Arizona republican., 1892-12-14
AMOS PL HNk
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
California Orange Belt Irrigation and Improve
ment Company.


II. McPhaul and II. A. Hughes, of the county
of Maricopa and territory of Arizona. desir ing
to incorporate ourselves, und 81 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 l.
The name adopted by this incorporation,
and by which 1t shall be known, is the Cslifor.
MIA Orange Belt Irrigation and improve
ment Company, and the principal place Of
trnnsacting the business of this corporation
shall be the city Of Phoenix, Maricopa county
territory OF Arizona, with branch offices at u
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 il
that OF constructing, maintain ng and oper-
ating dams, ascequies, canals, bitches, Il INES,
conduit, reservoirs, acqueducLs, gates and
nght-Of way therefor, and such other appli.
ances aud 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. gates, wuterrights and right
oi-way therefor, AMI such structures an ppi.
ances as may be necessary in turning, OBJ
structing coatr Hing or regulating the flow Of
water, to buy AID sell water and water ghts,
for any and all purposes, to acquire by locs.
ton, purchase or any other lawful manner,
right-of.way, real estate and all kinds of prop.
erty, whether real, personal or mixed, cOnyen-
lent or useful for the purposes Aforesaid Also,
the operating of mines, atone quarIies, and the
buying and selling Of real estate, stone ores
and mines and mining properties, and may To-
cate, purchase, sell, lease, m ortgage, pledge or
otherwise dispose Of any and all kinds Of prop
erty herein "entioned, or that lie 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 ,0OO)
divided into five thousand 5000 shares, of the
par value of one hundred dollars fSlOOOO) each
and the time when, and the conditions 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 the
stock paid for IN full; and the same shall be
non. as sessable 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 Maricopa
county, territory of Arizona, aud the termiua-
ton OF this corporation shall be fifty yea rs
thereafter,
ARTICLE V.
The officers Of this corporation hall be a
president, vice president, secr, tary, trea yurer
and five directors, and such other officers as
the stockholders may consider necessary,
which shall be governed by the by laws adopt
ed by the stockholders, and the affairs Of this
corporation shall be conducted by board of
directors consisting Of five persous, who shall
bes ockholders in this corporation, and the
following named persons sh all constitute the
board OF directors until the first day Of Janu.
ara, 1894 aud until their successors are elected
and qualified, viz: J. b. Early, T. J. Howell,
w. L, Vail, II. II. McPhaul and II. A. Hughes;
and the first election of officers of this corpora
ton may take place Immediately after the fl
ing Of the articles Of incorporation with the
T, cOrdpr OF sal MaricOpa county; and the Off
ce IS ~ elected shall hold their respective Off
ces until he first day OF January, 1894, and I'M
til their successors are elected and qualified
All officers shall be stockholders in this cor.
pOration
The el ,"fion 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 ind btedne,s o r
liability, direct or contingent, to which this
corpora ion Is It any time TO subject itself is
the sum OF three hundred thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VII.
TIE stockholders of his corporation and
their private property shall be exempt from
the 20 pOrate debts of this corporation.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands aud seals this the 18th day of December,
1892.
J. B. EARLY. (Sesl
7. J. HOWELL. tSeal)
W. L. VAIL, tSeaD
II. II. MCPHAUL, (Sea)
II. A. HUGHUS. tSeaD
THE TERRITORY OF ARIZoNA,l
COUNTY OF MARICOPA.
Before me, II. b. Liyhthizer, a notary public,
in and for the county of Maricopa, territory OF
A ri on this la - nnallv ANNA I