The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-11-08
Certificate of incorporation of THE MOUNTAIN STATES TEIE- PHONE AND TELEGRAPH CON-
 PANY.

PANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That WHEREAS, purs l. ant to the provisions of the statutes of Colorado relating to the consolida- tion of corporations, the directors ot The Colorado Telephone Company and The Tri-State Telephone and Tele- graph Company, both being corpor- ations organized under the laws oi the State of Colorado, did, at meetings held respectively on the 31st day Of May,A. D. 1911 and the 18th day of May, A. D. 1911, call meeting of the stockholders of their said respective corporations to be held on the 17th day of July, A. D. 1911, for the pur- pose of considering proposition 10 consolidate the said companies; and 1 WHEREAS, at said meeting the stockholders of said companies res pectively did, on said last mentioned date, by a vote of more than three fourths of the stock of each company, respectively and severally, approve of the written proposition of consolida- tion of The Colorado Telephone Con- pany and the Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company, by uniting the properties and concerns of said cor porations; and
 WHEREAS, the directors of The Colorado Telephone Company did, on the 17th day of July, 4. D. 1911, elect E. B. Field, k. M. Burgess, Philip Feldhauser, Edwin s. Kassler, Craw- ford Hill, w. L. Graham and A. V. Hunter, as it's proportion of the direct ors to manage the affairs of the con- solidated company; and
 WHEREAS, the directors of the Fri State Telephone and Telegraph Con- pany did, on the 17th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin, and J. B. Macdonald as it's proportion of the directors to manage the affairs of the consolidated com pany; and
 WHEREAS, at a joint meeting of the directors so elected as aforesaid, the said directors did, on the 17th day of July, A. D. 1911, elect L. c. Phipps, Jr., as a director of the said consolidated company, all directors so elected to constitute board Of directors for said consolidated conl- pany; and
 WHEREAS, at said joint meeting of said directors as aforesaid the fol- lowing persons were elected as off, cers and to fill the office set opposite their respective names, to-wit:
 First Vice-President, Edw. B. Field,Jr {, Secretary ......... J. p. Macdonald, Assistant Secretary .Roderick Reid, Treasurer ....... .Edw. B. Field, Jr., Assistant Treasurer. w. P. Allen, General Manager. E. M. Burgess, General Auditor. .Roderick Reid; and
 WHEREAS, the directors at said joint meeting as aforesaid designate E. B. Field, B. M. Burgess and RoG- erick Reid as the three stockholders of The Colorado Telephone Company, and Edw. B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamlin and J. B. 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 Tel.- 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 an1 state of Colorado, do, pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and pro-
  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 Teeting as aforesaid, do hereby make and execute in CENTUPLICATE this certificate in writing of our intention to become and to organize a body cor porate, as by said laws provided; and do fIIr-fh hn nrfi
 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, a 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 Dy ueeu, Coh'ey eHCc' doSlShihoHC oi 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-