Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-25
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE GLOBE-ARIZONA TELEPHONE COMPANY

THE GLoBE-ARIzONA TELEPHONE
 COMPANY
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 That we, the undersigned, J. D. Cop len, $. L. Gibson, l.. R. Scholl, J. C. Britt and N. II. Mercer, all of the town of Globe, Gila County, Territory of Arizona, desiring to incorporate our selves nnder the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and espe- eially under Title XIII of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona corporations, being Chapter II of said title of the laws of 1901, and acts subsequent and amendatory thereof, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprise, business, pursuit and occupation hereinafter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge ae- eording to law these Articles of Incor poration, and declare:
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 The names of the ineorpofators are J. ". tOplth. -. To hiUsOlf ls. n. othoii, '. c. Britt and w. H. Mercer; the name of this corporation shall be and is THE GLOBE ARIZONA TELEPHONE COMPANY, and the principal place of transacting the business of this corpora ton shall be and is Globe, County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of stockholders shall be had and held, provided that branch offices may be established and main tained at such other places either within or without the Territory of Arizona by resolution adopted at any special or reg ular meeting of the Board of Directors herein, and at such places any and all business may be transacted which may not be in conflict with the laws of the Territory of Arizona, or any other Ter ritory or State where such branch office or offices may be maintained.
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 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by said cor poration and the purposes for which it is formed are:
 First: To buy, own, hold, sell, con. vey, build, operate, manage, control. lease, equip and maintain buildings. poles, wires, lights, underground cir cults, appliances and machinery and all apparatus capable of being used in the transmission of messages, sounds and signals by the agency of electricity; to buy, own, lease, control and operate wires leading from receiving and dis patching stations, exchanges and booths of said corporation to stations or wires owned by individuals, or other corpora tions;
 Second: To acquire by purchase and any other lawful manner, real estate. land and all other kinds of property, real, personal and mixed, and to accept, hold, possess, enjoy, operate and use franchises from any State or Territory of the United States, or any county, or municipal corporation, for right of way over public domain, highways, streets and alleys; to acquire by purchase or otherwise by lawful means, bonds of other corporations, chattels, goods, wares and merchandise and chooses in action; to buy, sell, manufacture and deal m all kinds of electrical appli- ances for driving machinery. motor power for propelling and all kinds of mechanical appliances where electricity is applicable for the purposes afore- said or in any way related to the gen eral purposes of telephony or teleg- raphy.
 Third: To act as a common carrier of messages to be transmitted by the ageney-of sound waves or electricity.
 Fourth: To acquire by purchase, or lease, property and franchises of other corporations; transact any and all kinds of business which may be transacted by . natural person, and to alienate, sell, lease, demise and dispose of the same, or any part thereof, as we'll as any other property this corporation possesses, be seized of or be entitled to; to bor- row money and contract to repay the same at such times or time, with such rate of interest as it's Board of Direct. ors deem proper and see fit; to hypothe. cate, mortgage, or pledge any and all or any part of the property, which this corporation may hereafter acquire, or to secure payment of such money, with i'm terest, or to secure payment of any debt of this corporation, with such interest thereon as it may legally be obliged to pay.
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 That the amount of the capital stock is and shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of the par value of Five Dollars per share, which shall be paid for in cash as called for by the Board of Di- rectors of said company, or by convey ance, transfer, assignment or delivery of property which may be purchased, or acquired by the said company, as may be ordered by the Board of Di- rectors.
 All shares of stock when issued shall be fully paid and the same shall be forever non -assessable.
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 That the time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the time when the Articles of Incorporation of this company shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Territory of Arizona, and certified