The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF TIE KERN RIVER 6 LOS ANGELES ELECTRIC POWER co.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS | That we J. W. Eddy, L. J. c. Spruance. P. J | Beveridge, John Cross, F. Il. Brooks, W. II Davis, Ozro W. Childs, E II. James, E. H | Gale and H. s. Mckee. whose names are hereto subscribed, have this day voluntarily | associated ourselves together for the pur. pose of forming corporation, under the laws | of the Territory of Arizona, and we do hereby certify that we have adopted, signed and | acknowledged the:Articles of Incorporation here following:
 ARTICLE I. The name of said corporation is and shall be Kern River & Los Angeles Electric Power | Company"
 ARTICLE II. The names of the incorporators of this cor poration are: J. W. Eddy, L. J. c. Spruance P.J Beveridge. John Cross, E. II. Brooks. W II. Davis, Ozro W. Childs, E. II. James, E. Il Gale and II. $. Mckee
 ARTICLE III. 1 Tho principal place of transacting business | of the corporation shall be in the town oi | Flagstaff, county of Coconno, Territory oi Arizona, and at such other place or places as | It's board of directors may from time to timc | hereafter designate.
 ARTICLE ". The general nature of the business pro- | posed to be transacted by this corporation is | and shall be to build, construct and operate | canals, reservoirs, dams, ditches. fumes | aqueducts and pipes for supplying and stor- | ing water for the operation of machinery for | the purpose of generating and transmitting electric and other power for the supplying of mines, quarries, railroads tramways, mills and factories with electric or other power | al fprf hn nl,yip nfa nj, tbn, power to light or heat mines, quarries, mills | factories. incorporated cities, cities and | counties, villages or towns, and to acquir, | for such purposes lands, buildings and all other Improvements in or upon which to erect. install, place, use or operate machinery | for the purpose Of generating or transmitting electric or other power for any of the pur- poses or uses above set forth aud to acquire own, possess, contract for, sell and transfer water and water rights, and to contract foi and sell in the Territory of Arizona and else. where electric and other power for any pur- pose whatsoever
 ARTICLEIv. That the amount of the capital stock au- | thorized by said corporation is and shall be five million dollars to be divided into 50,0O( | shares of the par value of one hundred dol | lars per share. and that the times when and conditions upon which it is to be paid in are ss follows All stock issued must be fully paid for in cash or property upon issuance | and shall thereafter be non-assessable foI any purpose whatever.
 ARTICLE VI. That the time of the commencement of thi. | corporation shall be the Cate of the filing ol l these Articles of Incorporation for record with the County Recorder of CoconinC | rprrifnry ba far fp.. tion thereof shall be twenty-five years there | after, unless the same be renewed pursuant | to the laws of Arizona before the termination thereof.
 ARTICLE VII. Tne anaIrs of the corporation are to b, i conducted by a board of eleven dil directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesds, Of March, each year; provided, however, tha as soon as practicable after the filing of thes, | Articles of Incorporation, the stockholder shall elect a board of directors, who shal hold office until said first Tuesday of March | 1896, or until their successors are elected anC | have qualified.
 Each stockholder of this corporation. in al | elections for directors, shall have the right | to vote, in person or by proxy, tho number o shares owned by him, as given on the book of the company, for as many persons as ther, are directors to be elected, or to cumulatt | said shares and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied | by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same prin | ciple among as many candidates AS he shal | see fit, and that such directors shall not bt elected in any other manner. The officers of said corporation shall be a | president, first vice-president and second | vice-president, all of whom shall be director. of said corporation, and a secretary and | treasurer, and such subordinate officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary. All officers shall be elected by the board oi directors, after the annual election of said directors, and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said directors.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lIa- bility to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is three million dollars
 ARTICLE TX. The private property of the stockholders ot said corporation shali be exempt from all corporate debts and the stockholders thereof are hereby exempted from all liability for any debt of said corporation.
 ARTICLE X.
 That tho corporation shall have an office for the transaction of its business in the state of California, at the city of Los Angeles therein, and said board of directors may meet and transact the business of said cor poratlon at said city; and the annual meet | ing and election may be hold thereat, ARTICLE XI The board of directors shall have power to I borrow money, execute corporate notes or bonds of the corporation, and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage on the property of said corporation, or In any other manner designated by said board. ARTICLE XII. These Articles of Incorporation may be amended at any annual meeting of the stock holders, or at any special meeting of the stockholders, called for that purpose. by a two-tbirds vote of all the stock then issued voting in favor of such amendment; pro- vided, however, that at such election called for such purpose at least majority of the stockholders shall be present, in person or by proxy.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have here- unto set our hands this fourteenth day of May, A. D. 1895.
 J. W. EDDY,
 L.J. c. SPRUANCE,
 P.J: BEYERIDGE,
 JOHN CROSS,
 D. II. BROOKS,
 ": II. DAVIS.