The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE West Side Ditch and ReserToir Company.
springerville, Apache Go. Ariz,

Know all men by the presents: That we. the undersigned desire 10 incorporate ourselves TOT the purpose of engaging in the business ol build ing reservoirs and ditehes and distributing d portion of the water If the Little Colorado river (locaied ill the County of Apache, AIiz) to the suveIak persons entitle6 thereto, do hereby de- clare. certify and specify as follows to-wii: ART. l. The name assigned to the corpora = ton hereby created, and by which it shall be known is, the West Side Ditch and Reservoir Company.
 ART. ;; The principal office and place of bus, Springeryiile. County of Apache and Territory of A fiona. The incorporators are:
 John Hom righausrn. St George Creaghe, Sharp.
 AKr 8. The enterprise and business in which this corporation propose to engage is the build ing Of reservoirs and distributing of d potion of the waters of the Little Colo ado 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 ana repair dams reser- voirs, ditch$S water gates, sluIces and all other necessary and convenient means, :Or preserving conveying and distributing waser fir irrigating and domestic purposes, and tO collect from all persons to whom water is SC diStr bu ed or rcon- 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 incurred. Said rate to be uniform upon all per sons of each class, tO be classified at cording to the cost of making ditches, res .rvoirs or other sources O. supply or means of striouting and generally to do all things lawful to be done in relation 10 the rights alli inter sts of each anu all persons ill and to the use Of said portion of the Little Colorado liver.
 ART. 4. The amount of capital stock of this company shall be Five 1housan $5,0JO0 0J) Dollars. or ich Y iy-h,e Hui r :d (3500. .00) has been paid in and hll consist of 50 shares of one Hui dred Dcllars each.
 ART. ,. The per;od for which this company is inco D rated snail be Twenty five years from and alter the date of this article of incorporation ART. G. The affairs of this company >hail be conducted by d President Sc retary and Treas urer and board of Directo g, consisting of five members Said OllcerS are elected by the stock holders on the second Monday in Jan ich year ART. :. The highest amount of indebtedn 'ss or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself shall not exceed Five Hundred (SJ00 O0J Dollars
 ART <. The pr.yate property Of the st0c k ho ders shall in no wise be held tor the Obliga- tion of the company. ISigned
 John Homrighausen, SEAL
 S. George Creaghe, SEALl
 Chas H Sharp, SEALI
 Elisha Averttt. lSEALl
 Charley $ Thompson [SEALl TERRITORY OF ABIZONA,C o
 COUNTY OF APACHE.
 On this 10 h day of Feb uary. 1Sl6 personal Public, ill and for said County and Territory: John HoInrignlusen, St. George Creaghe, Chas II sharp Elisha Averett ana Charlt y B. Thomp- son, known to me to be the persons who signed the above instrument and who ackEOwled>e to me that they signe Ihe same for the purpose therein mentioned.
 Signel at my office in Springervile. Arizona, tue day and year hrst above written:
 ISEALl GUSTAV BECKER.
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