Holbrook argus., 1902-10-25
Certificate of Incorporation
 of The AtchisOn. Topeka and San ta Fe Railway Company.
STATE OF KANSAS. ss

Shawnee Count, '
 WHEREAS, The Atchson, Topeka and San ta Fe Railway Company, corporation creat- ed by an ct of the Territory of Kansas. en- titled An Act incorporating the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company" approved February H. l8j9 and existing under the laws of said Territory and of the State of Kansas, did, on the 18th day of October, 1889, eXe.ute its certain mortgage or deed of trust to the Union Trust Company, of New York as Trustee, to secure the bonds of said Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company. issued under and pursuant to said mortgage or deed of trust, and in and by said mortgage or deed of trust, mortgagod and conveyed to said Union Trust Company of New York, us Trustee. all of its railroad constructed in tn state of Kansas. running fr 'in Atchlson on the Missouri river, through Topeka, to u point on the western boundary of the state of Kansas, being about four hundred and seventy and fifty-eight hundredths t7O.5S purtenances thereof, including telegraphs and telephones, and all franchises, rights privileges and immunities, then or thereafter pertaining to said railroad, telegraphs, tele- phones and other property or the appurte- nances and appendages thereof; and all pro- perty. real and personal of every name and nature whatsoever and wheresoever situated including al shares of the capital stock and bonds of other corporations. whether then possessed or thereafter acquired by the said Atchison, Topeka and santa Fe Railroad Company. for the purposes of the constr!ic- tion. equipment, maintenance or operation of the said railroad, telegraphs, telephones and other property, or for use in connection therewith, or with any or all of the same; together with all the revenues, income, pro fits, benefits and advantages of. or in any way growing out of, any or all of the said above described property; and also certain stocks and bonds mentioned and described in said mortgage and then owned or there- after to be acquired by sad Atchison, Tope- ka and Santa Fe Railroad Company; and
 the 27th day of August. ls93,, the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. the same being court of compe' tent jurisdiction, made and entered a'cer;, tain judgment decree foreclosng said mortgage or deed of trust which judgment or decree was entered in a. certain consoi- dated cause pending in said Court wherein the Union Trust Company of New York. the Trustee under said mortgage or deed of trust was complainant, and said Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company was
 WAEREAS, The said railroad. properties and franchises, on the 10th day of December, 1895, were duly sold in pursuance of the said judgment or decree Of said O3uTt w;St to GdTard M wets, all of the City of New York. N. Y., and such sale having been duly confirmed by said Court the said railroads properties and franchises, in pursuance of said Judgment or decree and the orders of said court made thereon, were conveyed by deed, executed by John B. Johnson, Special Master in Cham cery, appointed by said Court in said cause, to the said Edward King, Charles c. Beamanl aud Victor MOrawetz, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, who thereby ac, auired title to said railroad, properties and franchises under such sale; and the said pur:: chasers and their associates, successors and assigns under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Kansas in such case made and provided, did thereby have and acqu ire and become entitled thereafter to exercise and enjoy all the rights privileges, grants, fran. chises, immunites and advantages in and by said mortgage or deed of trust conveyed, which belonged to and were enjoyed by, said Company so far as the same relate and ap-. pertain to said railroad, described in and conveyed by said mortgage or deed of trust as above set forth; and
 WHEREAS, The said Edward King, Charles e Beaman and Victor Morawetz the said - purchasers, for the purpose of organizing new corporation under and in pursuance 2 of the laws of the state of Kansas, have as-