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II 



The objects for which the said Association is created are to 

 buy and sell fruit, vegetables, hogs, meat stock, and all the prod- 

 ucts of Mesa County, both fresh and manufactured; to erect, 

 operate, and maintain canning and packing factories and com- 

 mission houses; to manufacture any and all products of Mesa 

 County; to lease, mortgage, and sell said business, and to borrow 

 mdney for carrying on the same, and to pledge their property 

 and franchise for such purpose. To acquire by purchase, or 

 otherwise, and own real estate, buildings, machinery, and all the 

 necessary power and power plants for carrying on said premises, 

 and to lease, mortgage, and sell the same. 



Ill 



The term of existence of said Association shall be twenty 

 years. 



IV 



The capital stock of the said Association shall be twenty-five 

 thousand dollars, divided into five thousand shares of five dollars 

 each. 



V 



The number of Directors of said Association shall be seven, 

 and the names of those who shall manage the affairs of the Asso- 

 ciation for the first year of its existence are C. W. Steele, A. A. 

 Miller, J. W. Rose, R. W. Shropshire, J. H. Smith, P. A. Rice, 

 and A. B. Hoyt. 



VI 



The principal office of said Association shall be kept at Grand 

 Junction in the said county, and the principal business of said 

 Association shall be carried on in said county of Mesa. 



VII 



The stock of said Association shall be non -assessable. 



