The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-10-04
HE COPPER ERA

and Edw B. Field, Jr, Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald as the three
 stockholders of The Tri-State Tele- phone and Telegraph Company to sign and acknowledge the certificate of in |corporation for said consolidated con- pany, prepared and approved by said directors; and
 WHEREAS, by the terms of said written proposition and agreement of
 consolidation approved as aforesaid by the stockholders of said compan- ies, the consolidated company is to be known as The Mountain States Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, NOW THEREFORE;
 We, E. B. Field, E. M Burgess, Rod erick Reid, Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and J. E. Macdonald, all of the city and county of Denver and state of Colorado, do, pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and pro- vided, and in accordance with the ac- tion taken by the directors and stock holders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri-State Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, and the action of the directors at the joint meeting as aforesaid, do hereby make and execute in CENTUPLICATE this certificate in writing of our intention to become and to organize body cor lporate, as by said laws provided; and
 we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style of our said corporation shall be THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
 The objects and purposes for which said company is incorporated are:
 CD To carry on a general tele- phone business, general telegraph
 business, a general messenger busi- ness, 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 any foregn country, and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Mon tana, and in the territories of Arizona and New. Mexico.
 CD To construct, lease, purchase by deed, conveyance, assignment or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold, own, maintain, operate, improve and extend, telephone and telegraph lines and systems, and telephone ex- changes, in the different cities and counties of the state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory or col ony of the United States or of any foreign country, and particularly in the different cities and counties of the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and in the territories of Ari- zona and New Mexico; and to con- struct, lease, purchase or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold, own, maintain and operate, improve and eX- tend, telephone and telegraph lines and systems between the different towns and cities in the state of Col orado, and in any other state or ter ritory or colony of the United States, or of any foreign country, and particd larly in the states of Utah. Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and the territOr ies of Arizona and New Mexico, and to collect tolls and charges for the transmission of messages or conver sations along, on or over said lines or systems.
 (3) To contract for, acquire by lease, purchase, deed, conveyance, as- signment or otherwise, and to hold, own, maintain, operate, improve and extend, the physical property, eX- changes, wires, poles, conduits, appar- atus of every kind or character, bust ness, franchises and all other. rights, accrued or acquired under or granted by constitutional, legislative or municipal enactment, or by gen. eral laws or otherwise, of telephone and telegraph companies, wherever or howsoever organized, domiciled or operated, now or hereafter operated, | located or domiciled in the state of or in any other state or ter ritory or colony of the United States, | or of any foreign country, and par ticularly in the states of Utah, Wyom- ing, Idaho and Montana, and in the 1 territories of Arizona and New MeXi- l co.
 (4) To acquire by lease, purchase, condemnation, grant, license, assign ment or otherwise, rights of way upon, under, over, above, through or in which to erect, construct, maintain, l operate or hold, poles, wires, appara- | tus and conduits for telephone and | telegraph wires, buildings and struc- | lures, located or to be located in the | different cities and counties of the | state, of Colorado, and in any other 1 state or territory or colony of the | United States, or of any foreign coun- try, and particularly in the diffe:- ent cities and counties of the states [ of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Mon ,ana, and in the territories of Ari- zcna and New Mexico. i
 (5) To apply for, obtain, have granted to it, hold, own, possess and enjoy, franchises and rights of every kind or description, of or from munci- )alities, towns, cities or counties in he state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States, or of any foreign coun- ny, and particularly in the states Of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, md in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico and to accept, receive, acquire, hold, own, possess and en- oy all rights of whatsoever kind given, granted or confirmed to tae- ; graph or telephone companies under ( he constitution, statutes or general { avs of the state of Colorado, or of ( my other state or territory or colony '