The Arizona sentinel., 1892-04-30
Articles of Incorporation of the Mohawk Land
 Company.

These articles of association made and entered into by and between John W. Darlington, George W. Norton and Jos. J. Stein, whose names are hereunto subscribed this seventh day of April, A. D. 1892, Witnesseth:
 That for the purpose of forming incorporated company under and in pursuance of Chapter 2, Title F. of the general statutes of the Territory Arizona, approved March sth, 1887, do hereby as sociate and agree upon the following articles of incorporation;
 ARTICLE l.
 The name of the company shall be the Mohawk Land Company.
 ARTICLE II.
 The names of the incorporators are: John w. Darlington, George W. Norton and Jos. J. Stein
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of transacting it's business shall be Yuma Yuma County, Territory of Arizona or at such other place within said county as said company may hereafter designate; and it may create and designate and locate as many subordi- nate offices for the transaction of it's business it may deem best within and without the limits of said Territory.
 ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by the company shall be to irrigate
 
 reclaim, cultivate and improve arid or desert lands and for that purpose to appropriate, purchase or otherwise acquire and maintain water, water rights, dams, canals, fumes, ditches, conduits aqueducts, reservoirs gates and such other struct ures and appliances as may be necessary or con- venient in daming, collecting, obstructing, con- ductng regulating the flow of water; to sell water and the use thereof, water-rights and priv %O ndf sl,e cultural, mining, milling mechanical domestic and other beneficial purposes; to acquire by loca- tion, purchase or otherwise. lands and all other kinds of property, real, personal mixed, and to hold, use improve, sell, lease or otherwise convey the same; to loan money and borrow money, and to contract to repay the at such times or times and with such rate rates of interest as its Board of Directors may fit; to issue bonds and to exc cute mortgages upon any of its property, hereafter to be acquired to any loans or for any of it's indebtedness to pledge and hypothecate any of it's property to pay of any of its indebtedness or secure any of its oans and may do any and all things that its Board of Directors may deem necessary or in. cident to it's business.
 ARTICLE V
 The amount of the capital stock of said company shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars divided into five thousand share of the par value of One Hundred dollars each. ARTICLE VI.
 The time of the commencement of the company shall be the second day of May, A. D. 1892, and the termination thereof shall be fifty years thereafter to-wit: the 2nd day of May, A. D. 1922.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The business affairs, stock, property and con cerns of said company, shall be managed governed and controlled in accordance with it's bylaws by Board of Directors, including a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer: The Directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders in said company at general meeting to be held for that purpose on the first Monday in May of each year, except that the first general election of direc tors for the first year shall be held at such time the incorporators may designate. The term of office of the directors shall be for year and until their successors shall have been elected and quali- fled
 The first Board of Directors shall consist of five members and thereafter the number shall be de- termined by the bylaws.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the company shall at any time subject it. dollars.
 ARTICLE K.
 The private property of the stockholders and directors shall be exempt from liability for or on account of the debts of the company. In witness whereof we here sign our names and atfx seals this seventh day of April, A. D. 1892, at the town of Yuma Arizona Territory. JOHN w. DoRRNGToN, [Seal.1 GEORGE W. NORTON, [SeaL] Jos. J. STEIN. [Seal.l