Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-29
LeqaI Advertisements
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELE- PHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY.

 ' KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE ! PRESENTS. That, WHEREAS. pur
 suant 10 the provisions of the stat ! utes of Colorado relating to the l consolidation of corporations. the dl 1 rectors Of The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri-State Tele phone and Telegraph Company, both
 being corporations organized under
 the laws of the State of Colorado
 did, at meetings held respectively on the Slst day of May, A. D. 1911 and the 29th day of May. A. D. 1911,
 cali a meeting of the stockholders oi
 their said respective corporations to hf
 held on the 17th day of July. 4. D.
 1911, for the purpose of considering a proposition Co consolidate the said companies; and
 WHEREAS, at said meetings the stockholders of said companies re- specuvely did. on said last mentioned date, by a vote of more than three fourths of the stock of each com psny, respectively and seyerally. ap- prove of the written proposition of consolidation of The Colorado Tele- prone Company and The Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company, by uniting the properties and con cerns Of said corporations: and
 WHEREAS, the directors of the Colorado Telephone Company did, on Jho l7th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect F. B. Field. k. NJ. Burgess Philip Feldhauser, Edwin s. Kass- Ter, Crawford Hill, w. L. Graham and A V. Hunter, as its proportion Of the directors to manage the affairs Of the consolidated company; and
 WHEREAS, the directors Of The Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company did. on the IIth day of July, A. D. 1911. elect Edw. B. Field. Jr, Philip Hamlin. and ]. L. Mac conald as it's proportion of the di- rectors to manage the affairs Of the consolidated company; and
 WHEREAS, ar a joint meeting of the directors SO elected as afore- said, the said directors did, on the l7th day of July. A. D. 1911. elect L. C. Pkipps'S Jr, as a director of the said consolidated company, all directors so elected to constitute a a board of directors for said con soiidated company; and
 WHEREAS. at said i1ilt meeting of said directors as aforesaid the following persons were elected as officers and to fill the office set op- posite theIr respective names, to-wit. President .......- [. B. Field, lst Vice-President Edw. B. Field, Jr Secretary .......J. E. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary Roderick Reid, Treasurer ...... Edw. B. Field, Jr., E gH General Manager F. Nj. Burgess, General Auditor Roderick Reid;
 WHEREAS, the directors at said joint meeting as aforesaid designated F. B. Field, E. NJ. Burgess and Rod. erick Reid as the three stockholders Of The Colorado Telephone Company, and Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald as the three stockholders of The Tri-State Teie- phone and Telegraph Company to sign and acknowledge the certifi. cate of incorporation for said con sondated company, prepared and ap- proved by said directors: and
 WHEREAS, by the terms of said written proposition and agreement Of consolidation approved as afOre- sad by the stockholders Of said companies, the consolidated company is to be known as The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, NOW THEREFORE:
 We. F.. B. Field. F. M Burgess. Roderick Reid. Edw. B. Field. Jr, Philip Hamlin and J. F. Macdonald, all of the city and county Of Den yer and state of Colorado, do, pur. suant 10 the statutes in such cases made and provided, and in accord ance with the action taken by the directors and stockholders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The TTi-State Telerh0ne and Tele graph Company. anu the action Of the directors at the joint meeting as aforesaid, do hereby make and execute in CENTUPLICATE this ceT- in writing of our intention 10 become and to organize a body as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style Of our said corporation shah be THE STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 II.
 '. The objects and purposes for which said company is incorporated are:
 t1l To carry on a general tele- DhoIls business, a general telegraph business, a general messenger busi- hess, and any business involving the transmission of intelligence by cleo ! tricity. in the state of Colorado. and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States, or Of lnr fnraign cnunfrv ana rlarficnIarlr