Arizona republican., 1892-12-18
Plano Tuning.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THR California Orange Belt Irrigation and Improve, ment Company.

We, J. B. Early, T. J. Howell, W. L Vs l, Il. H. McPhaul and H. A. Hughes, of the county of Msricopa and territory of Arizona. desiring to incorporate ourselves, under the laws of the territory of Arizona AS set forth In the revised statutes of said territory, approved March slh, 1887, with all amendments thereto, do make, subscribe and acknowledge the following srti. cles of incorporation
 ARTICLE I.
 The name adopted by this incorporation, and by which it shall be known, is the Cslifor. mia Orange Belt Irrigation and Improve. ment Company, and the principal place Of transacting the business of this corporation shall be the city of PheniI, Maricopa county, territory of Arizona, with branch offices at tie city of San Francisco and the city of Los An. geles, state of California.
 ARTICLE II.
 The enterprises, pursuits an occupations in which this corporation proposes to engage b that of constructing, maintain ng and oper ating dams, ascequies, canals, ditches, fumes, conduits, reservoirs, acqueducts, gates and right-of way therefor, and such other appli. ances and structures as may be necessary in turning, conducting, controlling or regulating the flow of water.
 Also, acquiring by location, appropriation, purchase, or m any lawful manner, water fran chises, dams, reservoirs, ascequies, canals ditches, fumes, gates, waterrights and right Of way therefor, and such structures an d sppli ances as may be necessary in turning, ob. structing. controlling or regulating the fl ow oi water, to buy and sell water and water rights, for any and all purposes, to acquire by locs. tion, purchase or any other lawful manner, right-of way, real estate and all kinds of prop erty, whether real, personal or mixed, conyen. tent or useful for the purposes aforesaid. Also, the operating of mines. stone quarIies, and the buying and selling of real estate, stone ores and mines and mining properties, and may 10, cate, purchase, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any and all kinds of prop. erty herein mentioned, or that is useful or nee essary for the purposes aforesaid.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of capital stock of this corpon. ton is five hundred thousand dollars (S5oO ,oOOl divided into i've thousand t5,oOo) shares, of the par value of one hundred dollars tsl00.00) each and the time when, and the conditions upon which said capital stock shall be paid in is follows:
 When the names of the subscribers shall be entered in the books of the company and ths stock paid for m full; and the same shall be non. assessable thereafter.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this cor. poration shall be the date of the day of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the county recorder of Maricops county, territory of Arizona, and the termins. tion of this corporation shall be fifty yesr thereafter.
 ARTICLE V.
 The officers of this corporation sha Il be $ ..g. and five directors, and such other officers as the stockholders may consider necessary, which shall be governed by the bylaws adopt. ed by the stockholders, and the affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of directors consisting of five persoUs, who shall be stock holders in this corporation, and the following named persons sh ill constitute the board of directors until the first day of Janu' ara, 1891, and until their successors are elected and qualified, viz: J. B. Early, T. J. Howell, W. l., Vail, H. II. McPhaul and H. A. Hughes; and the first election of officers of this corpora tion may take place immediately after the fl. ing.of the articles of incorporation with the recorder Of said Maricopa county and the off cers so elected shall hold their respective off ces until the first day of January, 1894 and un- til their successors are elected and qualified All officers shall be stockholders in this cor. poration.
 The election of officers for this corporation with the exception of the first election-shall take place at the office of the corporation in the said city of Phenix, on the first day of January, 1894, and annually thereafter, unles' changed by the bylaws adopted at an annual meeting of the stockholders.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself is thesum of three hundred thousand dollars,
 ARTICLE VII.
 The stockholders of .his corporation and their private property shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this corporation. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this the 18th day of December, 1892.
 JB. EARLY. (SeaD
 T. J. HOWELL, tSeaD
 W. l.. VAIL, tsea)
 II. H. McPHAUL, (SeaN
 H. A. HUGHES. tSean
 THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF MARIcoPA Before me, II. B. Lyhthizer, a notary public, in and for the county of Maricopa, territory of