Arizona republican., 1902-08-30
Territory of Arizona,
 County of Maricopa, Ss.

| fieu ana TeCOTQeu III Ine once or the Secretary of the Territory of Ari- zona this Fist day of August, A. D., 1902, at D. m.
 ISAAC T. STODDARD, Secretary of Arizona. First publicati tion August 27, 1902.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
 THE ABSAL COMPANY" Know All Men py These Presents: | That we, whose hands are hereunto af- I fixed, do hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Ter ritOry of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 | First: The names of the cOrporators are: James T. Maher, T. l. Motter, i William A. Rushworth, and Samuel | McRoberts, and the name of the cor poration shall be The Absal Company. i The principal place in which the busi- | ness of said corporation 'Within the | Territory of Arizona is to be transacted ' is Phoenix, Maricopa county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Chi l Cago in the state of Illinois, at which meetings of the board of directors may be held, and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the board of di- Tectors.
 | Second: The general nature of the ' business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit: To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange; sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and ma chinery, and to work. mine, explore, operate and develop the same; to do a general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business; to own, han dle and control letters patent and in vcntions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of cap ital stock and other privileges of in- dividual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might or could do; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Ter ritory of Arizona.
 T capital stock of this corporation shall be twenty thousand dollars ($20,000 divided into two hundred shares of the par value of one hundred dollars ($100) each At such time as the board of di- rectors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or per sonal property for the uses and pur- poses of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall there upon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the tran saction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property pur- chased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the secre- tary of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth: The affairs of this corpora tion shall be conducted by a board of three directors and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected: T. I. Motter, William A. Rushworth, Samuel McRoberts. There after the board of directors shall be elected from among the stockholders, as the bylaws of the corporation may provide. The officers of said corpora tion until their successors are elected shall be: T. l. Motter, president; Will liam A. Rushworth, vice president; James T. Maher, secretary; T. 1. Mot ter. treasurer
 Sixth: The highest amount of in- debtedness or liability, direct or con- tingent, to which this corporation is al any time subject shall be twelve thou sand dollars ($12,OO0), which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of the capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall he exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof, we have here unto set our hands and seals this eleventh day Of August, 1902.
 JAMES T. MAYER, (Seal,)