Arizona state miner., 1926-04-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF NORTH HARDWARE AND I'M
PLEMENT COMPANY.

together for the purpose of forming
a corporation under the laws of the
State of Arizona, and do hereby adopt
the following Articles Of Incorpora-
tion:
Article |.
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 ~.
The Capital Stock of this corpora
ton shall be Twenty Thousand
100000 00) Dollars; divided into
one thousand shares of the par value
Of Twenty ($20 O0) Dollars each, and
shall be issued only full paid and
| worcestershire. 1t 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 a geD-
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 busi-
ness Of general hardware and ira.
| 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
ital 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 indebt-
edness and to secure the payment of
the same by mortgage, pledge or
otherwise, to act as agent; trustee,
broker, or any other fiduciary capac-
ity; to borrow and loan money; to
do and perform SUCH acts and things
and transact such business not liz
consistent with the law and the oh
jectS hereinbefore specified; and to
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 ter
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 Of
Directors consisting of three mem
bers; 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 |
annually by the stockholders from
among their number at the annual |
meeting Of the stockholders to be |
held ON the first Tuesday in March. |