The Arizona sentinel., 1892-11-12
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE South GiIa Improvement Com.
 pany.

Horace c. Damon, Henry D. Underwood and Frank H. Woodworth, desiring to incorporate our selves under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and especially an Act of the Legislative Assembly thereof, entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations" approved March 8th 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the business and enterprise hereinafter mentioned, do make subscribe and acknowledge in triplicate, these Articles of Incorporation, as follows, namely:
 The namesof this corporation, and by which it shall hereinafter be known is the South Gila I'm provement Company, and the principal place for tral sacting business is the town of Chrystoval County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. II.
 The business and enterprise in which this cor poration proposes to engage, shall be to acquire, own, hold, manage and control by purchase, deed, gift, grant, conveyance, lease or location, real estate and rights and interests therein of every kind and nature, and also to acquire, own. hold, manage and control personal property, contracts, choses in action, and property rights and interests of every kind and nature, and to sell the same or any part thereof for tself and on it's own account UT TUT COulmlSSlOu, GO UOTTOh anu lOdu money and to carry on the business of banking in all it's branches, to give and take mortgages and other security for money borrowed loaned, to buy and sell goods, wares and merchandise, and to conduct and carry on general mercantile business | in all it's branches, to acquire water and water rights and privileges by location, purchase or grant, and to sell and lease the same for rrigating manufacturing, power, or domestic purposes, to construct and maintain dams, canals, ditches, pipes and reservoirs for diverting, receiving, ducting and distributing water to construct build ings and warehouses, and to buy sell and lease the same, to construct roads and other public i'm provments, and to maintain the same, to purchase, hold and sell stock in other corporations to build construct, own and operate telephone and tele- graph lines, to lease the same to purchase, ac- quire, own and operate railroads and tramways to be run or operated by steam, electricity or other approved motive power, and to lease the same.
 III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this Corpor ation shall be two million five hundred thousand dollars (S2 500 OOo) divided into two hundred and fifty thousand (25O OOO) shares of the par value of ten dollars (S1O) per share and the same when paid shall be assessable, and the said capital stock shall be paid in at the time and under the conditions ordered and authorized by the Board of Directors of this Corporation.
 The time of the commencement of this Corpor- ation shall be tre day of the filing of these artice in the office of the Recorder of the County of Yuma Territory of Arizona, and shall terminate twenty five (25) years thereafter.
 T1lo direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time to be subject is the sum of one million dollars (sl, ,OOO,OOO).
 VI
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this Corporation is at any time to subject itself, is the of million dollars (l GOO OOO):
 VII.
 The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, composed of five (5) per sons who shall be elected annually by the stockhold CTS, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The time and manner of said election shall be provided for in the bylaws of said corporation. Said direc tors shall be subscribers to the capital stock of said corporation, and person shall be eligible to said office unless he be stockhoder in the corporation, and any person teasing to be a subscriber shall cease to be director and hereafter if any direc- tor shall cease to be stockhoIder he shall cease to be director
 The Board of Directors of this Corporation shall have power to establish bylaws, adopt Corporate Seal and make all rules and regulations necessary for the management of the affairs of this Corpora tion, and the officers thereof.
 The following named persons who are sub t,{ ha oF shall constitute it's Board of Directors until the first day of March 1898, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, to wit: Horace G. Damon, Henry D. Underwood Frank H. Wood worth, George W. Cameron and George II. Lewis
 VIU
 The stockholders 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 9th day of September, 1892. Executed in triplicate.
 H. c. DAMON, ISeal. I
 HENRY D. UNDERWOOD, [Seall
 FRANK H. wooDwoRTH. [seaLI HERR TORY OF ARIZONA, County of Yuma. ss Before me, O. F Thornton, Notary Public in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Asizona, personally appeared, Horace G. Damon, Henry D. Underwood and Frank H. Woodworth, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and each of them ac- knowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed Given under my hand and seal of office this 9th | day of September, A. D., 1892. IsEAL.l O. F. THORNTON, l
 Notary Public. Articles Incorporation South Gila Improvement | Co.,, Chrystoval, Yuma Co.," Filled in the office of the Secretary of the Ter ritory of Arizona this day of September, A. D. l 1892, at Il a. m N. A. MORFORD,
 Secretary of Territory. by by..-...-.............. Assistant TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ) O.
 Ofhce oi Secretary. "'' l, N. A. Morford, Secretary of the Territory of | Arizona, do hereby certify that the above and fore going is true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the South GiIa Improvement | Company, now on file in my office.
 In witness whereof. have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal. Done at Phoenix this F day of September, 1892.
 IsEAL.l N. A. MORFORD,
 Secretary of Torritorv NORTON'S STAGE LINEI