Arizona republican., 1891-02-17
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE
 CELIA BEND IRRIGATION COMPANY
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kR0W AH Men 6y these PreSents:
 That we, Herbert Morgan, Charles II. Willard and William J. Morgan, desiring to incorporate ourselves under and by virtue of the provisions of the Revise,i Statutes of the Territory of Ari' zona relating to corporations, approved March 8, isSo, and the amendments thereof, do hereby for that purpose sign, adopt and acknowledge in triplicate the following Articles of Ineorpo- ration, wit:
 The name assumed by this corporation, and by which we shall be known, is the CHA BEsD IRRIGATION COMPANY, and its principal place of transacting business is the City of Gila Bend, County of Marie0pa, 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 oi the County of MatiCopa and ol the Secretary ci the Territory, and the termination thereof shall be fifty (50) years thereafter.
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 The enterprise, pursuiis business and occupa- ton in which the corporation proposes to en- gage is that os constructing, maintaining and operating dams, acequias, canals, ditrhes, fumes, pipes, conduits, pumps, hydrants, plugs, reservoirs, aqueducts, gates and such other structures as may Dc necessary and useful in turning, conducting, obstructing, controlling and regulating the flow of water, acquired by location, appropriation aud purchase and in any other lawful manner; to buy and sell water and the use thereof for any and all purposes.
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 The place where this corporation proposes to have it's principal place of business is the City of Gila Bend, County of Maricops, Territory of Arizona.
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 The A m pF tho aa nj ita1 sfo nf ha ration shall be two hundred and seventy thou saud ts27o,OOo) dollars, divided into twenty. seven thousand 1000 shares of the par value of ten (sl0j dollars per share each, Y.
 The amount of each share of the capital stock of the corporation sha,I beci $ par value of ten tsl0J dollars, es-,,,7s ,ys,, ,,rr,a~--.---. --..ss8 Ss ' VI, a.----.sgE ls The highest amount Of indebtedness or lia. biity, direct or contingent, to which this eorpo. ration is at any time to be subject, is the sum oi 1 one hundred and eighty thousand (sIS0,00)) dol. lars
 The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from the corporate debt of this corporation. VIII.
 l The termlni of She irffgAting canal which il 1 Is the purpose Of this corporation to construct and maintain, are hereby specified as follows towit: Commencing at and running from q 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 1 South of Range 4 West, Gila and Salt River meridian and base line, thence in a southeasterly diree | ton along the left bank of the Gila River to 6 large slough, the same being near the center oi l | ba haIf fNfg c nF | d range aforesaid, the same being on record ai head No. of the Farmers Canal, and located and recorded by the incorporators hereof, thence continuing in southeasterly direction through 1 thIs slough for about lS mile, thence to the southwest corner of Section of the township aud range aforesaid, thence in general south l erly direction over the most practical route tc point near the center of Section r, Township i south, Range West, thence in 6 southwest 1 erly direction over the most practical route tC point near the southwest corner of Section Is l Of township and range last named, thence in c i general sonthwesterly direction over the mos practical route to point at the base of what i, known as the Painted Rock range of mountains | thence following the base of said mountains 1T a northerly direction to the Gila River | K.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be con dueted by Board of Directors consisting o three persons who shall be elected annually by ] the stockholders, at such time and manner as shall be prescribed by the bylaws of this corpo ration, and all of whom shall be st0ckholder, in this corporation, and hereafter no person shall be eligible to the office of director unless he is a stocknolder in the corporation. The in l eOrp0rators hereof whose names are subscribed hereto shall constitute the Board of Director, until the first Tuesday in October, A. D. 1891 l and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Immediately, or as soon thereafter as practicable after the filing of these articles in tine office of the County Recorder of Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona, the persons named l as directors to serve until the first Tuesday in | October, 1891, shall meet aud organize as a Board of Directors, adopt by laws and prescribe in said bylaws the method of calling meetings of the Board of Directors and stockholders. A majority of the boerd of directors shall consti ute quorum of the said board for the transac ton of the business of the corporation, and any meeting where quorum Is present shall be deemed regular meeting of the board and lave the same authority as the full board, provided 1 the third director shall have been preyiously notified of the intention Of the board to hold g meeting.
 The board of directors of this corpora ton shall have power to establish by laws aud make | ali rules and regulations for the control and l management of the affairs of this corporation and the officers thereof, not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States and the | laws of the Territory.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set oui hand and seal this 18th day of December lsq0 HERBERT MORGAN, IsRAL1 CHARLES II. WILLARD, tsEALl WILLIAM J. MORGAN, [sEALl 
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. ! . Before me, Frank D. Welcome, @ Notary Pub.