The border vidette., 1927-02-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CITIZENS INVESTMENT COMPANY.


having associated ourselves together
for the purpose OF forming a corpora
tion under aud by virtue Ut the laws
of Arizona, hereby adopt the following
Articles Of IncOrpOratiOn:
ARTICLE I. The name of the corpor.
alton shall be: CITIZENS INVEST.
MENT COMPANY. and its principal
place of business shail be Nogales. Ari.
zOna, but other offices may be estab-
lished and maintai within or outside
of Arizona at such places as the Board
of Directors may designate, where
meetings of stock Olders aud directors
may be held.
ARTICLE II. Tho general nature OF
the business proposed to be transacted
shall be as follows: To purchase. own,
hold, sell, improve, lease and otherwise
deal in real and personal property OF
every kind and character; 10 buy. erect,
manage, operate, care for and main.
tain. extend and alter or otherwise &C.
quire buildings of all descriptions and
troll, use. appropriate aud otherwise
acquire, water. water rights. bitches.
fumes, ditch rights, farming land and
or otherwise dispose OF the same; to
carry on and conduct any and all char.
acter OF farming, ranching or mercAn.
tile enterprises; to carry on the busi-
ness of growing. producing. feeding,
fattening and generally dealing IN cat
tie and other livestock of every desorip-
tion; to own, control and operate cat
tie and livestock farms. ranches and
1t os%
without the State of Arizona; to do
general real estate, insurance and
brokerage business and to act as agent,
broker and attorney.in fact for any
person or corporations; 10 buy, sell,
own, vote and otherwise control shares,
stocks and bonds OF other corporations;
to draw. accept. endorse. discount, buy,
sell and deliver bills of exchange, pro-
missory notes, bonds, indentures, cou-
pOns and other negotiable instruments
and securities; to give security and
guarantees for the payment OF money
or the performance of any obligation
or undertaking; to acquire. improve,
manage. work, develop. exercise all
rights in respect of. lease, mortgage.
sell, dispose of. turn to account and
otherwise deal with property OF all
kinds and in particular relating to
lands, buildings, business concerns.
farming, ran nching and undertakings;
to enter into any arrangements with
any authorities municipal, local or
otherwise that may seem conducive to
the Company's detectives or any of
them and to obtain from any such gov
ernment or authorities any rights,
privileges and concessions which the
company may think it desireable to
obtain. to carry out, exercise and COM
ply with any such arrangements, rights,
privileges and concessions; and this
corporation may purchase and sell it's
own stock, and may borrow and loan
money. execute notes and bonds, oper
ate hotels, inns, restaurants, eating
houses; lease, sell, mortgage, incum-
ber and hypothecate any or all OF its
property, real and personal, and to
perform all other deeds, acts and things
incident or convenient to its general
business It is the intention that each
ct the objects, purposes and powers
specified in each OF the paragraphs OF
this second article OF this Certificate OF
Incorporation shall except where other
wise specified, be nowise limited or re.
stricted by reference to or inference
from the terms OF any other paragraph
or of any other article in this Certif-
cate OF Incorporation, but that the ob.
jects, purposes and powers specified in
this article and in each of the articles
or paragraphs of this Certificate shall
be regarded as Independent objects.
purposes and powers. and the enumera-
ton of specific purposes and powers
shall not be construed to restrict in
any manner the general terms and
powers of this Corporation, nor shall
the expression of one thing be deemed
to exclude another, although 1t be of
like nature.
ARTICLE H. The authorized capital
stock of the corporation shall be Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars $500, ,O00.-
OO), divided into Five Thousand 10000.
shareAOf the par value of One Hun
dred Dollars ($i0O OO) each, which shall
be paid for at such times and in such
manner as the Board of Directors may
designate. All or any portion of the
capital stock may be issued in payment
for real or personal property, services,
or any other right or thing of value
for the uses and purposes Of the cor.
poratiOn. and when so issued shall be.
come and be full.psid, the same as
though paid for in cash at par; and the
directors shall be sole judges of the
value OF any property right or thing
acq quired in exchange for capital stock.
No shares of capital stock shall be is-
sued until fully paid for and thereafter
shall be non. .assessable.
ARTICLE ". The commencement OF
the corporation shall be the day these
articles are filed in accordance with
law. and the termination thereof shall
be twenty-five years thereafter, with
privilege of renewal as provided by
statute.
ARTICLE Y The affairs of the cor.
poration shall be conduct by Board
of Directors and such officers as the
said directors may elect or appoint.
The number of directors shall be de-
signated by the stock holders and shall
be elected from among the stockholders
at their annual meeting to be held on
the third Tuesday in January OF each
year. Until the first annual meeting