The St. Johns herald., 1895-03-21
Articles of incorporation.
 OF THE St. Jahas |rrigaiioa Company,

Know all men by these presents: That 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 Cf cor 1 pOration, tO-Wlt:
 The name of the corporators are, c. P Anderson, Owe C. OversOn, w k. Platt, J. I. Lesueur, w. il. Gibbons, w. C. Black and J. H. Heap.
 The name of the corporation is. St Johns Irrigation Company;an and Its pIin- cipal place of transacting business IS Tn the ton of St. Johns. County tf Apa- che, and Territory of Arizona.
 SECOND.
 The general nature 0f the business to be transacted Is tbe distribution Oi three tifths of the waters of the Liitir 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 cODstrct 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 conveying aud distrlt utIng water for irrigation or do- mestlc purposes. and to collect pay from all persons using water so distributed, l, or any means of conveying water such rates as it's Board of Directors may deem 10 be just. Said rates to be unI- 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, or means of distribution ,and use ut such sources or means: And gen . , erally to do all things lawful to be done ill relation to the rights and interests of each and all persons i'll 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 {. St. Johns. and extending northerly about twenty miles north of said St. Johns, which is lrrigable from the three :. tifths of the water of the Little Colo | rado river. as was determined by the Board of ArbitratOrs who awarded the r three fifths of said water.
 THIRD.
 The amount fcapltal stock author. ized is Fifty Thousand (50 ,000.) Dollars
 
 and (5,0O0.) shares of the par value o Ten (S1o,oo.) Dollars each. Fifty (5o e per cent. of said authorized capital is
 fully paid up, and the balance IS to be paid in time and manner as shall bt l. called for by the Board of Directors o thIs corporation.
 II FOURTH.
 ,r The time of the commencement O.
 said'corperation shall he the date ofthis a instrument, and it shall terminate itt d existence in twenty-five years from saiC
 date.
 II FIFTH.
 The affairs of sald corporation are t " de conducted by Seven directors; to b.
 elected by the stockholders, annually
 on the last Saturday ln the month o n september, in manner and form as shal v be prescribed in the bylaws of saiC e coi poratIOn.
 f The first Directors of said corpora 'i tion shall be J T. Lesueur, w. E. Platt Is c. P. Anderson: w. H. Gibbons; J. II
 Heap; o. c. Overson and w. q. Black - who shall hold office until the regula
 election on the last Saturday in Septem - Der, 1895. Tie other officers of sait Corporation shall be President, Vic ? President. Secretary and Treasurer
 who shall be elected by the Director . from among themselves, and thei duties shall be such as are prescribed 1 by the bylaws of said Corporation. [ SIXTH.
 ! The highes. amount of indebtedness , or liability to which the corporation l . et any time to subject itself Is Tel
 Thousand Dollars.
 SEVENTH.
 All private property of stock holder
 is to be exemptfOrm all corporate. debts Y EIGHTH.
 J The Board of Directors of sad Cor
 poration may, and are hereby author at iZed. by an order made by them an ,l- regularly entered in their minutes l. er sell any share or shares on which ther n. may be any money due by assessment o ii. otherwise, for the purpose of cOllectin
 any amount due; at public sale for cash
 after giving due notice of such sale fo
 at least twenty days prior thereto, c :. the date and hour thereof. which sh al ID be between the hours of ten A. NJ. an
 four P. NJ. by posting three notices 0
 such sale in public places in said Apa IT. che County enc of which shall be post IFS ed at the Court House door of sal
 County: or by publishing said notlcei :, some news paper published Ill sai al county, for said period of twenty days ne Said notice to be under the seal of sai ri- corporation and signed by the Secretar
 thereof.
 The proceeds of such sale shall b st first applied to the costs and expense of ofadvertising and conducting said sale
 the balance to be applied to the amoun
 due on sad share or shares, and the re he mainder, if any. to be paid to the own nv erof said share or sh ares as the Owne he is shown to be by the books of sai' If corporation.
 I'd The Secretary of said Corporation ~ authorized to transfer said share o
 shares to the purchaser thereof at sai s public sale, on the books of said COl on ~, poration in same manner as If they Ina uo been sold voluntarily by the owner c ue owners thereof to the said purchaser
 Said sale shall take place at the prlr
 cipal office of said Corporation in St