Arizona republican., 1906-03-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN SOAPSTONE COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents.
 That we, the undersigned. hereby as. | sociate ourselves together for the pur-
 pose of forming a corporation under
 the laws of the territory of Arizona and to that end do declare: First-The name of the corporatiOn shall be the American Soapstone Com pany. The principal office of the com pany in Arizona shall be at Phoenix, AriZ., and the corporation may have sucn other offices principal or branch. either within without the territory of Arizona, as may be established by the board of directors. at which meet i fngs of the stockholders and board OI directors may be held.
 1 Second-The general nature of this corporation is as following. Quarrying and mining for sOapstone and other building stones, mineral ores, gold and precious metals and all other natural products. including coal oil, and water. the preparation and mar keting of the same. The carrying on i of the business of building materials. | dealers and merchants including the manufacture, purchase, sale and use of all mining machinery and tools. alss | such machinery and tools as are neces- sary for the manufacture of finished | products. The buying and selling. and ] leasing, of all lands. buildings. surface and sub-soil rights. water courses and
 water rights. The construction and maintenance of such water power and dams as may be necessary or desira- ! ble and the sale of such water power. ] The construction of roads. telegraph. | telephone, lighting and power lines,
 railroads, canals, wells. tunnels. shafts.
 and all other works of every kind and description. The carrying on of any l business not specially forbidden by the | laws of the Territory of Arizona. | For all these purposes. the company shall have the power to carry on its | business in the United States Of Amer | ica and in all other countries in th= world.
 Third-The capital stock of the cor pOration shall be one hundred thOus- and dollars (s1O0 0OO.0O) divided into one hundred thousand shares Of Iha | par value of one dollar each. and said stock shall he issued full paid and nOn- l assessable, at such time as the bOarl | of directors may designate in exchang- | for cash, property. services, or other valuable right or thing, ard the judg-
 ment of the directors as to the value 1 thereof sEal be conclusive. Fourth-The time of the commence
 ment of this corporation shall be the ] ] incorporation in the office of the audi | tor of Arizona and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth-The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a board of di Irectors. consisting of not less than three persons, who shall be elected en-
 nually on the second Wednesday of | May Of. each year.
 1 rrl.- | Idebtedness or liability. direct or con tingent, to which this corporation $ at any time subject shall be sixty-siX thousand dollars ($66. .000), which amount does not exceed two thirds tn. amount of tEa capital stock. l Seventh-The private property of the | stockholders of tk:s corporation shall ! be exempt from the corporate debts ot
 any kind whatsoever
 l Eighth-AmOng the powers of this 1 body corporate shall be. first. to have
 perpetual succession; second. to sue
 and be sued by the corporate name; ! third, to have a common seal and 10 alter the same at pleasure; fourth, to ] render tho shares of the cOmp pany l transferable and prescribe the mode of making such transfers; fifth. to make contracts. acquire and transfer prop
 erty. possessing the powers in such re- SpectS as private individuals now en-
 joy; sixth, to establish bylaws and
 make all rules and regulations deem
 ed expedient for the management of the affairs of the company.
 In witness whereof we have hereun-
 to set our hands and seals, March S.
 1906.
 ! (SeaD THOMAS H ARMSTRONG.
 CSeaD EMIL EBUSPACHER, ] CSeaD VALENTINE ROBINSON
 Signed and sealed in the presence of:
 CHAS EDGAR MILLS,
 TIMOTHY HURLEY. l State of New York, City and CoUn-y
 of New York. ss:
 Before me, Charles Edgar Mills. q
 commissioner of deeds for the Terri
 tory of Arizona. in and for said state and county of New York. on this day personally appeared Thomas H Arm
 strong Emil EbersDacher. and Valen- tine Robinson, known to me to be the | persons whose names are subscribed
 to the foregoing instrument. and ac-
 knowledged to me that they executed
 the same for the purpose and consider 1 ation therein expressed
 Given under my hand and official
 seal this eighth day of March. l CSeaD CHARLES EDGAR MILLS ! Commissioner os Deeds for the Terri
 tory os Arizona in New York.