Arizona republican., 1891-02-01
Articles of Incorporation
 or THE
 CELIA BEND IRRIGATION COMPANY
Know An Men by these Presents:

Know 4u 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- zona 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 (50) years thereafter.
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 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, 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
 The place where this corporation proposes to have its principal place of business is the City of Gila Bend, County of Msricopa, Territory of Arizona.
 The amount of the capital stock of the corpo. ration shall be two hundred and seventy thou sand (s27o,OOO) dollars, divided into twenty seven thousand (27,0O0) shares of the par value of ten HlO) dollars per share each. V.
 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 tslso,OO0) dol lars.
 | The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from the corporate debt of this corporation. VIII.
 The termini Of the irrigating canal which ii | 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 4 South ! of Range West, Gila and Salt River meridian and base line, thence in southeasterly direc tion along the left bank of the Gila River to | large slough, the same being near the center o the north half of Section of the township and range aforesaid. the same being on record a, head No. of the Farmers Canal. and located and recorded by the incorporators hereof, thence continuing in a southeasterly direction through this slough for about # mile, thence to ths southwest corner of Section of the township and range aforesaid, thence in a general south eriy direction over tho fnost practical route. < 1 s poiny near the ssnssr sfsectisn i7, -fownshir South, Rapgs Wsss, thenee 1n, . sos,lhwsst eriy direction over tie most pf&csical route {, point near the southwest corner of Section IS of township and range last named, thence fin general southwesterly direction over the mos practical route to point at the base of what f. known as the Painted Rock range of mountains thence following the base of said mountains fl northerly direction to the Giia River.
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 The affairs of this corporation shall be con ducted by Board of Directors consisting 0 three persons who shall be elected annually b, the stockholders, at such time and manner g shall be prescribed by the bylaws of this corpo ration, and all of whom shall be stockholder in this corporation, and hereafter no persol shall be eligible to the office of director unles eis a stockholder in the corporation. The in corporators nere of whose names are subscribed hereto shall constitute the Board of Director until the first Tuesday in October, A. D. 1891 and until their successors are duly elected an qualified. Immediately, or as soon theresfte practicable after the filing of these articles il the office of the County Recorder of Maricop County, Territory of Arizona, the persons name as directors to serve until the first Tuesday i October, 1891, shall meet and organize ss Board of Directors, adopt by laws and prescrib in said Jaws the method of calling meetiuE of the Board of Directors and stockholders. majority Of the board Of directors shall conBt ute a quorum of the said board for the trsnsat ton of the business of the corporation and an ; ;; meeting where a quorum is present shall b deemed regular meeting of the board and hay the same authority as the full board, provide , the third director shall have been previousl notified of the intention of the board to hold meeting.
 The board of directors of this corporatio shall have power to establish bylaws and mak all rules and regulations for the control an management of the affairs of this corporatio and the officers thereof, not inconsistent wit the c institution of the United States and tn laws of the Territory.
 : In witness whereof we have hereunto set GU , hand and seal this 18th day of December, 1890.
 HERBERT MORGAN, tsEAL.l
 CHARLES H. WILLARD, [sEAL.] WILLIAM J. MORGAN, [sEAL.l
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this l9t day of December, A. D. 1s90
 [sEAL.l FRANK D. WELCOME,
 Notary Public. | IT