The Arizona sentinel., 1910-08-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

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 KNOW AL MEN BY THESE PRES l ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together under and pursuant to the laws of the | Territory of Arizona, and for that pur- ] pose do hereby adopt Articles of lncor- poration as follows:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of this corporation shah be | the Arizona Asbestos Company ARTICLE ?.
 The principal place Of transacting bus | mess OI this corporation within the terri 1 tory of Arizona shall be at Yuma, in the | county of Yuma, and in the territory of Arizona, and the principal place CT places of transaetinS business outside of | Arizona, shall be at Chicago, state of H. | lnOis, where meetings or stockholders and directors may be held and all busi- ness transacted
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted is to make con- tracts, to purchase, lease, option, locate, or otnerWIse acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal in mines, mining claims, mineral lands, coal lands, oil ana water rights, and to work, explore, operate and develop the same, and to eX- tract any and all minerals, oils and gas theTefrom and deal in the products and products thereof, to pur- chase, lease, or otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate, or sell smelling and ore re- ductiOn works, oil refinerleS, saWmills and power plants, and do a general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business, to own, handle and control let teTs patent and inventions, and shares of ,a vltcn 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- tune es, and other evidences of indebted ness and to secure the payment of the eTWise, to act as agent trustee, broker, or in any other flduciary capacity, to borrow and loan money, and Tn general 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 the advantage Of the corporation.
 ARTICLE 4.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock Of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand ($1,500, 000. .00) dollars, divided into one million five hundred thousand Q,500,000) shares of the par value of of one (S1.00) each. At such times as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either i'll cash or by the sale and trans fer to it of real or personal property contracts, services, or any other valu9 ble right or thing 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 caDi- 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 the territory of Arizona, and the ter imitation thereof shall be twenty-five renewal as provided by law.
 ARTICLE G.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors, and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their seccessors are elected: H.. A. Maurer, of Chicago, 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- cies occurring in the board from any mittee and vest said committee with such powers as they may determine.
 ARTICLE s.
 direct or contingent, to which the cor porati3n shall be subject at any one time shall be $500 :99 9 2,, d9llars, 5G4 at 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 cf April, 1910.
 (SeaD HARRY c. ADAMS (SeaD THOS. J. FISH (SeaD BIRNEY H. FISH. 1 (SedlE ADOLPH Fl. KRUSE | (SeaD W. A. HARRISON 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 | 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- l pressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of .of- My commission will expire on the otlf (seaD A. LINCOLN HARRISON. 1 Notary Public ! Territory of Arizona,
 | County of Yuma, SS:
 l I, J. M. Polhamus, County Recorder, in said do hereby certify that the forego- | ing is a true, full and correct copy of the | Articles of Incorporation of the Arizona l Asbestos Company, as filed for record 1 A. D., 1910, as appears of record II book l 3 of Articles of Incorporation at Page PIT ct seq, records of Yuma county
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set 1 my hand and seal of office this 20th day (seaD J. M. PoLHAMUs,
 County Recorder. First Publication, Thursday, April 2S.