The Arizona sentinel., 1910-10-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

| ARTICLES OF tNCCRPORATION KNOW AL MEN BY THESE PRES | ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have i this day associated ourselves together | for the purpose of forming a corporation under and pursuant to the laws of the | Territory of Arizona, and for that pur- l pose do hereby adopt Articles of Incor- poTation as follows:
 The name Of this corpora don shall be the Arizona Asbestos Company ARTICLE ?. The principal place of tranSacting bus mess OI tllS corporation within the terri tory of Arizona shall be at Yuma, in tlte county of Yuma, and i'll the territory of ArizOna, and the principal place or places of tlansacting business outside of Arizona, shall Ee at Chicago state of H. linois, where meetings or stockholders and directors may be held and ali busi-
 ARTICLE 3. The general nature or the business pro- pOSeu to be transacted is to make con- tracts, to purchase, lease, option, locate, or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecatc and deal in mines, mining claims, mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands, timber lands, real estate, water and water rights, and to work, explore, operate and develop the same, and to eX- tract any and all minerals, oils and gas the1efrom and deal in the products and v products thereof, to pur- chase, lease, or otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate or sell smelting and ore re- auction wolks, oil refineries, saw-mills and power plants and do a general req! eSta te, manufacturing and mercantile business, to own, handle and control let terS patent and inven tions, and shares of It's U,rcn capital stock, and that of other corporations, and devote any stock own ed by 1t the same as a natural person might GO, to issue bonds, notes deben- lures, and other evidences Of indebted same by mortgage, deed of trust, or oth- erWIse, t1 act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, to borrow and loan money, and Ill general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business. not incon- sistent with jaw in any part of the world as the board Of directors may deem to the advantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE i.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock Of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand ($1, 500, 001.00) dollars, divided into one million five hundred thousand Q,500,000) shares At such times as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash or by the sale anu trans contracts, services, or any other Valua- ble right or thing for the uses and pur- which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued and the capi- tai stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non -aSSesSable, and in the absence of ac- tual fraud in transaction, the judgment Of the directors as to the value of the property purchased or services rendered shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE 5.
 The time Of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the fil- ing of a certified copy of these articles of incorporation in the office of the auditor Of tine territory of Arizona, and the ter imitation thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years thereafter, with privilege Of renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE 6.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected: II. A. Maurer of Chicago, H., Thos. J. Fish, of Vincennes, Ind, and w. A. Harbis0n, of Robinson, Illinois.
 Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected from among the stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting to be held on the first day of July of each year.
 ARTICLE '.
 The board Of directors shall have power to adopt and amend bylaws for the gov- ernment of the corporation to fill vacan- cies occurring in the board from any cause, and to appoint an executive com mittee and vest, said committee with such powers as they may determine.
 ARTICLE 8.
 The highest amount of indebtedness, direct or contingent, to which the cor porati1n shall be subject at any one time shall be $500 .00 dollars.
 ARTICLE y
 The private property of the StOckhold- CTS and officers Of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts of any kind and character whatsoever.
 In Witness whereof, We have hereun- to set our hands and seals this 12th day of Aprib 1910.
 (SeaD H. A MAURER (Seal) HARRY C. ADAMS (SeaD THOS. J. FISH (SeaD BIRNEY H. FISH (SSeal( ApOLPH r; KBUSE State of Indiana, County of Knox, ss:
 Before me, the undersigned, a notary public, in and for said county and state, on ths day personally appeared H. A. Maurer, Harry C. Adams, Thos J. Fish, Birney H. Fish, AdolDh H. Kruse and persons who subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations, therein ex- pressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of of- flee this 12th day of April. A. D. 1910.
 My cqmmissi0n ann i61 will expire on the 0th (SeaD A. LINCOLN HARRISON, Territory Of Arizona,
 County of Yuma, ss:
 l, J. M. Polhamus. County Recorder, in and for the county and territory afore- said do hereby certify that the forego- ing is true, full and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Arizona Asbestos Company, as filed for record in my office on the 20th Lay of April, A. D., 1910, as appears of record book 3 of Articles of Incorporation at Page 217 ct sea-, records of Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Tn witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of April, \. D., 1910.
 (SeaD J. M. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder. First Publication. Thursday, April 28