Arizona republican., 1902-01-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That We, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose or 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 corporation may have such branch offices either within or 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 corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 Constructing, maintaining, leasing and operating lines of telegraph for the private use of individuals, firms, cor 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, maintaining, leasing and operating in different towns and cities within the Territory of Arizona and within any of the States or Territories of the United States, and in foreign countries, local systems of district telegraph. tele- phone and electrical service. such as 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 q system of electrical call-boxes, which, in con nection with telephones, telegraph and other instruments and appliances, shall provide calls and signals for messages, messengers, police fire, patrol, and other purposes; and may operate a sys- tenn of watchman's signals. and em- ploy and furnish wtachmen for any and all purposes.
 It may maintain messenger service for the collection, receipt, storage. de- livery, and distribution of 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 common carrier of freight and passengers.
 It may engage in the business of gen erating and supplying cleo ectricity 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 corporations. 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. nfacturing and mercantile business; own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of capital stock of other corporations; may bor- TOW 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 1t to the same extent that a natural person might or 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 corpora ton shall be three hundred thousand dollars ($300, ,000.00), divided into three thou sand (3000) shares of the par value of one hundred dollars (S1O0.00) each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpora tion 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 which shares of capital stock of this corpora ton may be issued, and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid ul and non-assessable. and in the absence judgment of the Directors as to the
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