Series 3177

WASHINGTON COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY CLERK. [1435]

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION RECORD BOOK, 1898-1908.
0.25 cu. ft. (1 vol.) and 1 microfilm reel

DESCRIPTION: This volume records copies of Articles of Incorporation filed with the Washington County Clerk by newly organized corporations. The record book was kept as the official copy which was available for public use. The actual articles of incorporation record the following: names of the incorporators and their places of residence, the length of the corporation's duration, the pursuit of business agreed upon, amount of stock each shareholder receives, description of stock classes, number and kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business.

Under current Utah law and the laws of the territorial legislature, individuals desiring to incorporate were to file and record articles of incorporation with their respective county clerk. These agreements specified the nature and place of business, amount of stock to be issued, terms for officers, etc. The clerk in turn issued a certificate of incorporation and recorded the final articles of incorporation in record books.

ARRANGEMENT: Entries are chronological.

RELATED RECORDS: INCORPORATION CASE FILES, for the county from 1891-1961 are Series17893. Current incorporations in Washington County are filed with the state Division of Corporations as Series7184, INCORPORATION CASE FILES. Religious incorporations are recorded in ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION RECORD BOOKS OF LDS CHURCH UNITED ORDERS, 1874-1877, Series3190, and ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS, 1882-1887, series 23602.

FINDING AIDS: An alphabetical index is located at the beginning of the record book.

PROCESSING NOTE: Incorporation record books were first scheduled as permanent records in 1978. The record book was microfilmed in April 1990. This entire series was archivally processed by David Clark in May 1996. The hard copy of the volume was transferred to the Archives in January 2001.