The Arizona sentinel., 1888-01-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE COLORADO RIVER CANAL
 COMPANY.

Uf T6E UuLO6AUV hNhA oANA4
 COMPANY.
 We, D. N. Harwood, John W. Dorriag: ton Robert McPherson and Gee. ". Norton desiring to incorporate ourselves under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and especially an Act ofthe Lesis' lative Assembly thsrsof entitled "An Act concerning corporations" approved March Sth. 1887, fer the purpose sf engaging h the enterprise hereinafter described, do nAks, subcribs and acknowledge in triph- cate these Articles of Incorporation
 The nsms of this corporation and by which 1t shall bs hereafter known Is the Colorado River Canal Cenpany Asd Its principal place of business is the town of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Ari' zona.
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 This corporation is organized for the par pose of divsrting the waters of the Colorado River by means of constructing dam acros ssid river st Stevenson's Island in said river to irrigats lands below and placing therein suitable locks for all the necessities of nav. gat!on, and constructing canal from said point in Yuma County, Arizona Territory to the boundary line of Sonora Mexico Also, another. canal to be constructed from, said da.n ia San Diegs County California extending to the boundary line of Lower California, Mexico.
 III.
 The amour. of capital stock of this com pany shall be Four Million GA, ,OO0, 900, ] Dollars, diridsd into forty thousand shares t one hundred tslo0) dollars each. which said stock snail i5s paid in at the time and 4ader the conditions speGi6e6 and author Led by the Board of Directors of this cor orati0a. ..
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 The time of the commencement of this ccrporstion shall be on tine day of the filing of these Articles in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Arizona Terri. tory and shall terminate fifty (50) years hereafter.
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 The affairs of the corporation shall be con aetsd by Board of Directors composed of tour (4) persons. rho shall be elected ar. n1aliy by the stockholders and shall hold office for ono year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The time and manner of said election shall be provided for in the By Laws of said corporation. Said Directors shall be subscribers to the capital stock of said corporation, and no person shall eligible to said office unless he ,s . stockholder in che corporation, and any person oeasing to be . subscriber shall cease to be Director, and hereafter if any Director shall cease 70 be stockholder he shall cease to be Director. The Board of Directors of this corporation shall have power to establish By Laws and make all rules and regulations necessary fos he management of the affairs of this corpo- ration and the officers thereof.
 Toe following named persons, who are subscribers to the capital stock of this cor. poration shall constitute the Board of Di- rectors until the 24th, day of December A. D. 1888, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified towit: D. M. Harwood, John W. Darlington, Robert Me Phsrson and Geo. ". Norton.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness direct or contingent to which tho corporation shall bs at any time liable Is the sum Of One Million Dollars tsl, ,ooo, ,Ooe.)
 VII.
 The stockholders and their private pro- perty shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this corporation.
 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 24th day of December, 4. D. 1887. Witness ID. NJ. HAYWOOD. L. S. J. J. Stein, J. W. DORRINGTON. L. s.
 ROBT. MCPHERSGN. l.. s.
 GEO. ". NORTON. L. $. Territory of Arizona. ss.
 County of Yums,
 Before me, Jos. J. Stein, County Record CT of Yuma County, on this day, personally