The Arizona sentinel., 1910-12-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 KNOW AL MEN BY THESE PRES ENTS, That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a coEpCl ation 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 shall be the Arizona Asbestos Company ARTICLE 7.
 The principal place of transacting bus mess oI thIS corporation within the terri tory of Arizona shall be at Yuma, in the county of Yuma, and in the territory of Arizona, and the principal place or places of tranSactlng business outside Of Arizona, shall be at Chicago, state Of H. linoiS, where meetings Of stockholders and directors may be held and all busi- ness transacted.
 ARTICLE 8.
 The general nature of the business pro- posed to be transacted is to make con- tracts, to purchase, lease, option, locate, Of otnerWlse acquire, own, exchange, sell 1 hypothecate anG deal ill CIInes, 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 in the products and chase eage or acq2e ereo own, operate, or sell smelling and ore re- dGction 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 Us 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- sistent with law in any part of the world the advantage of the corporation. ARTICLE I.
 The authorized amount of the capital | stock of this corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand ($1,5O0,- 100000 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 and trans fer to it of real or personal property contracts, services, or any other valua- bfe right or thing for the uses and pur- I poses of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said l corporation may! be issued and the capi- 1 tai stock so issued shall thereupOn and | thereby become and be fully paid up and ! non -assessable, and in the absence of ac- 1 tual fraud in transaction, the judgment | of the directors. as to the value of the l 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- 1 incorporation in the office of the auditor of the territory of Arizona, a1sd the, ter 1 (25) years .theheafter, with privilege of | renewal as provided ,by law. <' ARTICLE G..
 | The affairs of this corporation shall be | conducted by a board of directors and | the following named shall, constitute the | board of directors, until their seccessors IF, TEos. J.. Fish. of Vincennes, Ind, and w. A. Harbison, 4ef 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. F
 The board of: directors shall have power
 to adopt and amend bylaws for the gov
 ernment of the corporation to fill vacan-
 cies oEcurring in the board from any
 mittee and vest said committee with such powers as they may determine. I ARTICLE 8.
 | The highest amount of indebtedness, 1 direct or contingent, to which the cor porati5n shall be subject at any one time shall be $500, 100000 dollars.
 ARTICLE 3. .,s
 The private property of the stockhold- CTS and officers of this corporation shall l be exempt from all corporate debts of ! any kind and character whatsoever. In WiJreSs whereof, We have hereun- ! to set our hands and seals this 12th day I Of April, 1910.
 I (Seal) H. A. MAJJRER | (SeaD ,. ... ,. HARRY C.. ADAMS 1 (SeaD THOS. J. FISH ! (SeaD = BIRNEY II. FISH, l lSeai( ADOLPH H. KRUSE | (SGal1 rt w. A HARRISON i State of Indiana, County of Knox, ss: Before me, the undersigned, notary I public, in and for, said county and state, 0n ths day personally appeared H. A. ! Maurer, Harry C. Adams, Thos J. Fish l 8irney H. Fish, AdolDh H. Kruse and ! w. A. Harbison to me known to be tho | persons who subscribed to the foregoing | instrument, and acknowledged to me l that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations, therein ex- | pressed.
 | Given under my hand and seal of of lice this Eth day of April, A. D., 1910.
 My cqyTIifissiona will expire on the oth
 (seaD A. LINCOLN HARRISON,
 Territory of Arizona, County of Yuma, ss:
 1 l, J. M. POlhamuS, County Recorder in
 and for the county and territory afore-
 said do hereby certify that the -forego- i lns is true, full and correct copy of the 1 Articles of Incorporation of the Arizona | Asbestos Company, as filed for record A. D., 1910, as appears of record book
 of Articles of Incorporation at Page 1 217 ct seq, records Of Yuma county, Arizona Territory.
 Fn witness whereof, I have hereunto set
 my hand and seGl of office tl.is 20th day
 (soa6 J. NJ POLHAMUs.
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