Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-06-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF GLOBE CONSOLIDATED LIGHTING. WATER & POWER COMPANY

Know All Men by These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation under the Laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporators are: N. l.. Amster, s. F. Sullenberger, AL fred Kinney and Harry Sultan, all citi- zens of the United States of America
 ARTICLE H.
 The name of this corporation is and shall be: GLOBE CONSOLIDATED LIGHTING, WATER & POWER COM PANY.
 ARTICLE III.
 The location of the principal place of business shall be in the city of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, and with q place of business in the City of Bos. ton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at either of which places directors meetings may be held and business of this corporation transacted.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to wit: To purchase, or otherwise acquire, water and water rights; to acquire, construct, maintain end operate a system of water works in the city of Globe, Arizona, and in the vicinity thereof; to use, sell, lease and deliver water for power, irrigation and domestic purposes to cities, counties, towns, villages, private corporations and individuals; to purchase, or other wise acquire, lands and premises for the development, storage and conveying of water; and to construct and main tain dams, reservoirs, canals, water ways, fumes, pipelines and other nee. conveying water to consumers and users thereof: Also, to construct, own, maintain and operate plant for the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas, for illumination, for fuel and for any other purpose; to acquire, hold, manage and operate buildings, tanks, machinery, pipe and pipelines, and any end all other appliances, for manufae. turing, producing and distributing gas, and any and all other illuminant pro ducts, for light, heat, power, and any and all other beneficial uses and pur- poses to which they may be applied; end to manufacture, produce, generate or otherwise obtain electric light, heat and power: Also, to condemn, purchase or otherwise acquire rights of way, ease ments and franchises for purposes of marketing, selling, storing, furnishing, conducting, and transporting light, power, water and gas as aforesaid, to the inhabitants of the city of Globe, Arizona, and elsewhere in Gila County, Arizona; and to rent, sell, furnish and deal in electric light, heat, water, gas and power, and to rent, sell and supply such portion thereof, as may not be used by this corporation, to cities, counties, towns, villages, private cor. porations and individuaE: Also, to erect, construct and operate such build ings, structures, machinery, apparatuses, and devices, as may be deemed neees. gary or convenient for the purposes of this corporation: Also, to transmit elee. tric light, power and heat, by means of poles and wires, conduits, and sub ways, or otherwise, over, through and under, any lands, streets, or alleys, or both, in the said city of Globe, Ari- zona, and elsewhere: Also, to acquire by deed, gift, grant, or otherwise, lands, tenements, hereditaments, leasehold es- tates, bonds, notes, evidences of i'm debtedness, stock of this and other in eorporated companies, franchises, privi- leges, and licenses, property and every estate, right, interest, and appurten- anees, in, to or concerning real and per sonal property of every name and na- ture, legal and equitable, and to have and to hold, use and enjoy, manage, control, grant, assign, transfer and con vey, cucumber by mortgage or deed of trust, and otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof, or interest therein: Also, to engage in the busi- ness of supplying light, heat and power by electrical appliances, water, gas, or otherwise; and to do and perform all other acts or things necessary or incl dental to the purposes hereinabove set forth; and, Also, to engage in any and all kinds of business in which natural persons may lawfully engage.
 ARTICLE V.
 The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand ($50o,oO0.OO) Dollars, divided into Five Thousand Shares of the par value of One Hundred ($100.00) Dol lars each, and when issued shall be fully paid in cash, or property of an equiva- lent cash value, and shall thereafter be non assessable.
 ARTICLE VT.
 The corporate existence of this cor poration shall commence on the day of the filing of these Articles of Incorpora- tion in the office of the County Reeor- der of Gila County, Arizona, and cer- tiGed copy thereof with the Auditor of this Territory, and shall continue for a period of Twenty-Five years thereaf- ter, but it's Charter rights may be re- newed, before this charter expires, from time to time, for periods not exceeding twenty-five years at time.