AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Clerk

SERIES: 23602
TITLE: Articles of incorporation record book (ecclesiastical corporations)
DATES: 1882-1887.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: This volume records copies of Articles of Incorporation filed with the Washington County Clerk by newly organized religious corporations, mainly LDS wards. Registers were kept as the official copy 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 and method of conducting business, number and kind of corporate officers, and the number of directors necessary to transact corporate business.

Under the laws of the territorial legislature, religious bodies desiring to incorporate, were to file and record articles of incorporation with their respective county clerk much as for-profit corporations did. These agreements specified the nature and place of business, terms for officers, etc., but did not need to specify sale of stock shares. The clerk in turn issued a certificate of incorporation and recorded the final articles of incorporation in these record books.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition based on the importance of incorporation information, which documents the organization and existence of companies.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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