1905_private laws_390_7
CHAPTER 390 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NORTH STATE TELE- PHONE COMPANY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the said corporation shall have a common seal, may sue and be sued in the courts of the State, and for the purpose of its business may hold and possess real and personal property ; and further, may establish branch lines, purchase other lines, co-operate with other lines at its terminal office with any and all telephone lines or systems of telegraph companies doing business within the State.