Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-04
UNION GAS AND TRACTION COM
PANY.
CERTIFICATE oFINCoRPoRATION
OF THE

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This is to certify. that the under
signed, being the subscribers to the
capital stock of the within named
company as hereinafter stated. do
hereby associate themselves into a
corporation under and by virtue of the
provisions of an Act of the Legisla-
ture of New Mexico, entitled "An Act
to regulate the formation and gov
eminent of corporations for mining,
manufacturing. industrial and other
pursuits" approved March Is, 1905,
being Chapter 70 of the Laws of 1905
of New Mexico, and do severally
agree to take the number of shares
of capital stock set opposite their re-
spective names and do hereby certify
as follows:
Frst-The name of the corporation
Is The Union Gas and Traction Com
pany.
Second-The location of it's prin-
cipal office is in the Territory of New
Mexico, in the county of Bernalillo, in
the city of Albuquerque. The name
of the statutory agent therein and in
charge thereof upon whom process
against this corporation may be
served is j. F. Luthy, residing at AL
DuQuerQue, New Mexico.
Third-The objects for which this
corporation is formed, are:
L. To buy, sell, construct, own and
operate gas, oil, electric and water
works, plants or system, for supplying
cities, villages, towns, and rural dis
tricts, and the inhabitants thereof.
with natural and artificial gas, petro-
leum, coal and other heat producing
products, electricity and water for IL
Illuminating, heating, power and all
other uses, for domestic, manufacture
ing and other purposes.
2. To buy, sell, construct and op-
crate systems of pipe lines, wires and
other available means, for transport
ing, distributing and delivering such
gas, oil, coal, electricity, water and
other products.
3. To buy, sell, lease, own, develop
and operate gas, oil, coal, clay. sand,
cement, ore-bearing, and other mineral
n timber, grazing and agricultural
leases, grants, rights, lands and prop
critics.
A. To rent, buy, sell, own, run and
operate tools, machinery and other ap-
planes, for drilling, developing, i'm
proving and operating such properties
for said company and on contract for
others.
5. To buy, sell, lease, construct,
own and operate gas, steam. water,
electric and other smelling, refining,
metal extracting, cement, brick, glass,
salt and other mineral exploiting
plants and enterprises.
9. To buy, sell, lease, construct,
own and operate steam, cable, electric
n other urban, interurban, and rural
street cars or traction lines.
Z. To promote, aid, finance, buy,
sell, lease, construct, own and oper-
ate all kinds of mining, manufacture
ing, II industrial, plants n enter
prises.
3. To buy, sell, and own all kinds
OF stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes,
n other securities, of any other per-
sons, companies, associations or cor
porations OF the Territory of New
Mexico or of any other Territory.
state or Country, and while the owner
or such stock to exercise all the
rights, powers and privileges of own
ership, including the right to vote
thereon.
3. To purchase, hold, and reissue
the shares of it's capital stock.
10. To issue bonds, de%bentures and
other obligations of the corporation,
from time to time, for any of the OBJ
Jects or purposes of the corporation
and to secure the same by mortgage,
pledge, deed of trust or otherwise.
II. To enter into, make, perform
and carry out contracts of every kind
and for any lawful purpose with any
person, firm, association or corpora
ton. necessary or proper in carrying
on the business or for the objects or
purposes of said company.
II. To do such other things as
come within the scope of or that can
conveniently, advantageously, or prof
itably he done by a general gas, oil,
traction, public utility, manufacturing,
mining, industrial and commercial
promoting, financing, development
n investment company.
Is. To the extent and in the man.
ner permitted by local laws TO carry
on and conduct its business and X
else its powers in any of the states,
territories or dependencies of the
United States, and to have one or
more offices therein, and to keep the
books of the company outside of the
hNAAA1bAg VI view MNAlCo, except DIS
otherwise may be provided by law,
n therein to hold, purchase mort
gage and convey real and personal
property.
IA. In general to have and exer-
else all the powers conferred by the
laws of the territory Of New Mexico
upon corporations formed under the
act he%reinbefore referred to and any
amendments thereof. And the forego-
ing clauses shall be construed both as
objects and powers and ii is hereby
expressly provided that the foregoing
enumeration of powers shall not be
held to limit or restrict In any manner
the powers of the corporation.
Fourth-The total authorized capt.
al stock of this corporation is five
hundred thousand dollars SC00,0 0.O0) q,
divided into five thousand (5O0O)
shares Of the par value of one hun
dred dollars (S100.00) each. OF said
capital stock two thousand (2O00)
shares, amounting at par value to two
hundred thousand dollars ($200, 900. O0)
are to be preferred stock; and three
thousand 10000 shares, amounting at
par value TO three hundred thousand
dollars $500, 900. 00) are to be com
mon stock.
The rights, privileges and condi-
tions following shall attach TO the
shares aforesaid, that is to say:
The common stock shall be subordi-
nate to the rights Of the preferred