The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-21
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE ROCKVILLE RESERVOIR MPANY.

KEow ALL xEE BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That we. the undersigned, hereby form cor poratiJn under and by virtue oi .ne IaMs oI Ine Territory of Arizona and set totth the lOAAo"ins Articles of Interpretations;
 AKrIcLEI.
 The names of the corpOrafors are. J. F. Sher- wood. w. A. Penney. J. B. Richey, J. M Richel line name of inc coronation is the Richvil.e Kese yo.r ComPsn ana iss pos tR;cb;IIe n' County of Apache. Territory of Arizona
 ARTICLE IT.
 Tha general uaturo of the business tO be trans acted is the storage of the surplus or Hood wa ters or all the waters 'f CarneEo creeK Wash, and it's tributaries. and distributing sa q water emitted tsereto, according to law, and accord in to the bylaws Of th.s corporation ana for kaid purpose to construct and repair dams, re- seryOizs di. ches, wa.er gates, Sluit es ana Hll other nece et ary means of construction, any where or wherever located or situated in saiG Apache county. for preserving: conveying an :. distributinz- water for irrigation or domestic DurpOse and to collect pay from all persons Us Ing water SO distributed, su rates as the BOarG of Direc oTs may deem 10 be .ust. Said rates t' he uniform oil all perssns of each class, to b classified according to the costs of makin- dilcbes or reservoir. or oiher sources or supply or means of di tribution, and use of such sourc-s or mtans Ard generally to do all things law full to be done in relaaon to Ihe ghts and inter esfs of each and all persons in and to the use of said wa CT of said Carnero creek wash, and its tribataIies.
 Tie amount oi capital stock authorized is Five Thousand ($5.0OC) Dollars; and shall be di- vi ed into One Thousand shares of the par value Of Eve (S5 .Ol1 Dollafs each. Ten Q) CT Cent of said authorized cap.t-Iis flu ly paid up anu the balance isto be paid in the time and manner as shaIl Ue called for by the Board of Directors of this corporation.
 ARTICLE ".
  poration shall be the dats of this instrunent,and 1t shall terminate its existence in twenty-five years from said ddte'
 AKTIcLEV.
 The affairs of said corpo ation are tobe conduct cd by five directors t0 be elected by the stock holders annually on the second Monday of Jan uary in each year in the manuer and form as shall be prescribed in the by laws of said cOr- pOration. The fiIst d.res to sUf said corporation shall De Jno F. Sherwood. w A Penney, j. $ kichey J. M. kichey and w. Fl. Shera ood, who shall hold office until the reguIar e.vctlOn the second Monday in January, 1o97. he other officers of said corporation shal be & President, Secretary and Treasu urer, who shall be e.ect d by the Directors from among themselves and their duties shall be such as are prescribed b. the bylaws of said corporation.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount or indebtedness or liabil- ity to wh ch the co' pOraIiCn is at any time 10 subject itself shall be One Thousand tel,0V0.o) Lo.lars.
 
 All private property of the stockholders to be exempt rom al corporate debts.
 ARTICLE WILL
 The Board of Directors of said corporation may, and are hereDy au ,hOriZed, by all order by them made ana regu.ariy entered in tGeir min. utes to sell aIy share or shares on Nhi h there may be afy money due by assessment; or other- w.se, Tor tsle purpose Of collecting aay amount due. a. pubIc sac for cash, af:er giving due no- tice of suuh sale for aL least twenty ys prior nlng fnf faafrs nd .-k-s.- saaIl be beiwee the hours of 10 A. M. and4 P M, by posting taree not ces of sd, h sale m public places in Apache county, one If winch ska l Dc Ht tae Court House dDo of sad county, or by publishiI Ig id notice in some newspaper pub nslsed in said coaniy, for sid period or twenty days. Said not ce Io be under the seal of i'd corporation, sit ned by the Secretary thereof The proceeds of such sale slals be fiIst applied tO tie costs and expeusJs of advertising and con iuctng s.IcI sac, the balance to be applied t0 the am0.Int due on. said sdare or sIhres, and tle rema nIer, il any, 0 be pad to the owner ofsa siIar.. OI shares, as the owner is shown to b., b. the books O. saIu co pOrAt.On. The Sec reiary oi sa.d cor oratioa l. authorized 10 trans fer saiu share shares to tie purcnaser ther.- of at sHid public on the booKs of said cor pOraftOn in the same manner as if they had been sold y0lunlariiy by the owI,r owners there jf to Said purchaser. Sa q sale shall take place at the principal "iIice 0. said corpOr ton ill Rich vills, Apache county, ArIzona Territory. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We hereunto subscribe our names tn1s 5tn day of March, A. D. lsyo J. F. SHERWOOD.
 w. A. PENNEY,
 J. B. RICHEY,
 M.- kICHEY,
 WM. IT. SHERWOOD.