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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION The Globe Electric and Gas Company KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we, J. N. Porter, Nathan c. Cottee, s. F. Sullenberger and David James, of the county of Gila 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 1.
 The names of the incorporators are J. N. Porter, Nathan c. Cottee, 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 Gila and territory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of stockholders and directors shall be had and held.
 ARTICLE II.
 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 lighting plant, with all the 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- tion 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 q 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, a 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; to issue bonds, debentures, mortgages, or other obligations and securing the same by mortgage or lein on any of the property rights or fran chis es of this corporation; the acquisi- ton. purchase sale or other disposition of the stocks. bonds or other secureties 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 Gila, territory of Ari- zona, in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the territory. of Ari- zona 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 first fully paid for in cash or in prop. perty or services of cash equivalent and such shares of stock when so issuet shall thereafter be non-assessable. ARTICLE W.
 The time of commencement of thi. corporation shall be the time when {