The Arizona sentinel., 1892-09-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE Mohawk Valley Orange Grove
 and Fruit Company.

We, William H. Barnes, George W. Norton and George H. Daily, desiring to incorporate ourselves under the provisions of the laws of the Territory | of Arizona, and especially act of the Legisa- 1 tive Assembly thereof, approved March 8, A. D. l 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprise business pursuit and occupation here matter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowl- edge, according to law, in duplicate, Articles of | Incorporation.
 The names of the incorporators are, William H Barnes. George w. Norton and George H. Daily.
 The name assumed by this incorporation and by which it shall be known, is ''The Mohawk Valley Orange Grove and Fruit Company" II. | The general nature of the business, pursuit, oc cupatiOn and enterprise proposed to be transacted and engaged in by said Corporation, is the busi ness of setting out fruit orchards and vineyards the Mohawk Valley, Yuma County, Arizona, and maintaining the same, and for the purchase and sale of the same and of establishing nurseries for the purpose of propagating trees and vines, and | TUT CobsAOHsHulcnb HkdlHGenauce or canning establishments, and warehouses for fruit, and fruit trees, and for the purpose of buying and selling the same, and particularly for all business connected with the culture of, and marketing of fruit, and for the purchase and sale of lands and water-rights for that purpose, and also for the purpose of carrying on a mercantile business in said valley, in buying and selling merchandise gen orally. The principal place of business shall be the Mohawk Valley in said county, with subordinate offices in San Francisco, Cal and New York City NY.
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 The amounS of the capital stock of this corpOra tion shall be the sum of Six Hundred and forty Thousand (s64o O0O.OO dollars, divided into Six thousand four hundred shares of the par value oi One hundred dollars per share, payable in cash when subscribed.
 | The time of the commencement of this corpor ation shall be the day of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Re corder of Yuma County, Territory-of Arizona; and the termination thereof. shall be fifty years there after
 The affairs of the Corporation are to be conducted by Board, consisting of not less than seven Directors, Presi dent, vicePresident, Secretary Treasurer and General Manager The first Board of Directors are to be elected by the Stockholders, or those who have subscribed for the stock on the books of the Company at any meeting, which may be called by majoriyt of these incorporators for that purpose; who shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the stock holders and until their are elected and qualified, and thereafter shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be on the first Monday in January of each year, but the time of meeting may be changed by the stock | holders at any such meeting.
 The Board of Directors is to elect out of It's own members, the President, Vice-President and Treas urer The other officers are to be elected by the Board of Directors, and said Board is authorized to consolidate two or more of said latter officers in one person.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself is the sum of Four Hundred Thousand ($4O0- .Oo) dollars,
 The private property of the stock holders of this Corporation shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this Corporation.
 In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands aRd seals this 29th day of August, A. D. 1892
 VIM. H. BARNES. GEO. W. NORTON, GEO H. DAILY. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 County of Pima.
 Before me, M Gervais, Notary Public in and for the County of Pima, and Territory of Arizona on this day personally appeared William H Barnes, George ". Norton and Georg; H. Daily per sonally known to me to be the persons whose names subscribed to the foregoing instrument and ac- knowledged to me that they executed the same for The purpose and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and official seal this 29th of August, A. D. 1892 lSEAL.l M GERYAIS
 Notary Public, Pima County, Arizona.
 Recorded at the request of Wm II. Barnes, Aug. Soth, 1892, at m. , J. L. RED0NDo, County Recorder. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ss County of Yuma.
 I, J. L. Redo do, County Recorder n and for the County of Yuma, A. T., do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the articles of incor- poration of the Mohawk Valley Orange Grove aAd Fruit Company, as the same appears on file and of record in my office in Book l of Bonds and Agree mepts at page 256, ct seq.
 Witness my hand and seal this aOth day of Aug ust, A. D. 1892.
 (sEAL.l J. L. REDoNDO,
 41 County Recorder.