Arizona republican., 1891-02-02
Articles of Incorporation
 CELIA BEND IRRIGATION COMPANY
'now An Men by 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 Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zona relating to corporations, approved March 8, 1889, and the amendments thereof, do hereby for that purpose sign, adopt and acknowledge in triplicate 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 (50) years thereafter.
 The enterprise, pursuit, business and occupa- ton 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, reservoirs, aqueducts, gates and such other 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.
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 The place where this corporation proposes to have its principal place of business is the City 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 (s2700OU dollars, divided into twenty. seven thousand (27,OOO) shares of the par value of ten tsl0) dollars per share each.
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 The amount Of each share of the capital stock of the corporation shall be of a par value of ten (sl0J dollars.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia. bilty, direct or contingent, to which this corpo. ration is at any time to be subject is the sum of one hundred and eighty thousand tslsO,OOOl dol. lars.
 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 a point on the left bank of the Gila River known as the "0ld Webb Crossing" the same being near the center of Section 5, Township 1 South, of Range West, Gila and Salt River meridian and base line, thence in a 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. ? Of the Farmers Canal, and located and recorded by the incorpontors hereof, thence continuing fin southeasterly direction through thIs slough for about 12 mile, thence to the southwest corner of Section of the township snd range aforesaid, thence in general south. erly direction over the most practical route, to point near the center Of Section r, Township South, Range West, thence in southwest. erly direction over the most practical route to a point near the southwest corner of Section IS, of township 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 rnnge of mountains, thence following the base of said mountains in a northerly direction to the Gi.a River.