The Coconino sun., 1925-06-19
OF INCORPORATION
OF THE CALIFORNIA CATTLE
MEMS ASSOCIATION.
Know All Men By These Presents:

! lty OF whom are citizens and residents
4 of the State of California, engaged
and residents of the State of Cali
in the production, preserving, dry
ing, packing, shipping, manu- actur-
/ ing, preparing for market, or mar
keting, of agricultural or horticul-
tural products, or all or some of
them, have this day voluntarily asso-
ciated ourselves together for the pur-
/ pose of forming, and do hereby form,
an agricultural and horticultural, nom
| profit, cooperative association, pur-
suant to Title XXI, Part Four, Divis-
ion First, of the Civil Code Of said
State. and we hereby certify:
First: That the name of said cor
i poration shall be THE CALIFORNIA
| CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
/ Second: That the purposes for
/ which it is formed are:
(a) To operate for the mutual
| benefit Of its members as producers;
to promote, foster, and encourage the
intelligent and orderly marketing Of
agricultural and horticultural prod
ucts through cooperation; and to
! eliminate speculation and waste and
to stabilize the marketing of such
products; to render any service and
or to provide any facility in any man
ner connected with the foregoing and
or the harvesting, preserving, drying,
processing, packing, canning, grading,
handling, shipping, or utilization
/ thereof, or the manufacturing, pre-
pairing for market, including the
manufacturing or making of the by
products thereof, or marketing Of ag-
ricultural or horticultural products,
or all or any of them, particularly
including but not restricted to, cattle
and beef, and-or to render any service
or engage in any activity in connec-
tion with the manufacturing, buying,
selling, or supplying to its members
of supplies, machinery, or equipment,
or the financing of one or more of
such activities.
(b) To appoint such agents and Of
ficers as its business may require, and
such appointed agents may be either
persons or corporations; to admit per-
ton, and to eXpel any member pur-
suant to the provisions of its bylaws;
to forfeit the membership of any
member for violation of any agree
ment between him and the Associa-
ton, or for his violation of its by
laws.
(e) To buy, receive as gifts, hold,
operate, manage, lease, sell, or other
wise dispose Of, and exercise all
privileges of ownership over, such
real and-or personal property, incIud-
ing. but not restricted TO, trademarks
copyrights, patents, and-or shares of
stock in other corporations as may be
necessary or convenient to conduct
and-or carry out any one or more or
all of the purposes or objects for
which this Association is formed, or
any of its business; to borrow money,
and to make and issue notes, bonds,
debentures, obligations and other evi-
dences of Indebtedness of all kinds,
whether secured by mortgage, deed
of trust, pledge, or otherwise, and to
secure the same by mortgage, deed
of trust, pledge, or otherwise, and
generally, to make and perform agree
ments and contracts Of every kind and
nature.
(d) Upon the written assent or by
vote of members representing two
thirds of the total votes of all mem
bers to cooperate with any other CO.
operative association or associations
for the cooperative and more economi-
cal carrying on of their respective
businesses, by consolidation as pro-
vided in Section Six Hundred and
Fifty-Three of this Code, whereupon
the effect of such consolidation shall
be the same as declared in said sec
ton; or upon resolution, adopted by
its board of directors, to enter into all
necessary and proper contracts and
agreements, and to make all neceS-
sary and proper stipulations and ar
rangements with any other coopera-
tive association or associations for the
cooperative and more economical car
rying on of its business, or any part
cooperative associations organized un
der this title, upon resolutions, adopt !
ed by their respective boards of direc-
tors, may, for the purpose of more
economically carrying on their respec-
tive businesses, by agreement between
them, unite in employing and using,
or several associations may separately
employ and use, the same methods,
means and agencies, for carrying on
and conducting their respective busi-
nesses.
(e) To do each and everything
necessary, suitable or proper for the
accomplishment of any one of the
purposes, or the attainment of any
one or more of the objects herein
enumerated or conducive to or ex-
pedient for the interest or benefit of
the Association, and to contract ac-
cordingly; and, in addition to exer-
else and possess all powers, rights, /
and privileges necessary or incident
to the purposes for which the Asso-
citation is organized or of the activi- /
ties in which it is engaged, and, in
addition, any other rights, powers and
privileges granted by the laws Of this
state to other corporations, except
such as are inconsistent with the ex-
press provisions of the laws under
which this Association is organized
and to do any such thing anywhere;
to do any Of the things or effect any
of the purposes herein set out and
conduct its business generally for the
profit of its members; to use and en-
ploy any of it's facilities for any pur-
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