STATE OF CALIFORNIA, me, County of On this day of SS. A. D. .... before a notary public in and for said county, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in said county, [SEAL.] the day and year in this certificate last above written. Notary Public in and for the county of [Indorsed.] Filed in the office of the county clerk of the certify the within to be a full, true and correct copy of articles of incorporation of as remains on file in this office. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this ....day A. D. Clerk. Deputy Clerk. CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. OF THE Know all Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens and residents of the State of California, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a coöperative association under the provisions of sections 653b, 653c, and 653d of the Civil Code of the State of California. And We Hereby Certify, FIRST: That the name of said corporation shall be ..... SECOND: That the purposes for which said corporation is formed are THIRD That the place where the principal business of said corporation is to be transacted is FOURTH That the term for which said corporation is to exist is ...... years from and after the date of its incorporation. FIFTH That the number of directors of said corporation shall be and the following are the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year: SIXTH That the amount which each member shall pay upon admission, as membership fee, is ... ...... dollars, that the parties signing these articles have actually paid said sum of dollars each as membership fee, and that the right of each and every member shall be equal. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seals, this day of A. D. known to me to be the person.. whose name.. subscribed to the within instrument, and .... acknowledged to me that .... executed the same. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this cer [SEAL.] tificate last above written. Notary Public in and for the county of ..... [Indorsed.] Filed in the office of the county clerk of the I, County of ... county clerk of the county of... State of California, do hereby certify the within to be a full, true, and correct copy of articles of incorporation of..... as remains on file in this office. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this of. [SEAL.] By. ..day A. D. Clerk. Deputy Clerk. duly incorporated, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, and chairman of the meeting of the stockholders thereof hereinafter mentioned, and secretary of said corporation and secretary of said meeting of the stockholders thereof hereinafter mentioned; and we, the undersigned, being a majority of the directors of said. follows: That. a corporation, do hereby certify and declare as .is and was during all the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly incor porated, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, and having its office and principal place of business at...... State of ..... California, as by its articles of incorporation, duly filed in the office of the county clerk of said..... and in the office of the secretary of state of the State of California, will more fully appear; That the amount of the capital stock of the said corporation authorized by its articles of incorporation is.. ...dollars, divided into. .dollars each; that .shares... shares of the par value of.. of said.... shares have been subscribed for and are issued and outstanding; That the number of directors of said corporation as provided by its articles of incorporation is. constitute a majority of said board of directors; That said..... and said ..is and was at all the times herein mentioned the president of said corporation, and .....is and was at all the times herein mentioned the secretary of said corporation; That at a meeting of the board of directors of said.... duly called, noticed and held at the office California, on at which meeting of the company, room. the........day of... of said board all the members thereof were present and concurred therein, the following resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of all the directors of said corporation, viz. : WHEREAS, The directors of a corporation created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of California, deem it expedient to create a bonded indebtedness of the corporation to the amount of in United States gold coin, for the purpose of providing moneys to pay the existing indebtedness of the corporation and acquiring property to be used in the business of the corporation, and in extending the business and developing the properties of the corporation, and for legitimate and necessary purposes, which bonded indebtedness shall be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust covering all of the property, both real and personal, now owned by the corporation, or which it may hereafter acquire. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That a meeting of the stockholders of this corporation be, and the same is hereby called, and will be held at the office of the corporation, room State of California (that being the office and principal place of business of the corporation, and the building where the board of directors usually meet) on the .... day of at the hour of o'clock.. M., for the purpose of considering and acting upon a proposition to create a bonded indebtedness to the |