Mohave County miner., 1913-03-15

I . Ie1epTIOfTU COfnpany, 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 Knowledge the certificate of incorporation for sald consolidated company, prepared and ap- proved by said directors; and
 | WHEREAS, by the terms of said written proposition and agreement of consolidation ap proved 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. B. Field, E. M Burgess, Roderick Reid
 Edw B. Field, Jr., Philip Hamln 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 Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, and the action of the directors at the joint meeting aforesaid do hereby make and exc cute in CENTUPLICATE this certificate in writ ing of our intention to become and to organize a body corporate, as by said laws provided; and we do further certify:
 The corporate name and style of said cor poration shall be THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The objects and purposes for which said com- pany is incorporated are:
 CD To carry general telephone business, a general telegraph business, a general messenger business, and any business involving the trans mission of intelligence by electricity in the state of Colorado; and in any other state territory colony of the United States, of any foreign country. and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and in the ter ritores of Arizona and New Mexico.
 @ To construct. lease. purchase by deed, conveyance, assignment or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold own, maintain, operate, i'm prove and extend, telephone and telegraph lines and systems. and telephone exchanges, in the different cities and counties of the state of Colo rado, and in any other state or territory colony of the United States or of any foreign country l onI ,1arl,y tr tLA o,4 ntl counties of the states of Utah, Wyoming. Idaho and Montana, and in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico; and to construct, lease, pur- chase or otherwise acquire, and to establish, hold
 own, maintain and operate, improve and extend
 telephone aud telegraph lines and systems be- tween the different towns and cities in the state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory or colony of the United States, of any foreign country, and particularly in the states of Utah. | Wyoming. Idaho and Montana and the ter ritories of Arizona and New Mexico, and to col | lect tolls and charges for the transmission of | messages or conversations along, over said | lines systems.
 | (3) To contract for acquire by lease, pur- chase, deed, conveyance, assignment other wise, and to hold. own, maintain. operate, i'm prove and extend. the physical property, eX- changes, wires, poles, conduits,. apparatus of every kind or character, business, franchises and all other rights, whether accrued CT acquired under or granted by constitutional, legislative or municipal enactment, or by general laws or otherwise, of telephone and telegraph companies, wherever howsoever organized, domiciled or operated now or hereafter operated, located domciled in the state of Colorado, or 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 Arizona and New Mexico
 (D To acquire by lease, purchase, condem- nation, grant license, assignment otherwise. rights of way upon, under, over, above, through or in which to erect, construct, main an operate or hold, poles wires, apparatus and conduits for telephone and telegraph wires, buildings and structures, located or to be located in the diff ferent cities and counties of the state of Colorado, and in any other state or territory colony of the United States, of any foreign country. and particularly in the different cities and counties of the state of Utah. Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and in the territories of A AriZona and New MeXIco. (5) To apply for, obtain, have granted to it, hold own, possess and enjoy, franchises and rights of every kind description, of from municipalities, towns, cities or counties in the state of Colorado, and in any other state ter ritory or colony of the United States, of any foreign country, and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana and in the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and to cept receive acquire. hold own, possess and en- joy all rights of whatsoever kind given granted or confirmed to telegraph or telephone companies under the constitution, statutes or general laws of the state of Colorado, or of any other state territory colony of the United States. of any foreign country, and particularly of the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
 (6) To consolidate with telephone or telegraph companies. whether organized under the laws of the state of Colorado or of any other state, ter ritory, or colony of the United States, of any foreign country, and particularly of the states of Utah, Wyoming Idaho and Montana, and of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and to merge or consolidate with any such company or companies, by sale otherwise all of the physical properties, franchises and rights of every kind or character, such consolidation or consultations to be accomplished by private sale by proceedings in court, or under and by virtue of, but not rrepugnant to the provisions of the statutes or laws under which said consolidation is sought to be accomplished, in any of the states, territories or colonies herein mentioned.
 CD To effect union with, and to extend to and to connect with, any telephone exchange or exchanges telephone or telegraph line or lines, or system or systems, and to own, hold. maintain and operate. either jointly or alone, such connect ed or connecting exchanges, lines systems, in the state of Colorado and in any other state ter ritory or colony of the United States. or of any foreign country, and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and the ter ritores of Arizona and New Mexico, and in order to promote and affect the union of the lnes ex' changes and systems in the state of Colorado with the lines, exchanges and systems in said states, territories, colonies and countries, and particularly in the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana and the territories of Ari- Zona and New Mexico, wherever however quired, owned, controlled, leased operated, this company may lease, sell and convey it's property, rights, privileges and franchises owned or hereafter acquired, or any interest therein, any part thereof, to any other telephone or telegraph company organized under or created by the laws of this or any other state, territory colony of the United States or of any foreign country, and may acquire by lease, purchase or conveyance, the property, rights privileges and franchises, or any interest therein, or any part thereof. wherever and howsoever acquired, owned, con trolled or operated, of any other telephone or telegraph company now organized or hereafter to be organized under created by the con- sttution or laws of the state of Colorado or any other state, territory colony of the United States or of any foreign country. and may make