The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-11
Articles of incorporation.
 OF THE St. Johns Irrigation Company.

1 Know all men by these presents; That l we the undersigned hereby form cor poration, under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and ] set forth the following articles Of cor 1 poratiun, tO-wit:
 The names of the corporators are, c. P. | Anderson, Owe c. Overson, w. E. Platt, | IJ. T. Lesueur, w. H. Gibbons, w.. G. l Black and J. H. Heap.
 The name of the corporation is, St. | Johns Irrigation Company; and It's prin- cipai place of transacting business IS i'll the to~n of St. Johns, County of Apa- che, and Territory of Arizona.
 SECOND. The general nature of the business to be transacted is the distribution of three tifths of the waters of the Little Colorado River flowing or hereafter to flow into the precinct of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory, to its stockholders, and all other persons , entitled thereto, according to law and according to the bylaws of this Corpor- ation, and for said purpose 10 constrct and repair dams, reservoirs, ditches, WA ter gates s,sluices, ,and all other necessary means or constructions, any where or wherever located or situated in said Apa cheCounty for preserving, ,conyeyng and l niestlc 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 deem to be just. Said rates to be unl- l form on all persons of each class, to be , classified according to the costs of mak- inx ditches or reservoirs or other sources i of supply, Or means of distribution, ,and
 use of such sources or means: And gen = era!ly to do all things lawful to be done , in relation to the rights and interests ot each and all persons in and to the use = of said three fifths of the water Of said
 Little Colorado river. The locality on . which said waters is to be distributed is the irrigable land situated below
 what IS known as the Salado Reservoir about six miles above the said town of n St. Johns. and extending nOrtherly
 abou: twenty miles north of said St.
 Johns, which is irrigable from the three S tifths of the water of the Little Colo
 rado river, as was determined by the d Board of Arbitrators who awarded the three fifths of said water.
 THIRD.
 n The amount of capital stock author
 ized is Fifty Thousand (50 ,C00.) Dollars,
 and shall be divided into Five Thous- Q and 6, 5,000.) shares of the par value of
 Ten (S1o.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.
 !. FOURTH.
 The time of the commencement of
 said shall he the date of this
 ins rument, and it shall terminate it's ). existence i'll twenty-five years from said e date.
 II The affairs of sad corporation are to de conducted by Seven directors; to be 7 elected by the stockholders, annually,
 on the last Saturday Tn the month of oeptenber, in manner and form as shall II De prescribed in the bylaws of satd 4t co; pOrAtlOn.
 The first Directors of said corpora l. tion shall be J. T. Lesueur. w. E. Platt, {, c. P. Anderson: ". Fl. Gibbons; J. H. Heap; O. c. OverSon and W. q. Black. l who shall hold office until the regular I election on the last Saturday i'll Septem- '" ber, 1895. The other officers of said .e Corporation shall be President, Vice
 President Secretary and Treasurer, n who shall be elected by the Directors d from among themselves, and their
 dutles shall be such as are prescribed n. by the bylaws of said Corporation. SIXTH.
 The highest amount of indebtedness q or liability to which the corporation is :, at any time to subject itself Is Ten ' ThousandDOllars.
 D. SEVENTH.
 All private property of stock holders y is 10 be exemptfOrm all corporate..debts.
 EIGHTH.
 The Board of Directors of sad Cor 'r poration may, and are hereby author l ized. by an order made by them and
 regularly entered in their minutes to d sell any share or shares on which there
 may be any money due by assessment or
 otherwise, for the purpose of collecting .y any amount due; at public sale for cash, after giving due notice of such sale for n at least twenty days prior thereto, of Q the date and hour thereof. which shall
 be between the hours of ten A. N. and
 four P. M. by posting three notices of Ia such sale in public places in said Apa- ~ che County one of which shall be post: Il ed at the Court House door of sad d County; or by publishing said notice in some news paper published i'll said ,e county, for said period of twenty days. |, Said notice to be under the seal of said u corporation and signed by the Secretary m thereof.
 The proceeds of snch sale shall be Q, first applied to the costs and expenses If ofadvertising and conducting said sale;
 tho balance to be applied to the amount 8. due on sad share or shares, and the re- mainder, if any. to be paid to the own | CT of said share or sh ares as the owner
 is shown to be by tie books of said corporation.
 J The Secretary of said Corporation is If authorIzed to transfer said share or
 shares to the purchaser thereof at said
 public sale, on the books of said Cor IF poratIon in same manner as If they had
 been sold voluntarily by the owner or ' owners thereof to 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 hereuntn sub-
 scribe our names this 9th day of March n I00S