The Coconino sun., 1924-11-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
OF FLAGSTAFF

gether for the purpose of forming
religious corporation under the laws
of the State of Arizona, do hereby
adopt the following Articles of lncor-
poration:
The name of this Corporation shall
be "The First Church of Christ of
Flagstaff"
Article III
The principal place of business of
said Corporation shall be at the Town
of Flagstaff, County of Coconino,
State of Arizona.
Article III
The names, residences and postof-
flee addresses of the corporation are:
j. w. Saunders, Flagstaff, Arizona,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Baird w. Brinton, Flagstaff, Arizona,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
George w. Rector, Flagstaff, Arizona,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
C. P. Hanna, Flagstaff, Arizona,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
w. o. Cook, Flagstaff, Arizona,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
j. D. Jackson, Flagstaff, Arizona,
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Article w
The general nature Of the business
proposed to be transacted by the Cor
poration is to maintain, conduct and
manage a Church of Christ Chris
tian) in the Town of Flagstaff, and to
provide and promote divine worship in
accordance with. the doctrines and
policies of said Church, to purchase,
take by gift, bequest or devise, or
otherwise acquire, and hold real and
personal property of every kind and
description, for the use of said cor
poration, and to sell, mortgage, lease
and convey the same, and to execute
deeds, mortgages, leases, bills of sale
or other instruments conveying the
same, to accumulate funds to be held
in trust and used for the benefit of
said Corporation and to promote the
purposes for which it is organized, and
to expend and dispose of such funds or
any part thereof in any manner that
will promote the welfare of said Cor
poration, to contract and be contracted
with, and in general to do any and all
things necessary and proper to render
effective the purposes and objects of
this Corporation; Provided, however,
that pecuniary profit shall in no wise
be an object of said Corporation.
Article V
The commencement of the Corpora
ton shall be the date of the issuance
to it of a certificate of incorporation
by the Arizona Corporation Commits
sion, and it shall endure for the full
term of twenty-five years thereafter,
with the privilege Of perpetual success
sion as provided by statute.
Article vi
The affairs Of the Corporation shall
be conducted by Board of Directors,
consisting of six members. Said
Board of Directors shall be elected by
the members of said Church, from
among the members thereof, annually
on or about the first day of October
of each year. The following named
persons shall constitute the Board of
Directors until their successors are
elected and have qualified: j. w.
Saunders, Baird w. Brinton, George
w. Rector, C. P Hanna, w. o. Cook,
and ]. D. Jackson.
On the 18th day of September, 1924,
an election was duly held by the mem
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zona, at which election said persons
were elected to serve as Directors un-
til the first annual election held there
after, as hereinbefore provided for, or
until their successors are elected and
have qualified.
Article VII
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which the corporation
may at any one time subject itself is
Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars,
and the private property of the mem
bers of the Corporation shall be for
ever exempt from its debts or oblf-
cations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have
hereunto set our hands this 10Th day
of September, A. D. 1924.
J. w. SAUNDERS,
BAIRD w. BRINTON,
GEO. W. RECTOR,
C. P. HANNA,
w. o. COOK,
]. d. JACKSON.
State of Arizona, County of Coco
nino, SIS.
Before me, Frank Harrison, No
tary Public, in and for the State and
county AFORESAID, on JnlS DAY per-
sonally appeared J. w. Saunders,
Baird w. Brinton, George w. Rector,
C. P. Hanna, w. 0. Cook, and j. D.
Jackson, known to me to be the per-
sons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and ac-
knowledged to me that they executed
the same for the purpose and consid-
Grafton therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal Of
office this 29th day of September,
1924.
FRANK HARRISON,
(SEAL) Notary Public
Ny commission expires April %, 1924
State of Arizona, County of Coco
nino, SIS.
Miss Ardelle Switzer, Mrs. J. D.
Jackson and Mrs. Dan Williams, be-
ing duly sworn, each for herself and
not one for the other, says that on
the 18th day of September, 1924,
meeting of the members of the First
Church of Christ of Flagstaff, Arizona
was held at Flagstaff, Arizona, for the
purpose of electing six directors of
The First Church of Christ of Flag
staff, a proposed religious corpora
ton; that affiants are the persons
who were appointed and selected as