The oasis., 1912-09-28
cERrIFIcArE oF INcoRpoRArIoN
THE MOUNTAIN ST lTES TELEPHONE AND
 TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

State Telephone 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, call a meet ing of the stockholders of their respective corporations to be held on the l7th day of July, A. D. 1911, for the purpose of considering a proposition to consolidate the said companies and
 WHEREAS, at said meetings the stock holders of said companies respectively did. on said last mentioned date, by vote of more than three-fourths of the stock of each com pany, respectively and severally, approve of the written proposition of consolidation of The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri.State Telephone and Telegraph Company by uniting the properties and concerns of said corporations; and
 WHEREAS, the directors Of The Colorado Telephone Company did, on the l7th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect k. B. Field, K. NJ. Burgess. Philip Feldhauser. Edwin Kassler, Crawford Hill, W. L. Graham and A. " Hunter as it's 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 l7th day of July. A. D. 1911, elect Edw B. Field IT,, Philip Hamlin, and J E. Macdonald as its proportion of the directors to manage the affairs of the consolidated company; and WHEREAS, at Joint meeting of the direc- tors so elected as aforesaid, the said directors did, on the l7th day of July. A. D. 1911, elect L. c. PhippS, JI., as director of the said cOnsol- dated company, all directors so elected to constitute a board of directors for said consoli- dated company; and
 WHEREAS, at said joint meeting of said directors as aforesaid the following persons were elected officers and to fill the office set opposite their respective names, tO-wit:
 President k, B. Field,
 First Vice-PreSident Edw B. Field, Jr.
 Secretary J. E. Macdonald
 Assistant Secretary Roderck Reid,
 Treasurer Edw. B. Field, Jr.,
 Assistant Treasurer W. P. Allen,
 General Manager E NJ. Burgess,
 Geueral Auditor Roderick Reid, and
 WHEREAS the directors at said joint meet ing as aforesaid designated E. B. Field, E NJ. Burgess and Roderick Reid as the three stock holders of The Colorado Telephone Company, and Edw. B. Field, Jr Philip Hamlin and J Macdonald as the three stockholders of The Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company to sign and acknowledge the certificate of in- corporation 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 aforesaid 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 Field NJ. Burgess Roderick Reid, Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamln 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 provided, and in accordance with the action taken by the directors and stockholders of The Colorado Telephone Company and The TriState Tele phone ana lelegTdpn company, ana the dcllOu of the directors at the joint meeting afore said, do hereby make and execute in CENTU- PLICATE this certificate in writing of our in- tention to become and to organize body corporate, as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style of our said corporation shall be THE MOUTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
 II.
 The objects and purposes for which said company is incorporated are:
 CD To carry on general telephone business general telegraph business, q general mes senger business. and any business involving the transmission of intelligence by electricity, 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 Tn the states of Utah, Wyoming Idaho and Mon tana and ill the territories of Arizona and New Mexico
 (2) To contract, lease, purchase by deed conveyance, assignment or otherwise acquire and to establish, hold, own maintain, operate improve and extend, telephone and telegraph lines aud 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 particularly in the different cities and counties of the states of Utah Wy Omng Idaho and Montana, and in the terri tories of ArzOna and New Mexico; and tC construct lease, purchase or otherwise acquire and to etablish, hold, own, maintain anC operate, improve and extend telephone anC telegraph lines ana systems between the differ ent towns and cities in the state of Colorado and in any other state or territory or colony Ot the United States, or of any foreign country and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyom ing, Idaho and Montana, and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and to collect tolls and charges for the transmission of messages or conversations along, on or over said lines o systems.
 (8 To contract for acquire by lease, pur chase, deed, conveyance, assignment or other wise, and to hold, own, maintain, operate improve and extend. the physical property exchanges wires, poles, conduiUs apparatus o every kind or character business, franchise and all other rights, whether accrued or ac >1uired under or granted by constitutional legislative or municipal enactment, or b. general laws or otherwise, of telephone ant Telegraph companies, wherever or howsoeve organized. domiciled or operated, now or here after operated located or domiciled in tn state of Colorado, or in any other state or ter ritory or colony of the United States, or of an