The Arizona sentinel., 1910-09-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

| KNOW All MEN BY THESE PRES | ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have for the purpose of forming a 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:
 ARTICLE l. The name of this corporation shall be the Arizona Asbestos Company ARTICLE 7.
 The principal place of transacting bus mess or this corporation within the terri tory of Arizona shall be at Yuma, in the county of Yuma, and i'll the territory of Arizona, and the principal place or places of transacting business outside of linois, where meetings Of stockholders and directQrs 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 otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate 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 therefrom and deal i'll the products and products thereof, to pur- chase, lease, or otherwise acquire, erect, own, operate, or sell smelling and ore re- ductiOn works, oil refineric5, saw mills
  estate, manufacturing and mercantile business 10 own, handle and control let ters patent and inventions, and shares of ts 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 ness and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage deed of trust, or oth erWise, to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other flduciary capacity, to borrow and loan money, and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business. not incon as the board Of directors may deem to the advantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE l.
 The authorized amount of the capital stock Of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand (S1,50O,- 0O0.OO) dollars, divided into one million Of the par value of of one ($1.00) 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 fer to it of real or personal property contracts, services, or any other valua- Dlc 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 issued shall thereupon and non -GSSessable, and in the absence of ac- tual fraud in transaction, the judgment or lHG OnCclOrS as 10 the Value or 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 a certified copy of these articles of 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.
 4l,, conducted by a board of directors, and the following named shall constitute the board of directors until their .seccessors ar are ,eI elected; r, II: A. Maurer. of Chicago; w. 4. HarbiSOn, of Robinson, Illinois, Thereafter the board of directors shali be elected from among. the stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting to be held on the first day of July of each
 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 mittce 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 porat 5n shall be subject at any one time shall be $500 LOO dollars.
 ARTICLE g..
 The private property of the Stockhcld- 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 (SeaD II. A. MAURER (SeaD HARRY c. ADAMS (SeaD THOS. J. FISH (SeaD BIINGY H. FISH, {SeaR} {seaI} ApoLPH A Ri RpIs6T k6TsE State Of Indiana, County of Knox SIS.
 Before me, the undersigned, notary on ths day personally appeared II. A. Maurer, Harry C. Adams, ThOS J. Fish, Birney II. 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 pressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of of- flee this 12th day of. April. A. D., 1910. My yof cqmmis5iGn Ra will expire on the Oth (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 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 goth Lay of April, A. D., 1910. as appears of record book of Articles of incorporation at Page 217 ct seq, records of Yuma county Arizona Territory. @
 In witness whereof. 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this goth day of April, A. D. 1910.
 (SeaD J. M. POLHAMUS,
 County Recorder First Publication, Thursday. April 28