The Arizona sentinel., 1892-05-14
Articles of Incorporation of the 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 1 hereunto subscribed this seventh day of April, A. D. 1892, Witnesseth:
 That for the purpose of forming an incorporated company under and in pursuance of Chapter g. Title 12 of the general statutes of the Territory of 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 transaeting its 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 as it may deem best within and without the limits of 1 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, dtches, conduits aqueducts reservoirs, gates and such other struct ures and appliances as may be necessary or con- venieRt in daming, collecting, obstructing, con- ducting or regulating the flow of water; to sell water and the use thereof, er-rights and priv lleges to use and furnish for water, for agri- cultural, mining, milling, mechanical, domestic and other beneficial purposes; to acquire by loca- tion, purchase otherwise lands and all other kinds of property, real, personal or mixed and to hold, use, improve, sel lease or otherwise convey the same; to loan money and borrow money, and to contract to repay the at such times times and with such rate rates of interest as its Board of Directors may it to issue bonds and to exc cute mortgages upen any of it's property hereafter to be acquired to any oan or for any of it's indebtedness; to pledge and hypothecate any of it's property to pay off any of its indebtedness or secure any of its loans and may do any and all things that its Board of Directors may deem necessary or in cident to its 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. 1892, and the termination thereof shall be fifty years thereafter to-wit: the End day of May, A. D. 1942.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The business afai S, stock, property and con cerns of said company, :hall be managed. governed and controlled in accordance with it's bylaws, by Board of Directors, including president, vice president secretary and treasurer: The Directors shall be elected annually by the stock ckholders in sad company at general meeting to be held for that purpose on the first Monday in May of ea:h year, except that the first general election of direc tors for the 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 quail fled.
 The first Board of Directors shall consist of five terinned by the bylaws.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the company shall at any time subiec- it. self shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousand 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 afix our seals this seventh day of April, A. D. 1892, at the town of Yuma Arizona Territory
 JOHN W. DoRRINsToN, [SealJ
 GEORGE W. NoRToS, (SeaL]
 Jos. J. STEIN. [Seall