The border vidette., 1933-07-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
or THE
WELLS FARGO COMPANY OF ARIZONA.

or THE
WELLS FARGO COMPANY OF ARIZONA.
BE 1T KNOWN that we, the under
signed residents of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, State of Arizona, do hereby
associate ourselves together to form a
corporation under the laws Of the State
of Arizona, and adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE
The name Of the corporation Is The
Wells Fargo Company of Arizona, and
its principal place of transacting busi-
ness in Arizona is Nognles. Offices
may be established, business transacted
and meetings OF stockholders and di-
rectors held at such places within or
outside of Arizona as the Company
shall provide.
ARTICLE II
The general nature OF the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor.
poration, and in which it is to engage
is: to carry on a general shipping and
forwarding business, including the re-
ceiving, handling, shipping, forward
ing and transporting of goods. wares,
merchandise and all classes of freight
by land or water; to carry on the busi-
ness OF exporters and importers as
principal, factors, agents or commission
merchants in respect to buying, selling,
trading, or dealing in any kind or kinds
OF goods, wares and merchandise; and
to do general brokerage, commission,
import, forwarding and export bust
ness; tc engage In tho importation Of
fruit, vegetables and Other prod ucts,
raw and manufactured, from South
American, Central American, Mexican,
West Indian and other foreign ports or
places; to trade generally in all manner
of foreign and domestic products raw
and manufactured. Without in any
particulgr limiting or restricting any
of the other obje cts and powers OF the
corporation, it is hereby expressly de-
clared and provided that the corpora
tion shall also have power to issue
bonds and other obligations in pay
ment for property, including shares or
stock and other securities, which may
be purchased or acquired by 1t, or for
money borrowed, or for any other law
ful object in and about its business; to
mortgage or pledge any property which
may be owned or acquired by 1T, or IN
which it NAV be interested, to secure
any bonds, guarantees or other obllga-
tions by it issued or incurred, to guar
antee any dividends, bonds, contracts,
or other obligations of any person. CO.
partnership or corporation; to make
and perform contracts of every kind
and description: to declare dividends
payable in cash or otherwise as may be
permitted by law; and in carrying on
It's business, or for the purpose OF at
tanning or furthering any of it's objects
or purposes, to do any and all other
things and exercise any and al other
powers which now or hereafter may be
permitted by law.
ARTICLE III
The amount of the authorized stock
of the corporation is One Hundred llOO)
shares Of no par value, ell OF which
stock when issued shall be full paid
and nom assessible.
ARTICLE W
The time of the commencement of the
corporation shall be the day these
articles are fled in accordance With the
law, and the termination thereof shall
be % years thereafter, Win privilege
of renewal and right OF perpetual sue
cession, as now provided by law.
ARTICLE
The number OF directors of the cor
poration shall be fixed from time to
time by the bylaws. The humber of
directors may be increased as may be
provided in the bylaws. The directors
shall be elected by and from among the
stock holders on the first Tuesday of
January of each year. Until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified, the
following named persons, who are the
incorporators hereof, shall be directors:
Mark B. Thompson, 22S Security
Building. Phoenix, Arizona.
Sam H. Kyle, 22S Security Build
ing, Phoenix, Arizona.
M. M. Thompson, 22S Security