The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-02-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of The Rio Verde Irrigation Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we I, R. kilpatrick. !. w. Francis. Will sn Hamilton, David Babbitt and D. M. Rlor- dan. all residents of Flasst,tn Uoc8n,ho ,ho United States. and whose names are hereun- der written, being desirous Of forming cor poration under the laws of the @ Territory ,i or and designated as Chapter one 1.) ana two t2,. Title XII. of the Revised Statutes Of lss7, of said Territory. with all the rights and priv ileges of said chapters. have associated our selves together as, and to become: body cor porate. under the laws aforesaid. and have and exercise all the powers and privileges therein and thereby conferred, and receive all the benefits and advantages resulting. and to be derived therefrnm do now make. publish, declare and adopt these as. and to be. our Ar ticles of Incorporation;
 The name of said corporation shall be THE RIO VERDE IRRIGATION COMPANY" :" and he names of the incorporatorS of said corporation are the above named citizens and residents. .
 The principal place of transacting the busi.. | ness of said corporation shall be the town Of Flagstaff, county of Cocouino, Territory Of | Arizona.
 The general nature of the business proposed | to be transacted by said corporation is to ac- | Quire by grant. gift condemnation. or other | wise from the Government of the United | States. or others having power to grant or dispose of lands water rights. water sheds, | natural springs, lakes. bayous. and running | streams of water. with any and all rights and l privileges thereunto or in anywise belonging; | and construct thereon reservoirs and dams. | fumes, pipes, aqueducts. locks. and other means for the storage and impoundlng and bss.I beads canaIs dltcbes, lateralsa within which | to convey water from point to point and | maintain each. all and every the same. dis tribute by the means aforesaid water for ir- | rigating agricultural lands. m.ning mechan- l teal and other purposes. over, in and upon any and all lauds or rights by said corpora | tion held. owned or used. and in and upon | and over any and all other lands where n | right so to do may be acquired. as aforesaid; | furnish. sell, or otherwise dispose of water | and water rights to individuals or corpora | tiOns. for irrigation. or for lawful purposes. | and regulate. from timeto time. the rates for | the sale and disposition Of water. and charge | and cOllert for the same, and 10 regulate from | time to time the times for the use of water, and number of inches to be used. by purchas- | CTS; erect and maintain all necessary i'm | provements, as may be required and conven- | tent. from time to time; take, hold use, en- | joy. each. all and particular. the property | aforesaid, sell. cucumber. or otherwise dispose | of. the same, at such times and upon such | terms as may be necessary and convenient; | convey the said property. or any mart or par | eel Of the same. whether by deed, lease, mort | gage. or otherwise, as may be seen lit or pro- | ftable; erect and maintain telegraph or tel | eplone lines along said canal and generally | do and perform any and all ac's and things | in ard about the premises as may be requl- | site and necessary to the end to execute all and every the matters and things for the purpose aforesaid.
 The amount of the capital stock of said corporation Is Two Million Five Hundred l Thousand S2.500 000i Dollars, divided into twenty-five thousand t25000' shares. of the par value ofone hundred 'slOO'Oo dollars each
 The said capital stock shall be paid In at l such times and upon such terms and condi- tions as the Board of Directors may ordain. l VI
 The time of the commencement of said cor. poration shall be on the thirtieth day of Jan. | uary, 1895 and continue for, and terminal, at the expiration of fifty years from and af. ter that date. unless sooner dissolved, undel the provision of the laws Of sa'd Territory aud nov in force and under which this corpo ration Is formed.
 | The officers or persons who shall conduct the affairs of said corporation ars to be : Board of Directors. consisting of five f5, stock holders, to be chosen and elected from anon. the stockholders, on the .hirtieth day of Jan uary 1895; and on the thirtieth day of Janu ary of each year thereafter, during the tern for which this company Is incorporated which election, and the officers to be elected by such Board of Directors as well us tho du ties of ca :h. shall bn provided for by the by laws of said company adop' cd at meetin. of the stockholders hereof including presi dent, Vicc-president. Secretary and Treas urer. and such other officers as the Board o Directors may deem necessary for the man agenent of the affairs of the corporation.
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 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia bility. direct or contingent. to which said cor poritiOn shall at any time be subject Is on, billion five hundred thousand 900 dollars.
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 The private property of the stockholders excepting that of the Directors of this corpor ation is hereby declared exempt from tho corporate debts Of said corporation. and th, private property of any person owning siocl herein shall in powige be responsible. nol shall the private property be subject to tht debts of said corporation or any part of sucl debts.
 In witness whereof we, the persons above named, as incorporators, have hereunto set our hands this thirtieth day of January, A D. 1895.
 J. R. KTLPATRICK, J. W. FRANCIS.
 WILSON HAMILTON,
 DAVID BABBfTT,