The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-26
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE
 CONCHO Irrigation Company.

Know all men by these presents that
 We, the undersigned, desi"e to incorpor- ate ourselves for the purpose of engaging in the business of distributing the water of the Concho stream to the several per sons entitled thereto, do hereby mutual ly declare, certify and specify, as fol- lows to-wit:
 First, The name assumed by the cor poration hereby created, and by which 1 it shall be known, is COncho Irrigation Company.
 Second, The period of the duration of said corporation shall be twenty-five years from and. after the date of these articles.
 Third, The enterprise and business in which said incorporation proposes to en- gage is, the distribution of the waters of the Concho stream, flowing or hereafter to flow, into the precinct of Concho, Apache county, Arizona Territory, to it's stockholders and all other persons enti- i tied thereto, according to law and accor- ding to the bylaws of this corporation, and to construct and repair dams, reser- voirs, ditches, water-gates, sluicas and all other necessary or convenient means for preserving, surveying and distribu- ting water for irrigation and domestic ! purposes, and to collect from all persons using water so odistributed, on any means of conveying water, such rates as its Board of Directors may determine to be just, not exceeding twenty-five per cent more than the cost, said rate to be uni form upon all persons of each class, to be classified according to the costs oi making ditches or reservoirs, or other sources of supply or means of distribu- ton, or use of such sources or means, and generally to do all things lawful to ! be done in relation to the rights and in- terests of each and all persons in and to the use of said waters of said Concho stream.
 Fourth, The principal office and prin- cipal place of business of said corpora ton shall be Erastus, Apache county, Arizona Ter itoly.
 Fifth, The amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall be five thou sand two hundred and fifty dollars. ($5,- 250.
 Sixth, The number of shares of the capital stock of said corporation shall be five hundred and twenty-five (525.) ! Seventh, The locality on which the said water is to be distributed is the ir- rigable land lying about two miles below 1 the head of the Concho stream, and ex- i tending about six miles north and east 1 toward the Little Colorado river, which can be irrigated by the Concho stream as determined by the corporation.
 In testimony whereof we, the under l signed, as corpOrators, hereunto sub scribe our names, this 14th day of De- cember, 1889, at Erastus, Apache coun- | ty, Arizona Territory.
 CHR. I. KEMPE, ELAM CHENEY. Jr. MARGARET Ii. BAIRD. Signed in the presence of J. A. Me Grath and J. W. Dempsey. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Apache.
 On this 14th day of December, 1889, before me, a Notary Public, in and for sad County and Territory, duly com I missioned and sworn, personally appear ed Chr. I. Kempe, Margaret H. Baird and Elam Cheney, Jr. personally known to me to be the individuals described in, and who executed the foregoing instru- ment, who acknowledged to me that they executed the same freely and voluntari- ly, and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned,
 | In witness whereof, have { SEAL DhereuntO set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 WALTER G. SCoTT, de1Q5 Notary Public