Graham guardian., 1920-02-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That, we w. R.
CHAMBERS, whose residence ana
post office address is Stafford, Ari-
zona, WILLIAM McRAE, whose
residence and post office address
is Thatcher, Arizona, w. w. PACE,
whose residence and post-ufflce ad-
dress is Thatcher, Arizona, FRANK
A. WEBSTER, whose residence ana
post office address is Central, Ari-
zona, and ]. w. MATTICE, 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-
iona, 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
The principal place for The
transaction of business is the Tow
of Stafford, County of Graham, Stat,
OF Arizona, and branch offices anG
banks may be established by the
directors at Thatcher, Arizona, ano
at such other places within the
State of Arizona as they may from
Time to time determine.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the bust
ness to be transacted by this cor
poration and the object for which
it is formed are for the purpose OF
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 ana
lending money, loaning, buying, sell.
ing, discounting> holding and deal
ing with and in all kinds of COM
mercial paper, including promissory
notes, mortgages on real and per-
sonal 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 busi-
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-
ceiverships, and other trust, wheth-
er under appointment of courts or
otherwise, TO act as executor, adj
ministrator, end guardian of es-
tates; 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
dences 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,
Cities, Towns, or other
corporations, and to deal
according to law: to pur-
clfase, 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
en- as security for or in payment OF
debts owing to said corporation; to-
buy sell and guarantee bonds, notes,
loans and evidences of indebtedness;