Arizona republican., 1891-02-05
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE
 CELIA BEND IRRIGATION COMPANY
Know .fn Men by these Presents

Know .fn Men by these Presents:
 That we, Herbert Morgan, Charles H. Willard and William J. Morgan desiring to incorporate ourselves under and by virtue of the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the Territory Of Ari- zons relating to corporations, approved March 8, 1889, and the amendments thereof, do hereby for that purpose sign, adopt and acknowledge in duplicate the following Articles of Incorpo- ration, to-wit
 The name assumed by this corporation, and by which we shall be known, is the CHA BEND IRRIGATION COMPANY, and its principal place of transacting business is the City of Gila Bend, County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona; and the time of the commencement of this corpora tion shall be the day of filing of these articles in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Maricopa and of the Secretary of the Territory, and the termination thereof shall be fifty (5Ol years thereafter.
 The enterprise, pursuit, business and Occupa- tiOn in which the corporation proposes to en- gage is that of constructing, maintaining and operating dams, acequias, canals, ditches, fumes, pipes, conduits, pumps, hydrants, plugs, IbStINOlIby hVucuuGksf Bhtts hhu huCh OihSl structures as may be necessary and useful in turning, conducting, obstructing, controlling and regulating the flow of water, acquired by location, appropriation and purchase and in any other lawful manner; to buy and sell water and the use thereof for any and all purposes.
 III.
 The place where this corporation proposes to hov A., pIa nf la ty of Gila Bend, County of MaricOpa, Territory of Arizona.
 The amount of the capital stock of the corpo- ration shall be two hundred and seventy thou sand U27O,OO0) dollars, divided into twenty seven thousand (27, ,0OO) shares of the par value of ten (tlO) dollars per share each.
 The amount of each share of the capital stock of the corporation shall be of par value of ten CSl0J dollars.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility, direct or contingent, to which this corpo. ration Is at any time to be subject, is the sum of one hundred and eighty thousand (SlSO,OO0l dol lars.
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 The stockholders Of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from the corporate debt of this corporation.
 VIII.
 The tcrmini of the irrigating canal which 1t is the purpose of this corporation to construct and maintain, are hereby specified as follows, to-wit Commencing at and running from 6 point on the left bank of the Gila River known as the "Old Webb Crossing" the same being near the center of Section 5, Township South, of Range I West, Gila and Salt River meridian and base line, thence in e southeasterly direc. ton along the left bank of the Gila River to a large slough, the same being near the center Of the north half of Section of the township and range aforesaid. the same being on record as head No. 2 of the Farmers Canal, and located and recorded by the incorporators hereof, thence continuing in a sOutheasterly direction through thIs slough for about l2 mile, thence to the southwest corner of Section of the township and range aforesaid, thence in general south. erly direction over the most practical route, to A point near the center of Section IT, Township South, Range West, thence in a southwest. erly direction over the most practical route to a point near the southwest corner of Section IS, of tow nship and range last named, thence in a general sOuthwesterly direction over the most practical route to point at the base of what is known as the Painted Rock range of mountains thence following the base of said mountains in a northerly direction to the Giia River.