The oasis., 1902-08-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
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COMPAN1.
 KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we, the undersigned have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the State of California, and we hereby certify:
 First: That the name of sald corporaton IS SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
 SECOND. That the purposes for which f is formed are: To purchase, construct lease, or otherwise acquire. and to hold, operate, main tain. lease sell or otherwise manage or dispose of all kinds of te egraphic and telephone rights, patents, licenses, franchises, lines, in- struments submarine or other cables, ma chinery, wires poles, materials, apparatus ana other property appertaining to the telegraph or telephone business; to deal Tn all K'hds or telephonic, telegraphic and electrical mate rials and supplies, and to contract for the con. struction, maintenance and sale or all klhus ol telegraphic, telephonic and electrical systems and apparatus; to receive, transmit and deliver telegraphic and telephonic messages for nire, and generally to do and perform all kinds or telegraphic and telephonic business, private or prblic, and everything pertaining thereto; 70 do a general district and local telegraph and messenger business in various cities and towns in the State of California and elsewhere; to construct, maintain and operate Tn cltles ana towns and elsewhere, telephonlc ana teie- graphic lines connecting the houses aud oinces of subscribers with it's central or Dranch omces, and to connect such offices, towns or other places by telephOnic and telegraphie wires; t0 acquire, hold and dispose ofshares and interests in the capital stock and other property of other corporations and to acquire and hold real estate for the purposes of its business, with power to sell, lease or otherwise dispose Oi the same; to purchase sell, lease and acquire any and all kinds of property.pertaning to the pur- poses and objects of said corporation, and gen orally to do and perform all other acts and things which may be deemed necessary or proper to establish and carry on said business in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and the Territories of Washington, Utah and Ari- xona, and elsewhere.
 THIRD. That the place where it's principal business is to be transacted is the City and County of San Francisco, in the State of Cali dornia.
 FOURTH. That the term for which it to exist is fifty 50 years.
 FIFTH That the number of its Directors or Trustees shall be seven (7), and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year are:
 NAMES. RESIDENCES. George s. Ladd, San Francisco, California, John l. Sabin, San Francisco, CallI0rnlai Louis Glass; San Francisco, California, William G. Oliver, San Francisco, California, Monroe Greenwood, San Francisco, California, Percy T. Morgan, Berkeley, California, David Gage. Oakland, California.
 SIXTH That the amount of it's capital stock shall be threee million ,OOO) dollars. div ided into thirty thousand 3OO0Ol shares of the par value of one hundred 600 dollars each.
 SEVENTH. That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is one hundred thousand 100000 dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, and the amounts Nc Ov str.Drs ,MorrNr