Arizona republican., 1901-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of "TFrF BRETT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That We, the under signed, Anney McE,lroy 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
 l. That the name of the corporation shall be ''The Brett Telephone and Tel egrarh Construction Company" and it's principal place of transa ctiOn business shall be GIl Paso, Texas.
 ?. That the general nature of the bus mess proposed to be transacted is as follows:-
 For the constru ctiOn, 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, operation 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
 
 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 the par value of one hundred dollars 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 corporation Is the twenty-ninth (29th) day of July, 1901. and the time of it's termination twenty-five years there after
 ]. That the officers of said corpora tion to conduc, its affair." shall con- sist of a board of directors, consisting of five persons. namely. Anney McElroy Brett Cf Fl Paso. Texas; F s. Sprague of Cleveland, Ohio; and William V. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio: D. w. Jones of Cleveland. O.; and Mary Ricie Brown of Kansas City Mo; who are 10 be elected on July 29th. 1901.
 6. That the highest amount of in debtedness OF liability to which the corporation is at any tirne to subject itself Is five hundred thousand dollars 1 :. That the private property of each officer and stOclholder of said corpora ton is to be exempt from all corporate debts
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this . nf Tr,1 n
 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 NJ; Elroy Brett and William v. Smith, krown to me to be the persons whose names are sub scrioed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they ex- ecuted the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hard and seal of office this 18th day of July. A. D. 1901. CSeaD CHAS. w. SCRIMSHAW. Territory of Arizona.
 County of Maricopa.
 !, B. F. lMcFaH County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within instrument was filed for record at l:3O o'clock D. m. on this 22nd day Of July. 1901, and duly recorded in Book No. : of Art. of Incorp., Records of MaricOpa County. Arizona, at pages 295, 29G
 Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written.
 B. r. MFALL. County Recorder. By A. g. 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.