The Clifton clarion., 1888-06-27
Articles of Incorporation
 of the Darby Canal Comp'ny.

Darby Canal Comp'ny. We, the undersigned, Isidor E. Solomon, Robert Nash and Anna Solomon, being the owners and tenants in common, from the year 1877 to this date, by ourselves or our grantors, of certain irrigating ditch or canal commonly known and designated as the Darby ditch or canal, now situated in the county of Graham and Territory of Ari- zona, being desirious of incorporating our selves and to form a corporation under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially of an Act of the leg islative assembly of the Territory of Ari- zona. approved March Sth, 1887, entitled "Corporations," for the purpose of mutual protection and of engaging in the business and enterprise hereinafter mentioned, do make, subscribe and acknowledge these articles of incorporation, and declare
 The name assumed by this corporation and by which it shall be hereafter known is ''The Darby Canal Company" and the prin- cipal place for the transaction of its busi- ness is the town of Solomonville, county of Graham, Territory of Arizona.
 The enterprise, pursuit, business and occu- patton ill which this corporation proposes to engage is that of maintaining, keering in repair, enlarg ng and extending the said Darby irrigating canal, for irTisatlng and motive purposes, to acquire water and water rights by purchase and location, to con struct and maintain canals, ditches, fumes, dams aud reservoirs, for the purpose of conducting, storing, and distributing water so acquired, for irrigating land, watering live stock, and for domestic and for other purposes, and to supply and sell water for said and other purposes; and to do and transact any and all kinds of business which may or might be done by a natural person, that may be necessary to fully carry out the object of this corporation.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be twelve hundred dol lars, divided into twelve shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each, to be fully paid up at the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the said Darby Canal Company.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing of these articles in the office of the County Re corder of the county of Graham, in the Ter ritory of Arizona, and shall terminate fifty years thereafter.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, con- posed of three persons. who shall be elected annually by the stockholders. and shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The time and manner of said elections shall be pre- scribed and provided for by the bylaws of said corporation. Said directors shall be subscribers to the capital stock of said cor poration, and no person shall be eligible to said office unless he be a stockholder in the corporation, and any person ceasing to be subscriber shall cease to be director; and hereafter if any director shall cease to be q stockholder he shall cease to be director.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time to be subject is the sum of eight hundred dollars.
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 The stockholders and their private prop erty shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this corporation.
 The Board of Directors of this corpora tion shall have power to establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations necessary for the management of the affairs of this corporation, and the officers thereof. The following named persons, who are subscrib- CTS to the capital stock of this corporation, shall constitute its Board of Directors until the first Saturday in December, 1888, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, to-wit: Isidor E. Solomon, Rob- ert Nash and Anna Solomon.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 26th day of May, I9Ss.
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 ROBERT NASH, [sEAL.l
 ANNA SOLOMON. [sEAL.
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 Before me, P. J. Bolan, Notary Public in and for said county and territory, this day personally appeared Isider E. Solomon, Robert Nash and Anna Solomon, known to me to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument, and that each of them acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of May 1888.
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 P. J. BoLAN,
 Notary Public.
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ]
 County of Graham. ]
 I, Pedro Michelena, County Recorder in and for the county of Graham, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the articles of incorporation of the Darby Canal Company, as recorded in my office and that have carefully compared the same with the original and find it true and correct. Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of May, 1888.
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