The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-09
Articles of Incorporation.
 OF THE St. Johns Irrigation Company.

hGOM HI D1 picoSulS' 1udG we the undersigned hereby form 8 cor laws of the Territory of Arizona, and set forth the following articles Of cor poration, tO-wit:
 The names of the corporators are, c. P. | Anderson, Owe C. OversOn, w. E. Platt, J. T. Lesueur, w. H. Gibbons, w. G. Black and J. H. Heap.
 The name of the corporation is, St. Johns Irrigation Company; and It's prin- cipal place of transacting business IS ill the town of St. Johns, County of Apa- che, and Territory of Arizona. SECOND.
 ] The general nature Of the business to l be transacted is the distribution of three fifths of the waters of the Little | Colorado River flowing or hereafter to flow into the precinct of St. Johns, Apache County. Arizona Territory, to it's 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, ,sluices, ,and all other necessary means or constructions, any where or wherever located or situated in said Apa cheCounty, for preserving ,cOnveyng aud distributing water for irrigation or do- mest purposes, and to collect pay from 1 all persons using water so distributed, or any means of conveying water such rates as it's Board of Directors may deem 10 be just. Said rates to be unl- form on all persons of each class, to be classified according to the costs of mak- ing ditches or reservoirs or other sources of supply, pr means of distribution, ,and ls,,cn 0f nf md erally to do all things lawful to be done in relation to the rights and interestsot 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 i is the irrigable land situated below what is known as the salado Reservoir about six miles above the said town of St. Johns. and extending northerly abou: twenty miles north of said St. Johns, which is irrigable from the three tifths of the water of the Little Colo rado river, as was determined by the Board of Arbitrators who awarded the three ffths of said water. | THIRD.
 The amount of capital stock author ized is Fifty Thousand (50, ,O00.) Dollars, and shall be divided into Five ThOus-
 
 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.
 EoURTH.
 The time of the com mencemept of said.corporation. shall he the date ofthis ins strument, and it shall terminate it's existence in twenty-five years from said date.
 The affairs of said 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 poratIon.
 The first Directors of said corpora tion shall be J. Y. Lesuenr. w. E. P!att, c. P. Anderson: ". H. Gibbons; J. II. Heap; o. c. Overson and W. q. Black. who shall hold office until the regular election on the last Saturday in Septem 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 their duties shall be such as are prescribed by the bylaws of said Corporation.
 SIXTH.
 The highes. amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is ct any time to subject itself Is Ten ThousandDollars.
 SEVENTH. All private property of stock holders is 10 be exemptform all corporate..d debts.
 
 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 or shares 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 !, after 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, one of which shall be post ed at the Court House door of sad some news paper published i'll said 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 snch sale shall be first applied to the costs and expenses 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 CT 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 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 hereunto sub- scribe our names this Sth day of March 4. D. 1895.
 c. P. Anderson.
 Owe c. OVorson,
 w. E. Platt.