Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-12-15
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
California orange Belt Irrigation and Improve
ment Company.

We. J. B. Early. T. ]. Howell, W. L Va !, II.
II. McPhaul and H. A. Hughes, OF the county
OF Maricopa and territory of Arizona, desiring
to incorporate ourselves und Or 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 srtt
cles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE 1.
The name adopted by this Incorporation,
and by which 1t shall be known, is the Califor-
MIA Orange Belt Irrigation and Improve
ment Company, and the principal place of
trGnsacting the business of this corporation
shall be the city OF Phoenix, Maricopa county,
terri tory Of Arizona, with branch Offices at u e
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 is
that OF constructing, maintain ng and oper-
ating dams, ascequies, canals, bitches, fumes,
conduit, 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 IN any lawful manner, water fran
chises, dams, reservoirs, ascequies, canals,
bitches, fumes. ga'es, wsterrights and right.
oi-way therefor and such structures an d appli-
ances as may be necessary in turning, OBJ
structing, contr Hing or regulating the flow of
water, TO buy ard sell water and water r ghts,
for any and all purposes, 10 acquire By loca-
| ton. purchase or any other lawful manner,
right-of.way, real estate and all kinds OF prop
erty, whether real, personal or mixed, conyen-
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the operating OF mines. stone quarries, and the
buying and selling of real estate, stone ores
and mines and mining properties, and may To-
cate, purchase, sell, lease, m ortgsge, 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 corpora
ton is FIVE hundred thousand dollars $500 ,0OOj,
divided into five thousand 5000 shares, of the
par value Of one hundred dollars tsi0000) each
and the time when, and the con iitions upon
which said capital stock shall be paid in is as
| follows:
When the names OF the subscribers shall be
entered in the books of the company and tho
stock paid for IN full; and the same shall be
non assessable thereafter.
ARTICLE ".
porAtion shall be the date OF the day of the
| fling Of these articles of incorporation in the
office OF the county recorder OF Marlcopa
county, territory Of Arizona, and the ternina-
tinn OF this corporation shall be fifty years
thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
The officers OF this corporation shall be a
president. vice PRESIDENT, secretary, trea 'urer,
| and five directors, and such other officers as
| the stockholders may consider necessary,
which shall be governed by the bylaws adopt
ed by the stockhod-rs aud the affairs of this
corpora lon shall be condl tod by board of
directors consisting Of five perso S, VINO shall
| be Ockholders in this CORPORATE N, aud the
] following named persons sh Ill cons itute the
board OF dir .ctors until the hrst day OF Janu-
ara, 1891, aud until their successors are tlecled
and q Iali1ed, viz: J B. Early, 7. J. Howell,
". l., Val, II. II. McPhaul and II. A. Hughes
and the first election of officers of this corpora
ton may take place Immediately after the fiji
ing of toe articles OF incorporation with the
r, coldrr OF sal Maricopa county; ana the Off
ce IS ~ elected shall hold their respective off
ces until The first day OF January, 1894 and un-
| I'll their successors are elected aud qualified.
ALI officers shall be stockholders in this cor
! poration.
with the exception Of the first election-shall
take place at the office OF the corporation in
tine said city Of Phoenix, on the hr,t day of
January, 1894, and annually thereafter, unles
changed by the bylaws adopted AT an annual
meeting OF the stock holders
ARTICLE vi.
The hiyhest amount OF ind btsdne,s
liability, direct or contingent to which this
corporation is At any time to subject itself is
the sum of three hundred thousand dolla' s,
| 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 ouI
hands and seals this the 18th day of December,
1922.
J. B. EARLY (Seal
T. J. HOWELL fSeal)
W. i. VAIL, tSeaD
II. II. McPHAUL, (SesD
H.A. HUGHES. fseaD
THE TERRITORY OF ARIzoNA,l
COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Before me, II. b. Ii ghThizer, u notary public
in and for the county of Maricopa, territory o
Arizona, on this day pers onally appeared J.
Early, T. J. Howell, W l.. Vail II. II. McPhau
and H. A. Hughes eacn personally known t
me TO be the persons whose names are sub
scribed to the foregoing instrument, and they
each, severaliy, acknowledged to me that they
executed the same for the purposes and con