Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-26

companies; and
 WHEREAS, at said meetings the
 stockholders of said companies re,
 spectiVely did, on said last mentioned
 date, by a vote O. more than three ' tourihs of the stock of each com
 pany, respectively and seyeralIy, 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
 tho 17tn day Of July, A. D. 1911,
 elect E. E. Field, E. M. Burgess.
 Philip Feldhauser, Edwin $. Kass- Ter, Crawford Hill. ". L. Graham and
 A. " Hunter, as its proportion or
 the directors 10 manage the affairs Of
 the consolidated company; and
 WHEREAS, the directors of The
 Iri-Stete Telephone and Telegraph Company did on the t7th day Of July, A. D. 1911, elect Edw. B. Field. Jr-, Philip Hamlin, and J. E. Mac. ! conald as is proportion of the di- | rectors to manage the aHairs Of ! the consolidated company; and 1 WHEREAS, ar a joint meeting os the directors so elected as afore- said, the said directors did, on the l7th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect l.. C. Phipps. Jr.. as a director or the said consolidated company, all directors so elected 10 coutsitute a a board of directors for said con sohdated company; and
 nH cufH fsfs Ffv,rr of said directors as aforesaid the following persons were elected as officers and to fil the office set op- posite then respective names. to-wit: President -... l.. D. Field, lst Vice-President Edw. B, Field, Jr Secretary ..J. E. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary ROderick Reid, Treasurer .... Edw B. Field, Jr., Assistant Treasurer ". P. Alien, General Manager E. M. Burgess, General Auditor Eoderick Reid;
 WHEREAS, the directors at said joint meeting as aforesaid designated [. E. 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. l.. Macdonald as the three rAONhA0AQNi6 NA me lAt-oAattt AEAr- phone and Telegraph Company to sign and acknowledge the certifi- cate of incorporation for said con solidated company. prepared and a., proved by said directors: and
 WHEREAS, by, the terms of said written proposition and agreement of consolidation approved as afore- said by the stockholders of said companies, the consolidated company is to be known as The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. NOW THEREFORE;
 We, E. B. Field, E. M. Burgess, . Roderick Reid, Edw. B. Field. Jr, Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald, all of the city and county CT Den yer and state of Colorado, do, pur- suant to the statutes in such cases made and provided. and in accord snce with the action taken by the directors and stockholders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri-State Teleghona and Tele- graph Company. and the action Of the directors at the joint meeting as aforesaid. do hereby make and execute in CEATUPLlCATE this cer- ! uGcate in writing of cur intention to become and to organize a body corporate. as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style oj our said corporation shah he THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE . AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 II.
 ..The objects and purposes for which said company is incorporated are:
 CD To carry on general tele- phoIIe business, general telegraph business, a general messenger busi 1. ness, and any business involving the transmlssion Of intelligence by cleo 1 tIicity, in the state Of Colorado and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States, or oe any foreign country and particularly in the states Of Utah, Wyoming, Ida bo and Montana, and in the terri tories of Arizona and New Mexico.
 (Z) 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 aud counties of the state Of Colorado, and in any other state e territory or colony Of the United States or of any foreign county, and particularly in the different cites and counties Of the states of Utah, Wyo- ming, Idaho and Montana, and in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico; and to construct, lease. pur- chase CT otherwise acquire. and to establish. hold, own, maintain ana operate. improve and extend, teie- phone and telegraph lines and sys- tems between the different towns and cities 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 inc states Of Utah, WyOming Idaho and Montana, and the terri tories of Arizona and New Mexico and to collect tolls and charges for the transmits siGn Of messages or con ' ycrsatioHs aiorg. oh O. over said lines or systems.
 (3l To contraCs for, acquire by lease, purchase, decd, conveyance, assignment or otherH Hlse, and to hold,