The St. Johns herald., 1895-03-14
Articles of lacerE0ra .v..
 OF THE ;, !~al..s Ilriga:ia1 Company.

l ut Hs(nIF D Ol NOl tit'i dt'I t, V. ! Anderson, Owe C. Ovtrsnn, W l.. Platt, l J. ' Lesu"ur. w H. Gibbons, w. c. 1 bI"ck and J. H Heap.
 | The name Of the COrpor ition is. St. Johns Irrigation Company; and It's plin- cipal place ui transactIng business Is In i the tou Il of St. .iohnS County f, pa che, and Territory of Arizoni, SECOND
 l The general nature of the business to l be transacted Is t!te distribution of three tifths of the waters of the IittI,. l Colorado River flowing or hereafter to 1 flow into the precinct of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory, 10 l its stOckh Olders, and all other persons entitled Ghereto, according to law and according to the bylaws Of this COrpor- ation, and for said purpose 10 cOns;rct and repair dams, reservoirs, ditches, wa ter gates, ,sIuices, and all other necessary means or constructions, any where or wherever located or situated in said Apa ! cheCounty, for preserving g,c conveying and distrlt utIng water for irrigation or do- mestIc purposes, and to collect pay from | all persons using water so distributed, or any means Of conveying water such | rates as it's Board of Directors may 1 deem 10 be just. Said rates 10 be unI- 1 form on all persons of each class, 10 be classified according to The costs of mak- | ing di tcheS CT reservoirs or other sources ol supply, or ineansof distribution and use oi such sources or means: And gen crafty to do all things lawful to be done | in relation to the rights and interest of each aud all persons in and to the use of said three hfths of the water of said | Little Colorado river. The locality on ] which said waters is to be distributed l.,, l, T -. I.l. what is known as the Salado Reservoir about six miles above the said town of st. Johns. and extending northerly about twenty miles north of said St. Johns, which Is lrrigabe from the three tifths of the water of the Little CoiO- rado river as was determined by the | Board of ArbitratOrs who awarded the three fif!hs of said water.
 THIRD
 .. The amount OfCapItal stock author ized is Fifty Thousand (50 ,000) Dollars, and shall be divided into Five Thous- and (5,000.) shares of the par value Of Ten (SIo,oo.) Dollars each. Fifty (5o) per cent. of said authorized capital is fully paid up, and the balance is to be paid in time and manner as shall be called for by the Board of Directors of thls corporation.
 l FOURTH.
 The time of the commencement of said Incorporation shall be the date of this ius rument, and 1t shall terminate it's existence i'll twenty-five years from said date.
 FIFTH.
 The affairs of sad corporation are to de conducted by seven directors; to be elected by the stockholders, annually, on the last Saturday Tn the month of september, in manner and form as shall be prescribed in the bylaws of said coz poratlOn.
 The first Directors of said corpora tion shall be J. T. Lesueur, w. E. P!att c. P. Anderson: w. II. Gibbons; J. Ii . Heap; o. c. Overson and W. G. Black who shall hold office until the regular election on the last Saturday in SepLCrl Der, 1895. The other officers of said Corporation shall be President, Vice President Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Directors from among themselves, and thelr du;Ies shall be such as are prescribed py the bylaws of said Corporation.
 SIXTH.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself Is Ten ThousandDoIlars.
 SEVENTH.
 All private property of stock holders IS 10 be exemptfOrm all corporate. debts.
 EIGHTH.
 The Board of Directors of sad Cor poratiOn may, and are hereby author iZed. by an order made by them and regularly entered in their minutes to sell any share Orshares on which there may be any money due by assessment or otherwise, for the purpose of collecting any amount due; at public sale for cash afier giving due notice of such sale for at least twenty days prior thereto, of the date and hour thereof which shall be between the hours of ten A. NJ. and four P. NJ. by posting three notices of such sale in public places in said Apa che County, Cne of which shall be post ed at the Court House cor of sad County; or by publishing said notice in some news paper published ill sad county, for said period of twenty days. SaId notice to be under the seal of said corporation and signed by the Secretary thereof
 The proceeds of such sale shall be first applied to the costs and expenses of ofadvertising and conducting said sale; the balance to be applied to the amount due on sad share or shares, and the re- mainder, if any. to be paid to the own er of said share or sh ares as the owner is shown to be by the books of said corporation.
 The Secretary of said Corporation is authorized to transfer said share or shares to the purchaser thereof at said public sale, on the books of said Cor pOratIon in same manner as If they had been sold voluntarily by the owner or owners thereof 10 the said purchaser Said sale shall take place at the prln- cipal office of said Corporation in St. Johns. Apache County, Arizona Terri tory.
 In witness whereof we hereuntu sub- scribe our names this Sth day of March 4. D. 1895.
 c. P. Anderson.
 Owe c. OvOrson.
 w. E. Platt.
 J. T. Lesueur
 w. H. Gibbons.
 w. G. Black.
 J. H Heap. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,l
 COUNTY OF APACHE,