Arizona state miner., 1926-03-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF NORTH HARDWARE AND I'M
PLEMENT COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we. the under.
signed do hereby associate ourselves
together for the purpose of forming
corporation under the laws of the
State of Arizona, and do hereby adopt
the following Articles of Incorpora-
ton:
Article 1.
The names, residences and post
Office addresses of the incorporators
are as follows:
l.. H. North, Phoenix, Arizona.
A. o. North, Phoenix, Arizona.
E. R. North, Phoenix, Arizona.
Article II.
The name of the corporation is
NORTH HARDWARE & IMPLE-
MENT COMPANY.
Article Ill.
The principal place of transacting
| business shall be Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Arizona, but branch Offices
! may be maintained, meetings held.
and business transacted within or
outside the State of Arizona at such
places as the Board of Directors may
designate, where meetings of the
stockholders and directors may be
held and any and all corporate busi-
ness transacted
Article w.
The Capital Stock of this corpora
| tion shall be Twenty Thousand
| ($2O,OO0 .O0) Dollars; divided into
one thousand shares of the par value
of Twenty ($20 O0) Dollars each, and
| shall be issued only full paid ana
| worcestershire. It may be issued for
money, property or services, at a val
uation fixed by the Board of Dir
ectors, which shall be conclusive.
Article v.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by this corporation
is to maintain and carry on gen-
eral merchandising business and
hardware and Implement; to own,
hold, buy, sell. lease, exchange an
otherwise deal in property of every
kind and character necessary or DE-
sirable in connection with the bu8i-
ness of a general hardware and in.
plement store and to manufacture.
buy, sell, and deal in all manner OF
hardware and implements; to buy,
sell, mortgage, lease, exchange and
otherwise acquire, dispose of ard
deal in real estate and personal prop
erty of every nature and kind and
to accept the same in payment OF
debts; to purchase, own, control sell
and otherwise deal with it's own CAP
ltal stock and the capital stock of
other corporations foreign or domes-
tic, and have the same rights of
ownership therein as permitted to
natural persons; to issue bonds,
notes or other evidences of indeht-
edness and to secure the payment of
the same by mortgage, pledge or
otherwise; to act as agent; trustee,
broker or any other tiduciary capac-
ity; to borrow and loan money; to
do and perform such acts and thines
and transact such business not in
consistent with the law and the oh !
jects hereinbefore specified: and - |
do and perform all the acts and
things and transact all the business
hereinbefore specified in all the |
States and territories of the United !
States and in any part of the World. |
Article vi.
The time for the commencement
OF this corporation shall be the date
of the issuance to it by the Arizona
Corporation Commission of a certi-
ficate of incorporation, and the tor
mination thereof shall be twenty-five
years thereafter, with the privileges
of renewal as provided by law.
Article VII.
The affairs of this corporation
shall be conducted by a Board cf
Directors consisting of three mem
hers; but the number of directors
may be increased to five or more
directors in such way or manner as :
the bylaws Of the corporation may
provide, and such other subordinate
officers and agents as they may ap-
point or elect and the following
named persons shall constitute the
Board of Directors until their success
sors are elected and have qualified,
to-wit: L. H. North A. O. North
and e. r. North. Thereafter the
Board Of Directors shall be elected
nnualy by the stockholders from
among their number at the annual
meeting of the stockholders to be
leld on the first Tuesday In March