The news-herald., 1902-08-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
OF THE
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph
Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily
associated ourselves together for the purpose
of forming a corporation under the laws OF the
State of California, and we hereby certify:
First-That the name of said corporation is
SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Second-That the purposes for which it 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 telegraphic and telephone
rights, patents, licenses, franchises, lines, in
struments, submarine or other cables, machin-
cry; wires, poles, materials, apparatus and
other property appertaining to the telegraph
or telephone business; to deal in all kinds of
telephonic telegraphic and electrical rnateri-
ais and supplies and to contract for the con
struction, maintenance and sale of all kinds Of
telegraphic, telephone and electrical systems
and apparatus; to receive, transmit and de
liver telegraphic and telephone messages for
hire, and generally to do and perform all kinds
of telegraphic and telephone business private
or public, and everything pertaining thereto;
to do general district and local telegraph
and messenger business in various cities
elsewhere; to construct, maintain and op-
crate in cities and towns and elsewhere tele-
phonic and telegraphic lines connecting the
houses and offices Of subscribers with its cen
tral or branch Offices, and to connect such Of
fees, towns or other places by telephone and
tslegraphc wires to acquire, hold and dispose
of shares and interests in the capital stock and
other property of other corporations, and to
Il tlaY
its business, with power to sell, lease other
wise dispose of the same; to purchase, sell
lease and acquire any and all kinds Of property
pertaining to the purposes and objects CT said
corporation, and generally 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 Ore
gon Nevada and the Territory OF Washington,
Utah and Arizona and elsewhere.
Third-That the place where its principal
business is to be transacted is the City and
County Of San Francisco, in the State OF Crli-
fornia
Fourth-That the term for which tits 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 appointed for
the first year are:
NAMES. RESIDENCES.
George S. Ladd.. 49,. San Francisco, California
John l. SAbn. ........S San Francisco, California
Louis Glass. ......... San Francisco California
William G. oliver. San Francisco California
Monroe Greenwood San Francisco, California
Percy T. Morgan. n............ Berkeley California
Sixth-That the amount of its capital stock
shall be Three Million G$3,00000C Dollars, di-
vided into thirty thousand C30000) shares Of
the par value of One Hundred ($l00) Dollars
each
Seventh-That the amount of said capital
stock which has been actually subscribed is
One Hundred Thousand ($1O0,O00) Dollars, and
the following are the names of the persons by
whom the same has heen subscribed, and the
amounts thereof, respectively, to wit: