Series 83748

DESCRIPTION: These volumes record copies of Articles of Incorporation filed with the Iron County Clerk by newly organized corporations. The registers were 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 these record books.

ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date filed. Due to the number of filing sites and the use of multiple record books, dates of filing will overlap.

RESEARCH NOTE: Due to multiple filing sites (i.e., County Clerk's office and Secretary of State's office), the chronological arrangement of this series must be regarded as approximate. Researchers should consult all books to ensure finding all related information.

RELATED RECORDS: Series #17574, INCORPORATION CASE FILES, 1884-1895, contains incorporation case files for Iron County. Current Incorporations in Iron County are filed with Series #7184, CORPORATION FILES, 1860-present.

FINDING AIDS: An index is located at beginning of each record book, with the exception of Book 4. An index for Book 4 follows:

Alphabetical Index, 1947-1948

PROCESSING NOTE:Incorporation Records were first scheduled as permanent records in 1978. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in April 1996.

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