Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-06
Articles of Incorporation
 OF GLOBE ELECTRIC, GAS & WATER COMPANY

Territory of Arizona, and hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation;
 ARTICLE I
 The name of this corporation shall be ''GLOBE ELECTRIC, GAS & WATER COMPANY. .'
 ARTICLE II
 The names of the incerporators of this corporation are c. N. Bassett, B. A. Nebeker, A. w. McPherson, Geo. H. Hutton and A. F. Gressler.
 ARTICLE III
 The principal place of transacting the business of said corporation shall be at the City of Globe, Gila County, Art zona, hut this corporation proposed to have offices for the transaction of its business outside of said territory, to wit: In the City of Los Angeles, Coun- ty of Los Angeles, State of California, and at such other places as the Board of Directors of such corporation may determine, and as may be provided by the bylaws of such corporation, at any of which places the Board of Direetosr may transact any and all of the busi- ness of said corporation, and at any of which said places meetings of the stock holders of such corporation may be had in accordance with the bylaws of said corporation, and any and all business pi said corporation may he transacted
 ARTICLE "
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation and the purposes for which it is formed are: First TO locate, buy, own and sell, lease, mortgage and bond water loca- tions and water rights; to buy, own and sell. lease. mortgage and bond water bearing lands; to dig wells, erect reser- voirs and other meaps of storing water; to buy, sell, pump and distribute water; to own, buy, sell, hold convey, build, operate, maintain. lease, mortgage, bond, equip and maintain buildings, pipe lines, reservoirs, pumps. pumping sta. tions and all machinery and apparatus capable of being used in the develop ment, distribution or application of wa ter;
 I buy, sell, distribute and deal in electric ity and gas and steam and compressed air and all other products for fuel | lighting and power and all purposes fol which electricity, steam or gas or com pressed air may be used
 Third: To establish and to maintain the necessary appliances and buildings for the manufacture, distribution anc sale of ice;
 Fourth: To produce, distribute anc sell heat, power and light or the pro duet sof the same;
 Fifth: To buy, own. sell hold, con vey. build, operate. manage, control lease. mortgage, bond, equip and main | tain buildings. poles. wires. lights, un derground circuits, appliances. maehin cry and all apparatus capable of beins used in the production. development distribution or application of electric | ity. steam, gas, power, ice and wate pr in any way connected herewith an' to contract for, purchase, lease, sell buy, own, hold, manage, convey. mort gage. hypothecate. bond or otherwise ae quire, dispose of or deal in any req or personal property, including fran chises for any of the purposes afore said or in any way related thereto, an' to issue bonds, secured by mortgag or otherwise on any of its property.
 ARTICLE V
 That the authorized amount of capita stock of said corporation shall be Sevei Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar ($75O,00O), to be divided into Sever Thousand Five Hundred (7,500) share of the par vaiu eof One Hundred Dol lars ($l00) each, and the time when an, the condition upon which it is to b. paid in is as follows, to wit: Five G shares have been subscribed by the fol lowing persons iu the following amounts:
 Names. Amount of stock c. N shar B. A. shar A. W. McPherson n.........................l shar Geo. II. Hutton. n..........................ls shar
 
 are to be paid for in cash upon the in eorporation of the company. The re maining Seven Thousand Four Hundre, and Ninety-fve (7,I95) shares are to re main in the treasury of the corporation and to be disposed of if necessary. fo the purposes of the corporation by tn Board of Directors at such times an, upon such terms, either in cash. ser vices or property, as the Board of Di rectors shall determine.
 ARTICLE VI
 The time of the commencement O this corporation shall be the day of tn filing of certified copy of these Ar ticles of Incorporation with the Audito of the Territory of Arizona, and tn termination thereof shall be twenty fv (25) years thereafter, unless, prior t, the expiration of said period, its cor porate existence shall be extended an, renewed pursuant to the laws of sai, territory.
 ARTICLE VII
 The affairs and business of said cor poration are to be conducted and man aged by a Board of five ,5) directors with President, Vice President, Secre tary and Treasurer, and such other off eers as such Board may from time t time deem necessary. Such director shall be elected annually at meetings O said corporation called for that purpos and shall hold offie euntil their suecee sors are elected and qualified; provided however, that the five (5) person named herein as incorporators of sai, corporation shall be and continue tn first Board of Directors, and shall hol' office during the first year of the exist ence of said corporation, or until thei successors are duly elected and qualified but in.case of the death or resignation of any of said directors during his Q