The border vidette., 1927-10-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
West Coast Vegetable Distributors Com.
pany, Incorporated.


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: 7 hat we, the undersigned,
do hereby associate ourselves together
for the purpose OF forming 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 incorporators are ae
follows:
Leslie O. Hardy, 22O Trust Building,
Nogales, Arizona.
Charles L Hardy, 22O Trust Build
ing. Noga'es. Arizona.
Fred Itule, l05 Qnarry Street, No
gales, Arizona.
ARTICLE II
That the name of this corporation
is W EST COAST VEGETABLE DIS.
TRlBU TORS COMPANY, INCOR-
PORATED.
ARTICLE III
The principal place of business OF,
| the corporation shall be Nogales, Santa
Cruz County. Ariznna. but the COR
pOratiOn may have auch branch offices,
within or without the State of Arizona
as may hereafter be established by the
Board OF Directors, and meetings of
the Board OF Directors may be held and
any business transacted at any branch
Office.
ARTICLE w
| The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by the cor
pOratinn 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 con4E Eission 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 q
general marketing, brokerage, commits.
j sion. forwarding, exporting and i'm
porting business; to act as custom
house brokers; to do a general business
as com mission 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. manufacturer's agents,
and In the course OF such business to
draw, accept, indorse, acquire, buy
and sell all or any negotiable or trans.
ferable instruments and securities; to
borrow and lend money; to make and
/ perform contracts; to purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell,
L nr n 10 af v,ln n6rn rkOo
thecate and deal in real estate, any and
all kinds OF personal property OF any
/ person, firm, association of corpora
tion, and pay for the same in cash or
stock, bonds or obligations of this COR
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.
ARTICLE v
The authorized amount OF the capital
stock of this corporation shall be Twen-
| ty-ive thousand 1925 1000. OO) Dollars.
divided into two hundred and fifty (25O)
shares of the par value of Ten 1910 O0)
Dollars each. Upon subscrltion 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
poration. and in payment for which,
shares of the capital stock OF the cor.
poration may be issued, and such stock
SO issued shall thereupon and thereby
become and be fully paid and non
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 shall
be conducted by board of not less
than three nor more than five direct
ors. who shall be tockholders of the
corporation. Said directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the
stuck 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-
ecribed by the bylaws of the corpora
tion The first board of directors shall
be elected by the inoorporators, who
shall serve until their successors are
elected and qualified. If at any time
vacancy in the board of directors shall
occur. said vacancy may be filed by the
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