Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-20
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE GLoBE-ARIZONA TELEPHONE COMPANY


 Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, J. D. Cop len. $. L. Gibson, l.. R. Scholl, ]. c. Britt and w. H. Mercer, all of the town of Globe, Gila County, Territory of Arizona, desiring to incorporate our selves under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and espe- cially under Title XIII of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona concerning 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 ac- cording to law these Articles of Ineor- poration, and declare:
 The names of the ineorporat0rs are J. D. Coplen, $. l.. Gibson, l.. k. Seholl, J. 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 transact ting the business of this corpora ton shall be and is Globe, County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of stockholders shah 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.
 IT.
 The general nature of the business
 proposed to be transacted by said cor
 poration and the purposes for which il
 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 tho
 transmission of messages, sounds and
 signals by the agency of electricity; tC
 buy, own, lease, control and operate , wires leading from receiving and dis patching stations, exchanges and booths of said corporation to stations or wire, , owned by individuals, or other corpora tions;
 Second: To acquire by purchase anC } any other lawful manner, real estate land and all other kinds of property 2 real, personal and mixed, and to accept hold, possess, enjoy, operate and ust } franchises from any State or Territory } of the United States, or any county, oi z municipal corporation, for right of way over public domain, highways, street. ; and alleys; to acquire by purchase oi otherwise by lawful means, bonds oi other corporations, chattels, goods } wares and merchandise and choses il action; to buy, sell, manufacture ant r deal Tn all kinds of electrical appli ances for driving machinery, motol power for propeling and all kinds oi ; mechanical appliances where electricity l 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 common carrier
 of messages to be transmitted by tn, agency of sound waves or electricity. Fourth: To acquire by purchase, ol lease, property and franchises of othel
 corporations; transact any and all kind
 of business which may be transacted by a natural person, and to alienate, sell ! lease, demise and dispose of the same, ol any part thereof, as well as any othe property this corporation possesses, b, seized of or be entitled to; to bor
 row money and contract to repay tn,
 same at such times or time, with sucl rate of interest as it's Board of Direct
 DTS deem proper and see fit; to hypothe
 cate, mortgage, or pledge any and al ) or any part of the property, which thii ! corporation may hereafter acquire, or t, 5 secure payment of such money, with in terest, or to secure payment of any deb of this corporation, with such interest thereon as it may legally be obliged tc pay.
 III.
 , That the amount of the capital stocl } is and shall be One Hundred Thousand ; Dollars, divided into twenty thousand } shares of the par value of Five Dollar, per share, which shall be paid for il 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 3 or acquired by the said company, ai may be ordered by the Board of Di rectors.
 ? All shares of stock when issued shal be fully paid and the same shall b, forever non-assessable.
 ".
 That the time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the tim,
 when the Articles of Incorporation oi this company shall be filed in the offic, of the County Recorder of Gila County Territory of Arizona, and a certified
 copy of said articles shall be filed il
 the office of the Territorial Auditor oi Arizona, and the term thereof shall b, l twenty five years from and after sait Pdate.