Arizona republican., 1901-04-17
ARTICLES OF CORPORATION
 of he PHOENIX INDEl cNDENT TELE- PHONE COMPANY.

PHONE COMPANY.
 Know All Men By These Presents That we. the undersigned. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves | together f,r the purpose of forming a 1 corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona re- | lating to corporations.
 FIRST.
 | The names of the corporators are Arizona; Erwin D. Treadwell, residing at Jerome. Arizona, and Reese NJ Ling, residing at Prescott, Arizona. The name of the corporation is the PHOENIX INDEPENDENT TELE- | PHONE COMPANY,
 and the principal place of the transac- | tion of business of the corporation shall | be at Phoenix. In the County of Mari- copa and Territory of Arizona. SECOND.
 The general nature of the business proposed 10 be transacted by the cor poration is a general telephone and tel egraph business at and within the City | of Phoenix, County of Maricopa. Ter i''o'y oi Al iiHoht, anu dll du | ditions thereof which now exist | or which may hereafter be add ed to the said City of Phoe- nix. or become a part of the corporate limits thereof, and of the furnishing of switching facilities and all other privi- leges incident thereto to any other telephone or telegraph company which may be placed in telephonic or tele- graphic connection with this company; 10 erect and maintain all necessary and proper appliances, including lines. con- duits, poles, and to acquire, by pur- chase or otherwise, all proper and nec- essary appliances, fixtures and real estate and personal property, which shall be requisite for the carrying into effect of the purposes of these Articles. THIRD.
 THE AMOUNT OF THE CAPITAL STOCK of this corporation is FIFTY | THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided into J 800 SHARES of the par value of One Hundred Dollars each, which said stock when issued shall be fully paid and non -assessable. The said stock shall be paid for at the time of its subscrip- ton. or not exceeding thirty days there after. in cash or other equivalent. FOURTH.
 The said corporation shall commence business upon the filing of these Ar ticles in the office of the County Re- corder of Maricopa County, Arizona.
 FIFTH.
 The affairs of the corporation shall ! be managed by Board of three Di- rectors. President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer iboth of which last named offices may be held by one person.. all of whom shall be elected by the stockholders of this corpora ton annually, or the first Monday in Sep- tember of each year, PROVIDED, how ever, that until the first annual cleo tion of the officers of said company, that the following shall be the officers of the company. who shall hold their offices until such annual election, and until their successors shah be duly elected: FRANK l.. WRIGHT, PRES DENT: ERWIN D. TREADWELL. VICE-PRESIDENT; REESE NJ. LING. SCRETARY AND TREASURER, and the said Frank l.. Wright, Erwin D. Treadwell and Reese NJ. Ling are here by constituted and appointed as the Board of Directors of this corporation until said annual election. and until their successors are duly elected.
 SIXTH
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself is the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars 1925 00O.OO).
 SEVENTH.
 The private property of the stock holders of this company shall be ex- empt from any of the corporate debts. Tn Witness Whereof, We have here unto set our hands and seals this 5th day of April, A. D. 1901.
 FRANK l.. WRIGHT. (Seal)
 ERWIN D. TREADWELL. tSeal)
 REESE M. LING. (Seal) Territory of Arizona. County of Yava- pal, ss.
 Before me. Patrick J. Farley. No- tary Public in and for said County and Territory, on this day personally ap- peared Frank l.. Wright, Erwin D. Treadweli and Reese M. Ling, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument. and who acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.
 In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto set my official hand and seal this 5th day of April, A. D. 1901.
 (Seal.) PATRICK J. FARLEY,
 Notary Public. My commission expires December 14, 1904.
 10c. l. R. Stp. Cncld.
 Territory of Arizona, County of Mari copa, ss.
 l, B. F. McFall. County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy with the original Art. of Incorporation filed and recorded in my office on the II day of April. 1901. in Book No. . of Art. of h. corporations, at page -, and that the same is full, true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and seal of office, this II day of April, 1901.
 (Seal) B. F. McFALL,
 County Recorder. By A. s. ARTHUR. Dept. 1Oc l. R. Stp. Cncld. first pub. Apr 1S