The oasis., 1902-08-09
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Saturday, August 9, 1902.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY


 KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS; That we the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together TOT tne purpose of forming corporation under the laws or the State of California and we hereby certify:
 First. That the name of said corporation is SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 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 telephonic 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 in all k,nds of telephonic, telegraphic and electrical mate rials and supplies, and to contract TOT the con; struction, maintenance and sale oi all Elnus oi Ttelegraphic, telephonic and electrical systems and apparatus to receive, transmit ana denver telegraphic and telephonic messages TOT hlre, and generally to do and perform all klnus u -telegraphic and telephonic business, private or .prbiic and everything pertaining thereto; to do general district and local telegraph ana messenger business in various cities and towns in the State of California and elsewhere; 70 construct, mai intain and operate in cities ana towns, and elsewhere, telephonic and teie- graphic lines connecting the houses aud oInces of subscribers with it's central or branch oinces, and to connect such offices, towns or other places by telephonic and telegraphic wires; to acuuire hold and dispose of shares and interests in the capital stock and other property or other .cornorations and to acquire and hold real estate for the purposes of it's business, with power to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; to purchase, sell, lease and acquire any and all kinds of property.pertaining to the pur- poses and objects of said corporation, and gen .erally 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- zona, 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 fornia.
 FOURTH That the term for which 1t is to exist is fifty 50 years
 FIFTH That the number of it's Directors or Trustees shall be seven O, 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 California, 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 t3000,000) dollars. div ided into thirty thousand ,30, ,000) shares of the par value of one hundred GOO dollars each.
 SEVENTH. That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is one hundred thousand 00,000 dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, and the amounts