The Coconino sun., 1912-10-11

Whereas, at said joint meeting of said directors as aforesaid the following persons were elected as officers and to fill the office set opposite their respective names. towit:
 President, E. B. Field.
 First Vice-President, Edw. B. Field, Jr
 Secretary, J. r. Macdonald,
 Assistant Secretary, Roderick Reid,
 Treasurer, Edw. B. Field. Jr..
 Assistant Treasurer. w. P. Allen.
 General Manager, E. M. Burgess,
 General Auditor, Roderick Reid; i; and
 Whereas, the directors at said joint meeting as aforesaid desig- mated E. B. Field, E. M. Burgess and Roderick Reid as the three stockholders of The Colorado Tele- phone Company, and Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and j. E. Macdonald as the three stock holders of The Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company to sign and acknowledge the certificate of incorporation for said consolidated company, prepared and approved 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 com pany is to be known as The Moun- tain States Telephone and Tele- graph Company, Now Therefore;
 We. E. B. Field, E. M. Burgess, Roderick Reid, Edw. B. Field. Jr.. Philip Hamlin and J. E. Mac donald, all of the city and county of Denver and state of Colorado, do, pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and provided, and in accordance with the action 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 CEN DUPLICATE this certificate in writing of our intention to become and to organize a body corporate, as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
 I.
 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:
 il) To carry on general tele- phone business, general telegraph business, general messenger busi- ness, and any business involving the transmission of intelligence by electricity. in the state of Colo rado. 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, Idaho and Mon tana, and in the territories of Ari- zona and New Mexico.
 (2) To construct. lease. pur- chase by deed. conveyance, assign ment or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold. own. maintain. operate, improve and extend, tele- phone and telegraph lines and systems, and telephone exchanges, in the different cities and counties of the state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States or of any foreign country. and particu- larly in the different cities and counties of the states of Utah, Wyoming. Idaho and Montana, and in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico; and to construct, lease, purchase or otherwise &C., quire, and to establish, hold. own, maintain and operate, improve and extend, telephone and tele- graph lines and systems 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 the states of Utah, Wyoming Idaho, and Montana. and the terri tories of Arizona and New Mexico, and to collect tolls and charges for the transmission of messages or conversations along, on OF over said lines or systems.
 (3) To contract for. acquire by lease, purchase, deed, conveyance, assipnment or otherwise. and to