The St. Johns herald., 1895-06-13

Know all men by these presents that We the understand hereby form q Cor poration under and by virtue of the laws Ui the Territory ol Arizona and set forth the following articles Of corporation to- wit:
 FIRST.
 The names of the corporators are Benjamin Brown, Wiilid am Lund, Samuel ! Love, Thomas Alger and Jacob IIam5- ! lin
 ! Tie name Of the corporation is, "Nu- tlioso Irrigation Company" and it's prin- 1 ciple place of transacting business is in the town of Nntrioso, County Oi Apache, Territory Of Arizona.
 SECOND.
 1 The general nature of the business to 1 be transacted is the storing of the Wa ] ters of the Nutrioso and Golfer creeks i in reservoirs now flowing or hereafter to l fl Jw. And the distribution thereof to ! i stock kholders and all other ersOns ltitled thereto according to law, and according to the bylaws Uf this cUrpor- ! ion and for said purpose to construct i and repair dams, reservoirs ditches, water gates. sluices and all other neceS- sary means or constructions anywhere or wherever located or situated in said Apache county, for preserving, convey l ing and distributing water for irrigation or domestic purposes and to collect 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 m form on ! all persons and generally to do all things ] lawful to be done in relation to the rights and interests of each and all persons i'll 1 and to the use of said water of said | ere eks.
 THIRD.
 The amount of capital stock author ized is Twenty-Five Thousand ($25, ,000) Dollars and shall be divided into Sixteen Hundred and Sixty-siX and two-thiri 166623) shares of and for value of Eff l teen N5) Dollars each, Sixteen (l6) per mt of said authorized capital is fully paid up and the balance is to be paid in time and manner as shall be called for by the board of directors of the cor | poration.
 FOURTH.
 The time of the commencement of said corporation shall be the date of this in- strutment and it shall terminate it's ex- istence in Twenty-Five years from said date.
 FIFTH.
 The affairs of this corporation are to be conducted by five directors to be elected by the stock holders, as follows :: Three to be elected on the first Monday i'll February, 1896, and two to be elected on the first Monday in February, 1897, each director is elected for two years. Sai d election to be held in manner and form as shall be prescribed ill inc by laws of said corporation. The first pi- rectors of said corporation shall be, JacoI, lIamhlin, William LQnd and Ben | ihmin Brown, who shall act until the rext election and Thomas Aiger and l samuel Lave who shall act until the regular cie'tion in 1897. The other of | ficers of said corporation shall be a resident, Secretary and Treasurer who shall be elected by the directors from among themselves and their duties shall be such as are prescribed by the ! bylaws of said corporation. SIXTH
 The highest amo mt of indebtedness or liabilities to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is One Thousand ,$l, ,OO0l dollars. SEVENTH
 All private property of stock holders is to be exempt from all corporate debts. EIGHTH.
 The Board of Directors sf said corpor- aton may and are hereby by an order made by and regularly entered in their minutes 10 sell any share or shares on winch there may be any money due by | assessment or otherwise for the purpose collecting any amount due, at public sale, after giving due notice of such sale | for at least ten days prior thereto of the date. and the hour theI eof, which shall 1 be between the hours of 10 d. m. and i F. m., by posting three notices of such sale in public laces in said Apache | County, one of which shall be posted on | the School house door at Nutrioso, Arz. 1 Said notice 10 be under the seal of aid corporation and signed by the Secretary 1 thereof The proceeds of such sale shall be first applied to the courts and ex penses of advertising and conducting ] said sale, the balance 10 be applied to l the amOnnt due on said share or shares, and the remainder if any, to be paid to the owner of said share or shares. The 1 Secretary of the said corporation is au- 1 thorized transfer said share or shares to | the purchaser thereof at said public sale on the books of said corporation in same manner as if they had been sold yolun- tarily by the owner or owners thereof to the said purchaser. Said sale shall talk e place at the School house of Nutrioso, Apache county, Territory of Arizona
 In witness whereof we hereunto sub- scribe our names this 20th day of April 1 A. D. 1895.
 Benjamin Brown, 1 William Lund. Samuel Love
 Thomas Alger i Jacob Hamblin.