Arizona republican., 1901-08-08
ARTICLE OF INCORPORATnON
 of THE BRETT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION
 COMPANY"

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the under signed, Anney McElroy Brett and William V. Smith, iave 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
 i. That the name of the corporation shall be "The Brett Telephone and Tel egraph Construction Company and its principal place of transaction business shall be. GSl 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 os telephone and telegraph sys- l tems: for undertaking, constructing, acquiring and carrying on works of all 1 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 l the same.
 | . The amount of the carital stock au- thorized is one hundred thousand dol l lars, and the number of shares into which It is divided is ore thousand. of | the par value of one hundred dollars | each, which amount is to be paid in at l the first meeting of stockholders of said Company On July 29th. 1901. | {. That the commcncement of said corporation is the twenty-nlnth (29tD day of July, 1901 and the time of is termination twenty-five years there after.
 ,. That the officers of said corpora tiOn to conduCt it's affairs shall con , sist of a board of directors, consisting of five persons. namely, Anney McEiroy ] Brett cf Fl Paso. Texas: 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. No; who are to be elected on July 29th. 1901.
 C, That the highest amount of in- debtedness or liability to which the corporation is at my time to subject 1 itself is five hundred thousand dollars | [. That the private property of each officer and stockholier Of said corpora . ton is to be exempt from ali corporate 1 debts
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of July. A. D. 1901. Signed and sealed in presence of
 CTTAS. w. SCRIMSHAW.
 JAMES QUAYLE.
 ANiSEY NJ ELROY BRETT.
 WILLIAM V. SMITH
 State of Ohio, Cuyahoaa County-ss
 Before me. Notary Public. person ally appeared Anney M Elroy Brett and William Y. Smith, kEown to me tc 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 hGSd ard seal oi office this 18th day of July, A. D. 1901 (SeaD CHAS w. SCRIMSHAW. Territory of Arizona,
 County of Maricopa.
 I, B. F. McFall. County Recorder ir and for the County and Territory aforesaid. do hereby certify that the within instrument was filed fer record at 1:30 o'clock D. m. on this 22nd day oi July, 1901, and duly recorded in Book No. ' of Art. of Incorp.. Records Of MaricOpa County, Arizona, at pages 29j 29G.
 Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written
 E. F. MFALL, County Recorder.
 By A. s. 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.