The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE West Side Ditch and ReseryoIr Company. springeryille, Apache Co. Ariz.

Know all men by the presents: That we, the undersigned desire 10 Incorporate ourselves for the purpR Cf -ngHging III the bGsinesSo build ing reservoirs and ditches and diStri .uting a port on of the water the Littl9 Colorado river llocated in the County of Apache, Aiiz) to the sItesal persons ent.tle' thereto, do her by de- clare, c-rtify aad specify as follows, tO-wit:
 ART. l. The name as Sncd to the corpora ton hereby created and Dy which it shall be known is the West Side Ditch and Reservoir ART, ; The principal office and place of bus. ines o; th's corp ration shail be in the town of Sprins serville. 0unty of Apache and Territory of A i@onl. The incorporotUrS are: John HOm iehau St George Crehghe, Elisha Arcrett, Charles Thompson and Chas. H. Sharp.
 AKf. B. The enterprise and business in which this corpora ion propose to engage is the bu d- ing of reservo.rs and us ribnting of 'rtion of the waters of the ittle Colo ado river: which flows through he dtches belonging t. the Con- pany into the prucinci of SpIin ,erville, Apae he c0un.y, Arizona, 10 Its stock htlders and all other persons ent tied thereto, according to law and the bylaws of this corp aration and for aid purpose, to construct anu repair dams, reser- vUirs, dlttheS. water gates, suices and all other neeess iry and cOnVenien me ms, .Or preserving convey ng and distributing waier irrigating and Gom, stic purposes, and to colle rom all persons whom water $ SC diStr .bu ed OrcOn- veyed, such rates as the direc .UrS Of this co m- panl may determine to be just, not exceeding t.ie actual amount of expenses incurred or to le inCurr, d. Sa, q rate to be uniform upon all per sons of each class tb be c.ass fed at co ding to the cost of making di ches, res 'ryoirs or other sure supply or means of sttiOuting and geserally to do all things lawful 10 be done in relation 10 the rights an inter sts Of each ant all persons in and to the use of said portion of the Little CUlnTaiO liver.
 ART. The amouutof capital stock of this company shall be Five Ihousan '$5,0o300) Dollars, of ich T i y-fi e Hul rcd 350O.00l has been paid in, and Il consist uf 50 shares of ne Hu d e D, liars each
 ART. 5. The per cd for whicl this company is inco p rated lall be lwen,y five yearS from and alter the date of this articI of incorporation ART. 6. The affairs of his company hall be conducted by Presid mt, Sc reJary and Treas urer and d board of D,reeto &. consisting of five mem CTS Said officers are cleo ted by the stock hOlIerS on the se .Ond Mo Iday iu Jan e ch year ART. '. The nigh st am unt of inde ebtru n .sS or liability to whi h the corporation is at any time to subject its If shall not exceed Five hundred lS0J0.O0J Dollars.
 ART. $. The prVate property of the stock ho ders shall i'll no wise be h ed for the oblgl. tion of the company. Signed
 John Homrigl ausen, ISEALl
 S. GeoIge Creaghe, fSEALl
 Chas H sharp, lSEALI
 Elisha Ayerrtt, fSEAL1
 Charley b thompson [SEAL1 TERRITORY OF ABIzONA,l
 COUNTY OF APACHE.
 On this 10lh day of Feb uary. 1876, personal ly app, ared befo me Gus tny Becker n Notary Public in and for said COunty and erritory: JohI HoInri Sn IuSep, St. George CPeaghe Chas H Sharp, kliSha AveTett anu charley E. Thomp- Son,knOwn to me to be tine persons who gn d the above instrument and wno ucknowled- e to me thaI they sigue the sane for the purpose thereinmen toned.
 Sigle at my oficein Springerville Arizona, t4e day aud year nrSt abore N iitten
 lSEALl GUSTAV BECKER.
 Notary Public