The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-10-25

duQ J. IT, MdCQOndlQ 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 com 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 lTHEREFORE;
 We, B. 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
 vided, and in accordance with the &C.,
 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 a body cor
 porate, 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, 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 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 k 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 r. lease, purchase, deed, conveyance, as- signment or otherwise, and to holi, own, maintain, operate, improve and extend, the physical property, ex- changes, wires, poles, conduits, appar- atuS of every kind or character, busi- 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, domicifed or ( operated, now or hereafter operated, l located or domicIled in the state of ' Colorado, or in any other state or ter ( ritory or colony of the United States, ( or of any foreign country, and par in the states of Utah, Wyom- S ing, Idaho and Montana, and in the ( territories of Arizona and New Mexi- ( CO., (
 (4) To acquire by lease, purchase, ( grant, license, assign ( nent or otherwise, rights of way upon, 1 1nder, over, above, through or in which to erect, construct, maintain, I operate or hold, poles, wires, appara- ( us and conduits for telephone and wires, buildings and struc- C ,ures, located or to be located in the fifferent cities and counties of the c state of Colorado, and in any other I state or territory or colony of the a United States, or of any foreign coun- c ny, and particularly in the differ- I ,Mt cities and counties of the states f ,f Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Mon- I ana, and in the territories of ,Ari- 0 scna and New Mexico. c
 (5) To apply for, obtain; have | granted to it, hold, own, possess and c ,njoy, franchises and rights of every e kind or description, of or from muncf- S 1alitleS, towns, cities or counties in e he state of Colorado, and. in any other ( state or territory or colony of the | United States, or of any foreign eoun- 2 ny, and particularly in the states Of a Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, c md in the territories of Arizona and c New Mexico and to accept, receive, acquire, hold, own, possess and en- C joy all rights of whatsoever kind 8 given, granted or confirmed to tele- g graph or telephone companies under ( the constitution, statutes or general 8 aws of the state of Colorado, or of ( any other state or territory or colony ' of the United States, or of any foreign . country, and particularly of the states ( of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Mon- (