The Arizona sentinel., 1901-12-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE California Philippine Investment
 Company.

C0iiipdIJ.
 Know All Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned citizens and residents of the United States of America, for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. do hereby adopt the fol- lowing Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporatorS are as follows: B. A. Stephens, Henry Nelson, J. NJ. Roland W. E. Lanigan and E. NJ. Cofey, all residents of Los Angeles county. State of California.
 ARTICLE II,
 The name of this corporation shall be Cali fornia-PhiIippine Investment Company.
 ARTICLE III. The principal place of trans2cting business of said corporation shall be Yuma, Yuma county, territory of Arizona, with branch offices at Los Angeles, California, and Manila, Philippine Islands.
 ARTICLE ". The capital stock of said corporation shall be one million dollars divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar each.
 ARTICLE V.
 The general nature Of the business proposed to be transacted by said corporation is that of manufacturing, commerce, trad ing, mining and agriculture; to purchase, char ter, CT otherwise acquire. and to sell, CT other wise dispose of vessels propelled by wind, steam or other power and to operate the same for freight or rassehger traffic on high seas, coast or inland waters; to build, purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to sell lease, or other wise dispose of, warehouses, lighters. wharvcs, auayS aId docks; to establish, operate and maintain, and to sell, lease, CT otherwise dispose of, any and all kinds of factories for the manufacture of raw materials into com mercial articles, and to market the same; to cs- tablish, operate and maintain wholesale and re- tail paper supply, general commission houses, stores and shops for sale of general merchant disc; to acquire, by purchase, lease or other wise, to OVID, hold, possess and eajOy, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, any and all kinds of timber, mining and agricultural inter- ests, claims and estates, to develop the same, and market the products thereof; to establish, operate and maintain general job printing, photo-engraving hChographing plants, end saw-mills; to establish, operate and maintain general publishing houses for publication of newspapers and of all kinds of printed matter, and literature; to transact all such business in the Territory of Arizona, and in all the other territories, colonies, districts and states of the United States of America. especially in the Philippine Islands, and in other and foreign countries,
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount of Indebtedness and lia- bility direct or contingent, to which said cor pOration may at any time be subject, shall not exceed the sum of six hundred and sixty-Six thousand, six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six and twC-,hirtiS cents.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The term for which said corporation is to OK ist is twenty-five years from and after the date Of its incorporation.
 ARTICLE VIII. Private property of stockholders shall be cx- empt from liability for dcb-s Of said corpora tion, and the subscritel capital stock thereof shall be forever non-asSeSSGble.
 ARTICLE TX.
 The number of directors of said corporation shall be five, and the names and residences of the directors who are appointed for the first year, and 10 serve until the election and Qualif- ca tion of such officers. are as follows to-wit; E. A. Stephens Los Angeles, California. Henry Nelson, Los Angeles, California, J. M. Roland, LC. Angeles. Cal1fuonia. " E. Lanigan, Los Angeles, California. E. M Coffcy, Los Angeles, California. Witness the hands and seals of the incorpora- tors this 2nd day Of December 1891.
 B. A. STEPHENS, ISeall
 HENRY NELSON, ISealI
 J. Nj. ROLAND, 5eall
 W.E. LANIGAN, [Seail
 E. M. COFFEY, [SeaI STATE or CALIFORNIA, lss
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES. On this 2nd day of December, in the year 190i in said County, before me, Ralph Hamlin, a No tary Public in and for the County of Los An goles, State of California, residing therein and duly commissioned and sworn, personally ap- pcared E. A. Stephens, Henry Nelson, J. NJ; Boland W. E. Lanigan ana E. M COffey, known to ne to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to and who are described in and who ex- ecuted the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the ime. Tn Witness Whereof have hereunto affixed CNotaril my signature and seal of office in SeaD said County, the day and year
 in this Certificate first above
 
 RALPH HAMLIN, Notary Public in and for the County ol Los An gcicS, California.
 Recorded at request of ]. ". Darlington, at il 30 q. h., December ., 1901.
 C. P, GROWN,
 County Recorder. TERRITORY or ARIZONA ss
 COUNTY OF YUMA.
 ID CroD;f, C'c,,nt-- TcTo0vGCr in and for the County Of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that th" foregoing is a true fuli and correct copy of the Articles of Incorpor@- ton of the California-PliIipPiae Investment Oonpany, as filed for recorI this day. and which appears of record in Book cf Bonds and Agreements. page -, ct seq, records or Yuma County, aforesaid.
 In witness whereof I have heTeunto set ny
 hand and affixed ny seal of office
 this 5th day of Dccem5er,A- D., CScGD 19t1
 C. ?. GROWN. County Recorder, Yuma County, Arizona.