for the
transaction of business is the Town
OF Stafford, County of Graham, State
of Arizona, and branch offices and
banks may be established by the
directors at Thatcher, Arizona, and
at such other places within the
State OF Arizona as they may from
lime to time determine.
ARTICLE III.
The general nature of the busi-
ness TO be transacted by this cor
poration and the object for which
it is. formed are for the purpose of
banking in all its branches, by re-
ceiving deposits and paying them
out again upon the order of depos-
itors, buying and selling exchange,
coin and bullion, borrowing and
lending money, loaning, buying, SELL
ing, discounting, holding and deal
ing with and in all kinds of COM
mereial paper, including promissory
notes, mortgages on real and per-
s0nal property, stocks, bonds, city,
town, school, county and state war
rants, and all evidences of debt and
bankable paper on good and suffi-
cient security, either personal, COL
lateral, or real estate to be deter
mined by the officers of the bank.
The corporation shall have power
in the general nature of its bust
ness to accept and execute trusts of
every nature, kind and description
that may be committed to it; to at
tend in legal manner to the manage
mcnt and settlement of estates,
guardianships, assignments, re-
and other trust, wheth-
er under appointment Of courts or
Otherwise, to act as executor. ad-
and guardian of es-
iates; to act as pledge holder, at
torney in fact, agent, assignee re-
ceiver, depository or trustee; TO do
a safe deposit business, to receive
and keep in safe deposit vaults, or
and other places of safe keeping, |
bonds, stocks, notes, papers and val
uables of every kind, and to collect
and receive compensation for such |
keeping, to purchase own, hold, sell, |
assign, and hypothecate personal |
bonds, chooses in action,
bank stock, capital stock OF this and
other corporations, and all classes
Of evidences of Indebtedness; to
register and countersign
stocks, bonds or other evil
iences of indebtedness to is
sue and sell debentures, bonds Sc
cured by mortgage on real property
or otherwise; to receive on deposit
Or otherwise trust funds or moneys
belonging to the United States,
Counties, Cities, Towns, or other
corporations, and to deal
herewith according to law; to pur-
chase, hold, own, sell, mortgage and
convey such real estate as may be
necessary for carrying on the busi-
ness of the corporation, and such
other real property as may be TAX
nn as security for or in payment OF
debts owing to said corporation; to
buy, sell and guarantee bonds, notes,
loans and evidences of indebtedness;