Arizona republican., 1902-01-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE DISTRICT TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY.


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS. That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST. The names of the corpora tors are H. D. Bennett, G. R. Johnston, Frank Jaynes. F. H. Lamb. and Henry Bostwick: and the name of the corpo- ration shall be American District Tele- graph Company. The principal place in which the bushes sof said corpora tion within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted is Phoenix. Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of San Francisco in the State of California, at which meetings of the Board of Directors may be held; and the corpora ton may have such branch offices either within without the Territory of Arizona as may be es- tablished by the Board of Directors.
 SECOND. The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporatio is as follows, to-wit:
 Constructing, maintaining, leasing and operating lines of telegraph for the
 
 porations, municipal or otherwise. for general business. and for signal. police and fire-alarmS, or messenger business. and for the transaction in connection herewith of a general messenger and delivery service; also establishing. aintaining. leasing and operating in different towns and cities within the Territory of Arizona and within any of the States or Territories of the United nd i,, utria local systems of district telegraph. tele- phone and electrical service, such now exist in large cities; and in all towns and cities situated near the bor ders of any State or Territory in which it shall operate, extending said service into adjoining States, Territories or foreign countries.
 In the maintenance of such service. said company may establish a system of electrical call-boxes, which, in con nection with telephones. telegraph and other instruments and appliances, shall provide calls and signals for messag ges. messengers, police, fire, patrol, and other purposes; and may operate sys- tenn of watchmans signals, and em ploy and furnish wtachmen for any and all purposes.
 It may maintain a messenger service for the collection, receipt, storage, de- livery, ana OlStrlDutlOn Ol messages, packages, merchandise. freight, adver- tising matter, and any other property entrusted to it for any of said purposes; and may engage generally in the busi- ness of a common carrier of freight and passengers.
 It may engage in the business of gen. erating and supplying electricity for any and all purposes. and may manu- facture. buy, sell, and erect supplies, appliances. and equipment for fire pro lection and any and all other purposes. and engage in { general electrical con- struction business.
 It may also act as distributors, ad- vertisers and general agents for hand ling the business and collecting and remitting funds in connec- tion herewith, of corpora tionS. firms, or individuals. It may en- gage in the business of furnishing sta tionery and advertising matter. devices and novelties of any and all kinds.
 It may also engage in such electrical. mechanical, mercantile. manufacturing and transit business as may be requi- site or incident to carrying on all the business and operations above de- scribed.
 It may do a general real-estate. man. ufacturing and mercantile business; own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; may bor- row money and execute notes. bonds mortgages, or deeds of trust to secure the same. and exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, notes, shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations, any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that a natural person might could do; and in general may do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corpo- ration in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD. The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be three hundred thousand dollars $500 00.OO), divided into three thou sand (3,000) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars (s10O.0O) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora ton either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal prop erty for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for whicf shares of capital stock of this corpora ton may be issued, and the capita stock so issued shall thereupon ant thereby become and be fully paid uI and non-assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to thu