ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE GUAM LAW LIBRARY

This corporation is chartered pursuant to Section 28500 of the Government Code of Guam (7 G.C.A. §9201) as enacted by Public Law 14-155, as a non-profit, non-stock public educational corporation which is exempt from Guam tax and licensing requirements. The undersigned as the first Trustees hereby adopt these Articles of Incorporation for the governance of the corporation:

ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is THE GUAM LAW LIBRARY.

ARTICLE II
The corporation is organized and shall be operated for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a law library. The corporation may establish branch libraries in such locations as it deems appropriate. The corporation may further provide or perform related library and legal educational services and may do all and everything necessary, suitable, and proper for the accomplishments of any of these purposes including the exercise of all powers enumerated in Section 354 of the Civil Code of Guam (18 G.C.A. §4001). However, no part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of any private individual; and no substantial part of its activities shall be for carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. The corporation shall not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
The library shall be open to all residents of Guam for the examination of its books and other publications, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees.

ARTICLE III
The address of the principal and initial registered office of the corporation is P.O. Box 3159, Agana, Guam 96910.

ARTICLE IV
The period of its duration is perpetual unless sooner terminated by law.

ARTICLE V
The names and residences of the incorporators are:

ARTICLE VI
The corporation shall be governed by the Board of Trustees which shall be constituted in accordance with Section 28502 of the Government Code of Guam (7 G.C.A. §9203). Trustees' terms of office and initial appointment shall be as set forth in Section 28503 of the Government Code of Guam (7 G.C.A. §9204). The office of trustee shall be honorary, without salary or other compensation. Initial trustees are those persons designated as incorporators in Article V above.

ARTICLE VII
This corporation shall be non-stock and no dividends or pecuniary profits shall be declared or issued. Any receipts of this corporation shall inure to the benefit of the corporation and shall be applied by the trustee thereof to any and all expenses incurred and to carry out any and all of the purposes herein set forth.

ARTICLE VIII
The officers and directors shall not be individually liable for the corporation's debts (or other liabilities), and the property of such individuals shall be exempt from any corporate debts or liabilities.

ARTICLE IX

No person shall possess a property right in or to the property or assets of the corporation. Upon the dissolution of the corporation all assets not otherwise disposed of and not subject to any trust shall be distributed exclusively to charitable, religious, scientific, or educational organizations which would then qualify them under the provisions of §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations as they now exist or as they may hereinafter be amended.

ARTICLE X
These Articles of Incorporation may be amended by the majority vote of the trustees.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we, the initial corporate trustees have hereunto set our hand this 16th day of August, 1979.

/s/
PAUL J. ABBATE

/s/
CRISTOBAL C. DUENAS

/s/
RUTH HALL

/s/
PETER F. PEREZ

/s/
ROBERT A. HAUT

/s/
MAGDALENA TAITANO

/s/
JAMES S. BROOKS

/s/
ALAN E. DEAR

/s/
TIMOTHY A. STEWART

/s/
RUSSELL WELLER

/s/
FREDERICK A. BLACK

TERRITORY OF GUAM, )

) ss:

CITY OF AGANA. )

ON THIS 16th day of August, 1979, before me, a Notary Public in and for the territory of Guam, personally appeared PAUL J. ABBATE, CRISTOBAL C. DUENAS, RUTH HALL, PETER F. PEREZ, ROBERT A. HAUT, MAGDALENA TAITANO, JAMES S. BROOKS, ALAN E. DEAR, TIMOTHY STEWART, RUSSELL F. WELLER and FREDERICK A. BLACK, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.

/s/ Dorthea L. Cruz
NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the Territory of Guam.
My Commission Expires: 11-10-81