The Arizona sentinel., 1910-11-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

KNOW All MEN BY THESE PRES ! ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have i this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corpcI ation Territory of Arizona, and for that pur- pose do hereby adopt Articles of Incor- ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shall be the Arizona Asbestos Company
 ARTICLE 2.
 The principal place of tranSacting bus mess of this corporation within the terri tory of Arizona shall be at Yuma, in tl,e county of Yuma, and in the territory of Arizona, and the principal place or Arizona, shall be at Chicago, state of H. linois, where meetings of stockholders and directors may be held and all busi-
 ARTICLE 3.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed 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 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 therefrOm and deal in the products and v products thereof, to pur- own, operate, or sell smelling and ore re- duction works, oil refineries, saw-mills and power plants, and do a general real estate. manufacturing. and mercantile business, to own, handle and control let terS patent and inventions and shares of its owen capital stock, and that of other corporations, and devote any stock own ed by it the same as a natural person might do,. to issue bonds, notes, deben- lures, and other evidences of indebted hess and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust, or oth- erWlSe, to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity, to md and n0raI to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business, not incon- sistent with law in any part of the world as the board of directors may deem to
 ARTICLE l.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock Of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand ($1,500,- 0G0.00) dollars, divided into one million five hundred thousand Q,50O,OOo) 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 and trans fer to 1t Of real or personal property contracts, services, or any other Valua- ble right or thing for the uses and Dur poses of said corporation, in payment for 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 -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 ~ ARTICLE 5.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the fil- ing of certified copy of these articles of incorporation in the office of the auditor of the territory of Arizona, and the ter (25) years thereafter, with privilege Of renewal as pr9xIdsd RTfl.! bE ', law.
 ffoi1 of eI,- l1<, conducted by board of directors, and the following named shall constitute the board. of directors until their seccessors H., Thos. J. Fish, of Vincennes, Ind, and w. A. Harbison, of Robinson, Illinois,
 Thereafter the board of directors shall at the annual stockholders meeting to be held on the first day of July of each year.
 The board of directors shall have power to adopt and amend bylaws for the gov ernment of the corporation to fill vacan 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 porati5n shall be subject at any one time shall be $500, ,C00.00 dollars.
 ARTICLE 9. 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 18th day (Sea0 H. A. MAURER (SeaD HARRY C.. ADAMS (SeaD / TH0S. J. FISH (SeaD BIRNEY H. FISH. (Seal( ADOLPH H. KRUSE (SeaD w. A. HARRISON State of Indiana, County of Knox, ss: Before me, the undersigned, notary public, in and for said county and state, on ths day personally appeared H. A. Maurer, Harry c. Adams, Thos J. Fish, W. A. Harbison to me known to be the 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 off, flee this 12th day of April, A. D., 1910. My commission will expire on the oth dsg asgsai3 0f May 4. 1f1I; niNcoLN HARRISON.
 Notary Public Territory of Arizona,
 County of Yuma, ss:
 l, J. M Polhamus, County Recorder fin 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 A. D.. 1910. as appears of record book 3 of Articles of Incorporation at Page PIT ct seq, records of Yuma county,
 Tn witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of April, A. D., 1910
 (SeaD J. M POLHAMUS, First Publication, Thursday, April 2S.