The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-30
Articles of Incorporation
 of "St. Johns Store Company"

@ Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselves together for the pUr- pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt the fo How ing ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION:
 Article I.
 The name of the company shall be, 'ST. JOHNS STORE COMPANY, :" and the names and addresses of the in corporators are: Joseph Udall. whose address is Edgar, Arizona; w. F. Le- sueur, whose address is Edgar, Arizona; H. J. Jones and A. E. Thurber whose address is St. Johns, Arizona, and Gil bert E. Greer, whose address is St. Johns. Arizona.
 Article II.
 The principal office and place of busi- ness within the Statelof Arizona shall be at St Johns, but other offices and places of business may be established and maintained either within or without the said State of Arizona, at such places as the Board of Directors may designate, where any regular or special meeting of said Board may be held and such busi- ness established and maintained or transacted as may be deemed advisable
 Article III.
 The management and control of the business, property and affairs of this corporation shall te vested in a Board of Directors of not less than five nor more than seven members who shall be elected from the stockholders of record at the regular annual meeting to be held on the Second Tuesday of Febru- ary, of each and every year beginning with the year 1922, who shall hold office for one year from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualify. Any vacancy which may occur in said Board, wheth- CT caused by death, resignation or oth- erwise shall be filled by the remaining members from the stockholders of re- cord, and majority of the then quail fled directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Board of Directors shall have the power to establish bylaws and make any and all necessary rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the bus lness of the corporation and the em- ployee's and officers of the same, which are not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Arizona or any other state in which this corporation may do busi- ness under these articles.
 The following named persons, who are stockholders, shall constitute the Board of Directors of this Corporation until the first annual election in February, 1923, and the election and qualification of their successors, viz: Joseph Udall, w. F. Lesueur, Isaac Isaacson, A. E. Thurber, H. J. Jones and Gilbert E. Greer.
 The officers shall be elected from among the Board of Directors and shall consist of a President, Vice President, and Secretary Manager, and the follow ing named persons shall be the officers of this corporation until the election and qualification of their successors, viz: Joseph Udall. President, Isaac Isaacson, Vice-President and A. E. Thurber, Secretary Manager.
 Article ".
 The objects for which this corpora tiOn is formed is as fellows:
 (a) To carry on the business of a general merchandise establishment in all its branches wholesale and retail, and any and all business that may per tain thereto both in buying and selling.
 (b) To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire lands, tenements. warehouses, storehOuses, plants, machinery, public utilities of every kind and description, cattle, sheep, horses and any and all real andpersonalproperty and to erect or con-