Arizona republican., 1890-07-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -OF- THE FARMERS IRRIGATION COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents that we, Daniel E. Keating, Horatio H. Wharton and Cecil B. Ayrton, desiring to incorporate our selves under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and especially an Act of the Legislative Assembly thereof, entitled oAn Act Concerning Corporations" approved March sth lss7 for the purpose of engaging in the ep- scribe and acknowledge in duplicate these Arti- cles Of Incorporation, and declare;
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 The name of this corporation and by which it shall hereafter be known is "The Farmers Irri- transaeting its business shali be the City of Phoenix, county of Maricopa, Territory of Ari. zona.
 This corporation is organized for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating canals and reservoirs in the county of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona and to divert and carry water from the Salt river for agricultural, hor- ticultural, domestic and manufacturing pur- poses; to buy, sell, deal and trade in lands, i'm. proved or unimproved, and in every kind of property, and to take and hold securities there on and upon any property whatever; to buy, sell, deal and trade in water rights, shares in water canals or in any and all corporations. The time of the existence of this corporation shall be fifty l50l years from and after the date of its incorporation.
 
 ducted by board of seven directors who shall be elected annually on the first day of May by the stockholders and shall hold office for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, but the names of those who shall be directors and serve as such officers until the first day of May, 1891, and until the tion, are Richard L. Hattersley, George W. Brown, Walter Thompson, Wm. C. Thairlwall, D, E. Heating, Horatio II. Wharton, Cecil B. Ayrton.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be one hundred thousand lsl00OoO.00l dollars div ided into ten thousand ll0,0OOl shares of the par value of ten l$l0O0l dollars each, and said cap ital stock shall be paid on call of full board of directors and shall be non-assessable.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be fifty thousand iSJO,. O00i0 0l dollars.
 The stockholders and theIr private property shall be exempt from the corporate debts ol this corporation.
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 The board of directors of this corporation shall have the power to make all needful by laws and rules and regulations for the manage officers.
 No person shall be eligible to the office of director unless he be a stockholder in the cor. pOration, and upon ceasing to be stockholder he shall cease to be a director.
 Witness our hands and seals this l9th day of June, A. D., 1890.
 DANIEL k. HEATING. lseall
 HoRATIo H. WHARTON lseall
 CECIL B. AyRroN. tSeall
 TERRITORY OF ARrzoNA,l seg
 COUNTY OF MARIcoPA. 9'' Before me, Joseph Campbell, Notary Public in and for MaricOpa county IA T. on this day per sonally appeared DANIEL E. HEATING AND HORATlO II. WHARTON, personally known to me to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument and ac. knowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein ex- pressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of June, A. D., 1890.
 JOSEPH CAMPBELL, Notary Public.