The border vidette., 1927-09-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
West Coast Vegetable Distributors Com.
pany, Incorporated.


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned,
do hereby associate ourselves together
for the purpose OF forming a corpora
tion under the laws OF the State of Ari-
zona, and do hereby adopt the follow
ing Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE
The names, residences and post Office
addresses OF the incOrp orators are ae
follows:
Leslie @. Hardy, 22O Trust Building,
Nogales, Arizona.
Charles l. Hardy, 22O Trust Build
ing. Nogales, Arizona.
Fred Itule, l05 Quarry Street, No
gales, Arizona.
ARTICLE II
That the name OF this corporation
is w EST COAST VEGETABLE DIS.
TRIBU TORS COMPANY, INCOR-
PORATED."
ARTICLE III
The principal place OF business of
the corporation ahall be Nogales, Santa
Cruz County Arizona, but the cor
porati0n may have such branch offices,
within or without the State of Arizona
as may hereafter be established by the
Board OF Directors, aud meetings of
the Board OF Directors may be held and
any business transacted at any branch
Office.
ARTICLE Nv
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by the cor
poration is as follows:
To carry on and engage in the busi-
| ness OF planting. producing and market
ing vegetables. fruits and farm produce
OF all kinds whatsoever. and particular
| ly upon the West Coast OF Mexico; to
buy and sell on behalf OF the corpora
tion and upon commission for and on
| behalf OF and as factor and agent Of
other persons, firms or corporations,
vegetables, fruits and farm produce of
any and all kinds whatsoever; to do a
general marketing, brokerage, commis.
sion. forwarding,- exporting and inn
porting business; to act as custom
house brokers; to do a general business
as q commission merchant and to carry
on and to undertake any business trans
actiOn or operation commonly carried
on or undertaken by customhouse brok-
ers, commission men. factors, import
ers, exporters, manufacturers agents.
and in the course of such business to
draw, accept, indorse, acquire, buy
| and sell all or any negotiable or trans.
ferahle instruments and securities; to
borrow and lend money; to make and
| perform contracts; to purchase. lease or
otherwise acquire, own. exchange. sell,
| or dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypo-
thecate and deal in real estate, any and
all kinds of personal property of any
person, firm, association of corpora
ton, and pay for the same in cash or
stock, bonds or obligations of this corr
poratlon, or otherwise.
To issue bonds. notes, debentures or
other forms or corporate obligations
and to sell, pledge, hypothecate the
same. and to secure the payment there
of by mortgage, pledge or. otherwise
upon all or any part OF the property Of
the company; to purchase. acquire,
hold, sell and dispose of stock, bonds
or other evidences OF Indebtedness OF
any corporation. domestic or foreign,
and to issue and exchange therefor it's
stocks, bonds or other obligations.
ARIlCLE
The authorized amount of the capital
stock OF this corporation shall be Twen.
ty-five thousand (s25, 900. OO) Dollars.
divided into two hundred and fifty (25O)
shares of the par value of Ten {$10 OO)
Dollars each. Upon subscrItion there
for said capital stock shall be paid into
the corporation in such manner and
upon such terms as the Board of Di-
reotors may fix in cash, services, or by
the sale. transfer and assignment to the
corporation of property, property rights
or interests therein, real or personal,
for the uses and purposes of the cor
poratton, and in payment for which,
shares of the capital stock of the cor.
p0ration may be issued, and such stock
80 issued shall thereupon and thereby
become and be fully paid and nom
assessable. and in the absence of actual
fraud in the transaction. the Judgment
OF tho Board of Directors as to the
value OF the services rendered or prop
erty purchased shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE VI
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date on
which certificate of Incorporation is
issued by the Corporation Commission
of the State of Arizona, and it shall
terminate twenty-five (25) years there
after. unless renewed and extended by
law.
ARTICLE VII
The affairs of this corporation snail
be conducted by q board OF not less
than three nor more than five direct
ors. who shall be stockholders OF the
corporation. Said directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the
stock holders, and shall serve one year,
and until their successors are elected
and qualified. The annual meeting of
this corporation shall be held at such
place. time and hour as may be pre-
scribed by the bylaws of the corpora
ton. The first board of directors shall
be elected by the incorporators, who
shall sorve until their successors are
elected and qualified. II at any time
vacancy in the board of directors shall
occur. said vacancy may be filed by the
remaining members of the board in