The Arizona sentinel., 1892-06-04
Articles of Incorporation of the Mohawk Land
 Company.

These ar icles of association made and entered into by and between John w. Darlington, George W. Norton and Jos. J. Stein, whose names ar:
 hereunto subscribe this seventh day of April, A. D 1892, Witnesseth:
 That for the purpose of forming an incorporated company under ani in pursuan of Chapter 2 Title 12 of the general S autes of the Territory o Arizona. approved March sth 1887, do hereby as sociate and agree upon the following articles oi incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The rame of the company shall be the Mohawk Lani Company.
 ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators are: John W
 Darlington, George ". Norton and Jos J. Stein. ARTICLE III. The principal place of transa ting it's business shall be Yuma, Yuma ounty, Territory of Ar ;ona or at such otter place wi hin said coun'y as said company may hereafter designate; and it may create and designate and locate as many subor Ii- nate offices for the transaction of is business i; may deem best within and without the limits oi 1 said Territory.
 ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business proposed to
 be transacted by the company shall be to irrigate
 reclaim cultivate an improve aril desert Ian Is l and for that purpose to appropriate, purchase or otherwise acquire and maintain water, water l rights, dams, ca als, fumes, ditches, conduits aqueducts, reservoirs gates and such other struct
 ures and app,iln -es as may be necessary or con venieHt in damlng, collecting, obstructing, con | ducting or regulating the flow of water, to sell
 water aRd the use thereof, water righ's and priv ilges; to use and furnish for e water, for agri cul u.al, min ng, milling, mechanical, domes.il
 and other beneficial purposes; to acquire by lo;a don, .rchase CT otherwise lands and all other kinds of pro serty, real personal or mixed an1 to hold, use, improve, sel lease otherwise convey l the same, to loan money end borrow money, and
 to contract to repay the such times CT times and with such rate rat of interest it's Boar of Directors may fit to issue bonds and to exc
 cute nor gages up.n any of prop rty, hereafter
 to b. aquirel, to any l.ans for any of its
 indebte 10 pie ge and hypothecate any of it's
 property to pay off any of its indebtedness or
 any of s loans, an may do any anI all things that its Boar of Directors may deem necessary or in | cident to its business.
 ARTICLE V. The amount of the capital stock of sad company | shall be i've Hundred Thou, nd Dollars d, ited | into five thousand share of the par value of On; Hundred dollars each.
 ARTICLE VI. The time of the commencement of the company
 shall be IL: second day Of May, 4. D 1892, and th termination thereof shall be fifty years thereafter
 to-wit: the End day of AIay, A. D. 194'. ARTICLE VT.
 The business agai $, stock, property anl con
 1erns of said company, :hill be gel, gove ne,
 and con rolle. in accordance with is by laws by
 Roarl of Direct F, inelu Ii a president vice resid mt, SC retlry trcasErer: The Dir3csor. shall be elected annually by the stock holders i. | sa company at g; nsral meeting 10 be held fol
 that lrpose on the first Monday in May of ca: !
 ye except tn tt the fir tt general election of direc
 tcrs for the first year shll be neid at such time
 the inccrpora may de.ign!te. The term o
 office of the directors shall be for year and unti
 their cessorS shall have been elected anl quail | fled
 T e first Boarl of Directors shall consist of fv,
 members an thereafter the number shall be de ! termined by the bylaws. | ARTICLE VIII. 1 The highest amount of indebtedness or labillt
 to which the company shall at any time sub ec it
 self shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousan
 dollars.
 | ARTICLE K. l The private property of the stockholders an dire tors shall be exempt from Gatiiy fir or ol
 account of the debts of the company. In witness whereof we here sign oIr names, an,
 afix our seals this seventh day of April, A. D | 1892, at the town of Yuma, Ari sona Territory. | 1 JOHN W. DoRRIEGToN, tSeaI.l l GEORGE ". NORTON, ISesl.l l Jos. J. STEIN. (Seall