Arizona silver belt., 1906-05-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The Globe Electric and Gas Company
Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, j. N. Porter, Nathan C.
! Coffee, S. +. Sullenberger and David
James, of the county of ella and ter
ritory of Arizona, and N. l.. Amster, of
the county of Suffolk, commonwealth
of Massachusetts, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpsoe of
| forming a corporation under the laws
of the territory of Arizona, and for this
purpose we do hereby declare and
adopt the following Articles of Incor-
poration:
ARTICLE |.
the names of the incorporators are
j. N. Porter, Nathan C. Coffee, N. l..
Amster, S. F. Sullenberger and David
James; the name of this corporation
shall be and is The Globe Electric Light
and Gas Company, and the principal
place of transacting the business of
this corporation shall be at the town of
Globe, county of ella and territory of
Arizona, at which place the meetings
of stockholders and directors shall be
had and held.
ARTICLE III.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
poration is as follows, to-wit: To erect,
maintain and operate an electric power
and H0htInn miami with oil h.
equipments and apparatus neces-
sary thereto; to construct, main
tain and operate a plant or plants
for the manufacture and distribution of
illuminating, fuel and other gases; to
erect, maintain and operate plant for
the manufacture and sale of ice; to ac-
quire by purchase or otherwise, or to
construct and erect, and thereafter to
maintain and operate, a water system
or systems designed and intended to be
used in the storage, sale and distribu-
ton of water; to acquire, by purchase
or otherwise, or to construct and there
after maintain and operate street rail-
ways on the public highways of the
town of Globe and vicinity, whether
such street railways shall be operated
by electricity or other power;to acquire,
by purchase or otherwise, or install,
and thereafter maintain and operate
public and private telephone systems;
to deal in patented or unpatented mines
and mining claims and acquire by loca-
ton or otherwise and thereafter bond,
sell, lease or velop and work the same:
to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or
to erect and thereafter maintain and
operate plant or plants for the man
ufacture of malt or spirituous liquors;
to secure by purchase or otherwise, or
to erect and thereafter maintain and
operate, plant or plants, system or
systems, designed to be used for cold
storage and refrigeration: to ACQUIRE by
purchase or otherwise or to erect and
thereafter maintain and operate bot
ting works; to engage in the general
mercantile business and for that pur-
pose to operate and maintain stores for
the sale of any and all kinds
of wares and merchandise; 10 issue
bonds. debentures, mortgages, or other
obligations and securing the same
by mortgage or lein on any
of the property rights or fran
CHS es of this corporation; the acquisi-
ton. purchase sale or other disposition
of the stocks. bonds or other securities
of other companies. corporations, or in
dividuals. or of this corporation.
In furtherance of the objects herein
above set forth, to acquire by lease,
purchase or otherwise, and thereafter
own and hold, any and all real estate
and erect thereon any and all buildings
necessary or convenient to be used in
and about the premises hereinabove
mentioned, and to erect, install, main
tain and operate thereon and therein
all necessary machinery, apparatus and
appliances necessary to be used for the
purposes herein mentioned.
In connection with tn objects herein
above mentioned and for the purpose
of carrying the same into effect, to lay
in and upon the streets and highways
of cities, towns and counties of the
territory of Arizona, and particularly !
in the county of ella, territory of Ari- |
IONA, in any manner not Inconsistent |
with the laws of the territory of Ari- !
iona or any ordinance in force or en- /
acted by any city within the said terri |
tory, any and all poles, pipes, wires, |
tracks or other apparatus and appli- !
ances necessary to be used in the man
ufacture, distribution, storage and sale /
OF electricity, or gas, water or other /
fluids, or for the purpose of manufac- |
turing, selling, or distributing any of
the products hereinabove mentioned.
ARTICLE III.
The authorized capital stock of this |
corporation is and shall be the sum of |
two hundred thousand dollars, which |
capital stock shall be divided into two
thousand shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars each share. Each |
share of stock when issued shall be
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