The Arizona sentinel., 1910-09-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

KNOW AL MEN BY THESE PItES- ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under and pursuant to the laws of the | Territory of Arizona, and for that pur- pose do hereby adopt Articles of Incor- poration as follows; l 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 una, in the county of Yuma, and in the territory Cf Arizona, and the principal place or | places of tranSacting business outside of Arizona, shall be at Chicago. state of H. | linois, where meetings or stockholders and directors may be held and all busi- ARTICLE g. The general nature Of the business pro- | posed to be transacted is to make con- l tracts, to purchase, lease, option, locate, | or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage | hypothecate ana deal in mines, mining claims, mineral lands, coal lands, oil 1 lands, timber lands, real estate, water and water rights and to work, explore, l operate and develop the same, and to eX- | tract any and all minerals, oils and gas therefrom and deal in the products and products thereof, to pur- chase, lease, or otherwise acquire. erect. own, operate, or sell smelling and ore re- auction works, oil refinerles, sdw-millS and power plants, and do q general real estate, manufacturing and mercantile business, to own, handle and control let terS patent and inventions, and shares of ..s U"tn 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 ness and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust. or oth- eIWlSe, tu act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other flduciary capacity to borrow and loan money, and ln general fn pT onlfn mel n..tc 11 hi 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 !.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be enc 00O.00) dollars, divided into million five hundred thousand Q,500,0 shares of the par value of of one (S1.O0) each. 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 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 capi- tai stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and 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- incorporation in the office of the auditor of the territory of Arizona, and the ter mination 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 .4.1 n the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their seccessors are elected: H.. A. Maurer, of Chicago. H., Thos. J. Fish, of Vincennes Ind, and W. A. HarbisOn, 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 T.
 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 s.
 The highest amount of indebtedness. direct or contingent, to which the cor poration shall be subject at any one time shall be $500 0Oo;00 dollars; es
 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. to set our hands and seals this 12th day of April, 1910.
 (SeaD II. A. MAURER (SeaD HARRY C. ADAMS (SeaD THOS. l. FISH (SeaD BIRNEY IT. FISH (Seal( ATOLPH II. 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. Brney HaT Fish Adonh H. hfS Kr1se Fnn 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 pressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of off, flee this 12th day of April, A. D.. 1910. daM My of cgmmisilT9 Ma1 iS}3 will expire on the 0th (SeaD A. LINCOLN HARRISON,
 Notary Public Territory of Arizona,
 County of Yuma, sS:
 I. J. II. Polhamus, County Recorder in and for the county and territory afore- said do hereby certify that the forego ing is a 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 seq, records of Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Tn witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of April, A. D., 1910.
 (SeaD J. M. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder. First Publication, Thursday, April 2S.