The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE West Side Ditch and ResaIalr Company. Springervflle, Apache Go. Ariz.

Know all men by the presents That we, the undersigned desire 10 incorporate ourselves for the purpoee of engaging in tie business oi build ing reservoirs and dftches and distributing a portion of the water of the Little Colorado river Qocaied in the County of Apache, Ariz) to the several persons entitle. thereto. do her by de- clare, certify and specify as follows. tO-wiE ART. l. The name assigned to the corpora tIoo hereby created, and by which it shall be known Is. the West Side Ditch and Reservoir ART. , The principal office and place of bus iness oi th's corporation shall be in the town of Sprinserville. County of Apache and Territory of A iAona. The incorpoEators are:
 John Hom righausen St George Creaghe Elisha Averett, Charles Thompson and Chas. H Sharp.
 AKr. 8. The enterprise and business in which thls corpora ion propose to engage is the bu.ld- ing of reserve rS and distributing of a portion ot the waters of the Little Colorado river which flows through the ditches belonging to the Com. pany into the precinct of SpIingerville. Apache county, Arizona, to Its stock holders and all other persons entitled thereto, according to law and the bylaws of this corporation and for aid purpose, to construct anu repair dams reser- voirs di1cheS. water gates, sluIces and all other necessary ana convenient means, :Ur preserving convey ng ana distributing waser T irrigating and Oomt stic purposes, and To collect from ail persons tp whom water is so diStr ibu ed or con veyed, such rates as the directors of this co m- pany may determine to be just, not exceeding the actual amount of expenses incurred or to Le incurrtd d. Sad rate to be uniform upon all per- sons of each clasS, to be c.ass flea ding to
 
 sources O supply or means of stri0uting and gene. ally to do all things lawful to be done in relation 10 the rights inter, stS of each and Ill persons In and 10 the use of said portion of the Little Colorado river
 ART. 4 The amount of capital stock of this llollars of ~ -ich ri. y-fte Hua red tsSoOOOO) has been paid in, and hH consist uf 50 shares of me Hu d ed Dollars each.
 ART ,. The per- .od for which this company IS inco-p rated snail be Twenty five years from and alter the date of this article of incorporation ART Q; The affairs of his company shall be conducted by President. SC re.ary and Treas urer and a board of Directo s, cOnsistiIe of five memUerS Said omcers are elected by the stock hOlAers on the second Monday in Jan e oh year ART. z. The highVs st am unt of indebteun. SS or liability ta whi' h the corporation lS at any time 10 subject ItSelf shall not exceed Five Hundred (Sov0O0J Dollars.
 ART. <. The pr.vate property of the stock no ocrs shall in no wise be held for the obliga. uen of the company. Signed
 John Homrighausen, lSEALl
 S. George Creaghe, SEAL
 Chas. II, sharp, SEALj
 Elisha Averett fSEALI
 Charley $. thompson [SEALl TERRITORY OF ABILONA,( .s
 caUNTY OF APACHE. ss
 On this l0h day of Feb uary, lS)6 personal ly appeared belO. me Gustav Bee ker. a Notary Public, in and for said County and errtory: John homrisn luSen, St. George Creaghe ChaS Sharp, Elisha ANerett anu Charley B. Thomp- Sonknown to me to be the persons who s.gn> d the above lnstI ument anu wno ackhoYled- e 10 me that they signe the same for the purpose therein mentioned Signed at my oficein Springervfile, Arizona, tqe day aud year hrst above written
 SEAL GUSTAV BECKER.
 sNo.arY Public