Arizona republican., 1901-08-07
ARTICLES OF lNCORPORATTON
 of THE BRETT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESERVES That We, the under signed, Anney MaElroy Brett and William V. Smith, have this day asso- ciated ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona And we do hereby certify
 1. That the name of the corporation shall be '"rhe Bret; Telephone and Tel egraph Construction Company and its principal place of transaction business shall be E1l Paso, Texas.
 ?. That the general nature of the bus mess proposed to be transacted is as follows:-
 For the constru etion, maintenance, operation, purchase and sale of tele-
 phone and telegraph systems in any part of the United States and foreign countries; for procuring, buying and selling franchises and concessions for the construction, opel ation and main tenance of telephone and telegraph sys- tems; for undertaking, constructing, acquiring and carrying on works of all kinds relative to any business of the Company and entering into such con- tracts and making such arrangements as may be necessary in carrying out
 the same.
 3. The amount of the capital stock au- thorized is one hundred thousand dol
 lars, and the number of shares into
 which it is divided is one thousand. of | IL. T t4..,. each, which. amount is to be paid in at the first meeting of stockholders of , said Company on July 29th, 1901. f. That the commencement of said , corpOr ation is the twentY-ninth (29th)
 day of July, 1901. and the time of f;s , termination twenty-five years there
 after.
 5 That the officers of said corpora ton to conduC, its affairs shall con sist of board of directors, consisting of five persons, namely. Anney MeElroy Brett of ici Paso, Texas; B s. Sprague
 of Cleveland, Ohio: and William V. smith of Cleveland, Ohio D. w. Jones of Cleveland, O.: and Mary Ricie 1 Brown of Kansas City. Mo; who are to be elected on July 29th, 1901.
 6. That the highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any tiEle to subject itself Is five hundred thousand dollars. l. That the private property of each officer and stockholier Of said corpora -
 ton is to be exempt from all corporate | debts
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun;o set our hands and seals this 18th day of July. A. D. 1901.
 Signed and sealed in presence of CHAS. w. SCRIMSHAW. JAMES QUAYLE.
 ANNEY M'ELROY BRETT. WILLIAM V. SMITH
 State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County-ss. Before me. a Notary Public. person ally appeared Anney M Elroy Brett
 and William V. Smith. kEown to me to 1 be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they ex- ecuted the same for the purpose and ] consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hCad and seal of office this 18th day of July, A. D. 1901 | (Seal) CHAS. w. SCRIMSHAW.
 Territory of An izona,
 County of MariCopa. l, B. r. McFall. County Recorder in | and for the County and Territory
 aforesaid do hereby certify that the i within instrument vas filed fer record 1 at l:3O o'clock D. m. on th.s 22nd day oi
 July, 1901, and duly recorded in Book No. : of Art of Incorp Records of | Maricopa County, Arizona, at pages 295
 296.
 Witness my hand and official seal the l day and year above written. E. r. M'FALL, County Recorder. By A. $. Arthur, Deputy. Filed in the office of the Secretary of | the Territory of Arizona this 27th day of July. A. D. 1901. at a m. ISAAC T. STODDARD Secretary of Arizona.