The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-14
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE ROCKVILLE RESERVOIR c o MPANY.

KSow ALL MEN BY THEE PRESENTS: That we. the undersigIledr hereby form 3 cor pofat n undsr and by virtue oi me laws ot tn Territory of Arizona, and set forth the fOllowin Articles of Incorporation;
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 The names of The corpora.ors are. J. F. sheI wood. ". A. Penney, J. B. Rlchey, J. A. Riche and W. H-ShtrwO0d-
 line name of the corporation is the Richvil e Reservoir Company, and it's principal place for trans sctng business is in the town of KlchYille, coauty of Apache. Territory of Arizona
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business to be trans acted is the storage of the surplus or flood wa fcrs or all the waters Jf CdrDeTo creek wash, and its tributaries. and distributing sad wafer S, storedto itS st tJckholdeTsa and al'ther persons entitled thereto according to law, and accord .g to the by. laws of this corporation and TOT saiI puFpose 10 construct and repair dams, re kerroirs. ditches, water gltes, sFuiCes and all cther uece >s ary means of construction, any where or wherever located or situated III said D. che county. for preserving. conveying and distributing water for irrigation CT domesuc purpose and to collect pay from all persons US i lg water so distributed sueh rates as the Board of Dfrec ofs may deem to be just. Said rates tO be uniform on all persons of each c.ass, to be t1 sssifed according to the costs of making digches. or reservoirs or O her sources or supply ormeans or distribution, and use of sucn Sourc;s CT means And generally to do all thing law ful to be done in relation to the rights and inter ests of each and all persons in and to the use of said Iga CT of said Carnero creek wash, and its tributadies.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount capital str cx authorized is Five Thousand (S5 0OC) Dollars, and shall be di- vi ed into One Thousand shares of the par value tf Five ($5 00l Dollars each. Ten (lC) CT cent of said authorized cap.t.l $ fully paid up an.i the balance is to be paid in the time and manaer as shall Oe called for by the Board Of Direct. rs Cf this corporation.
 ARTICLE ".
 of poration shall be the dats of tn instrument.aDd 1t shall terminate its existence in twenty-five years from said date.
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs of said corporation are to be conduct ed bv five q .rectors to be elected by the stock holders annually on the second Monday of Jan uary in each year in the manner and form as shall be prescribed in the by laws of said cor poration; The first drecto sof said corporation shall be Jno F. Sherwood, w A Penney, J. $. Richey J. NJ. Richey and W. H. Sherwood, who shall hold office until the regular election on the second Monday in January, 1osH The other officers of said corporation shall be PTe>ident, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Directors from among themselves. and their duties shall be such as are prescribed by the bylaws of said corporation.
 ARTICLE VI.
 Thehiehest amount of indebtedness or liabil- fly to wh.cn the co' poration is at any time 10 subjcc itself shall be Une Thousand ($l,OO00) Dollars
 
 All private property Of the stockholders to be exempt from al corporate debts
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The Board of Directors of said corporation may, and are hereUy authorized, by an order by them made and reguiariy entered in their min. rtes, to sell any share or shares on whi h there may be any money d Ie by assessment; or other- SC, for the purpose Of collecting amy amount due. public sale for cash, after giving due no- tice Of such sale for at least twenty yS prior er to, of the date and hour thereof, which s.Iall be be.ween the hours of 10 A. NJ. and4 P NJ, hv posting taree .ces of such sale in public places in Apache county, one Of which sha be at the Court House doc of said county, or by publishi g id notice in some newspaper pub lished in said county, for said period or twenty days. Said notsce to be under the seal of id corpOTatIn. signed by the Secretary thereof The proceeds of such sale snali be first applied to the costs and expenses of advertising aud conducting slcn saie the bLalce to be applied to the amount due on said share or shares, and tle rema. nder, II any, 10 be paid to the owner ofsaid share or shares as the owner is shown to De by the books or said CO poratOn. The Sec Tetary o sad cor oration is authorized to trans fer said share or shares, 10 the purchaser ther-- of at said public sale on the books of said cor poratiou in the same manner as if they had been sold voluntarily by the owner or owners thereof 70 said purchaser. sad sale shall take place at the principal office ol sad corporation in Rich vile. Apache county, Arizona Territory. lS wIrEEss WHEREOF, We hereunto subs scribe oAr names this 5tn day of March, A. D. lSy6.
 J. F. SHERWOOD.
 w. A. PENNEY,
 J. B. RIcHEY
 NJ. KIcHEY,
 VIM. H. SHERWOOD.