Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-28
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELE- PHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 COMPANY,

KNOW ALL seN BY THESl PRESENTS, That. WHEREAS, puI suant 10 the provisions of the stat utes of Colorado relating to tn, consolidation of corporations, the q. rectors Of The Colorado Telephon' Company and The Tri-State Tele phone and Telegraph Company, bOtl being corporations organized undel the laws of the State Of Colorado did, at meetings held respectively or the 3lst day of May, A n. 1911 and the 29th day of May, A. D 1911 call a meeting of the stockholders ot their said respective corporations to b, he'd on the 17th day of July, A. D 1911, for the purpose Of considerins a proposition to consolidate the saic ccmpanies: and
 F WHEREAS, at said meetings the stockholders of said companies re spectively did, on said last mentioned date, by a vote Of more than three fourths of the stock of each com pany. respectively and seyerally, ap prove of the written proposition oi | 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 l Colorado Telephone Company did, on | tho 17th day of July, A D. 1911, elect E. B. Field, E. N. Burgess. Philip Feldhauser, Edwin s. Kass- l Ter, Crawford Hill, W. L. Graham and [ A. V. Hunter, as it's proportion of [ the directors to manage the affairs Of : the consolidated company; aud l WHEREAS. the directors of The Tri-St2te Telephone and Telegraph Company did. on the I7th day of Iuiy, A. D. 1911, elect Edw. B. Field. Jr., Philip Hamlin, and ]. E. Mac conaid as its proportion Of the di- rectors to manage the affairs of the consolidated company; and
 WHEREAS. ar a joint meeting O. the directors so elected as afore- said. the said directors did, on the I7th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect L. C. PkiDps, IT.. as a director of the said consolidated company, all directors so elected to constitute a a board of directors for said con solidated company: and
 WHEREAS, at said joint meeting of said directors as aforesaid the following persons were elected as officers and to i'll the office set op- posite their respective names, to-wit: President ...-.. l.. B. FIelds lst Vice-PresiGent Edw. B. Field, Jr Secretary ........J. F. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary Roderick Reid, Treasurer .. Edw. 3. Field. Jr., Assistant Treasurer ... ". P. Alien, General Manager ...E. M. Burgess, General Auditor Go5erick Reid
 WHEREAS, the directors at said joint meeting as aforesaid designated F. B. Field, [. M. 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 Tele- phone and Telegraph Company 10 sign and acknowledge the certifi- cate Of incorporation for said con solidated company, prepared and ap- proved by said directors; and WHEREAS, by the terms of said written proposition and agreement ]. Of consolidation approved as af0re- sa.d by the stockholders of said companies, the consolidated company is to be known us The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, NOW THEREFORE,;
 We, E. E. Field, F. NJ. Burgess, Roderick Reid, Edw. B, Field. Jr, Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald, all of the city and county of Den yer and state of Colorado. do, pur- suaut to the statutes in such cases made and provided, and in accord anee with the action taken by the directors and stockholders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri-State Telephone and Tele graph Company, and the action ef the directors at the joint meeting as aforesaid, do hereby make and execute in CENTUPLICATE this cer- tificate in writing of our intention Co become and to organize a body corporate. as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
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 The corporate name and style of our said corporation shall be THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 II.
 ..The objects and purposes for which said company is incorporated are:
 CD To carry on a general tele- pholts business, Q general telegraph business, a general messenger busi- Eess, and any business Involving the transmission Of intelligence by elec- tricity, in the state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States, or Of any foreign country and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Ida he and MontaDa. and in the terri tories Of Arizona and New Mexico
 (2) To construct. lease. purchase by deed, conveyance. assignment Or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold. own. maintain. operate, i'm prove and extend. telephone and telegraph lines and systems. and telephone exchanges. in the differ ent cities and counties of the state Of Colorado, and in any other state c. territory or colony of the United States or of any foreign county. and particularly in the different cities and counties or the states Of Utah. Wyo- ming. Idaho ard Montana, and in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico; and to construct, lease, pur- chase or otherwise acquire. and to