The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-10
Articles Of Incorporation
 OF THE
 sPRINcERViLLE Reservoir and Ditch c o M p A NY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
 That we, the undersigned, hereby form cor poration, under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and set forth the following Articles of Incorporation, to-wit
 ARTICLE ONE.
 The names of the corporators are: P. T. Cole man, Wm. F Lesueur, Robert Harper, Ed Burk and S J Saffeu.
 ARTICLE TWO.
 5he general nature of the business to betran- sacted is the distribution of five hundrediuches of the waters of the Little Colorado river flow ing. or hereafter to flow, into the town offspring 'ervile, Apache county, Arizona territory, to its stockholders and all other persons entitled thereto, according, Co the law and according to the bylaws of this corporation and for said purposes to construct and repair dams, reser- yOirs, ditches, watergates slu!ceS, and all other necessar, means or construction anywhere or wherever located, or situate in said Apache county. for preserving, conveying and distrib uting water for irrigation or domestic purposes and to collect pay from all persons using water so distributed, OF any means of conveying wa ter, such rates as the Board Of Directors may deem to be just, said rates tO be uniform on all persons of ea oh class, to be classified according to the cost Of making di.ches or reservoirs, or sources Of supply, or means of distribution and use Cf each sOurCe or means. And generally to do all things lawful to be done in relation to the rights and interests of all persons in and to the use Of $ id five hundred inches of the said wa ters of the Little Colorado river The locality on which said water is to be used and distrib- uted is the irrigable land situate under the pres eut Springeryille town ditch running through the town of SprngcrviliC and extending north erly about one half mile north of springervile. whic is irrigable from the five hundred inches of the waters of the Little Colorado riyer as is determined by the said appropriation of said water by one TObin, in 1872
 ARTICLE THREE.
 The amount of capital stock authorized is Three Thousand Dollars, and shall be divided into sixty shares of the par value of Fifty Dol lars per share. Fifty per cent of authorized cap ital stock is fully paid up, and the balance is to be paid in the time and manner as shall be called for by the Board of Directors of this corporation.
 ARTICLE FOUR.
 The time of commencement of said corpora tion shall be the date of this instrument, and it shall terminate it's existence in twenty-five years from said date.
 ARTICLE FIVE.
 The affairs of said corporation are to be con- dueted by five directors, to be elected by the stockholders annually, on the first Monday in December in the manner and form as shall be prescribed in the bylaws of the corporation. The first directors of said corporation shall be P. T. Coleman. Wm. Lesueur, Robert Harper Ed Burk and s. J. SafeIl who shall hold office until the regular election on the firsi Monday Of December, 1S97- The other officers of said cor f pOration shall te a president, vice president, ! secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected from the directors from among gthemselyeS, and their duties shall be such as are prescribed oy he bylaws of said corporation
 ARTICLE SIX.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liabi- ty to which the corporation is at any time to ubject itself is five hundred dollars.
 ARTICLE SEVEN@- All private property of stockholders Is to be exempt from all corporate debts.
 ARTICLE EIGHT
 The Board of Directors of said corporation nay, and are hereby authorized, by an order made by them and regularly entered in their minutes, to sell any share or shares on which here may be any money due by assessment, or otherwise, for the purpose of collecting any imOQuL QuS dJ puOllC SdlS, tOA 5AN1hS | lue notice of such sale, at least ten days prior r hereto of the date and hour thereof, which ,hall be between the hours of 10 a. m. and p. n. by posting three notices of such sale iH pub ic places in said Apache county, in the town of | in said county, for the aforesaid | period of time. Said notices to be under the | eal of said corporation and signed by the sec etary thereof The proceeds of said sale shall | )e first applied to the cost of advertising and | conducting said sales: the balance to be applied | 0 the amount due on said share or shares, and | he remainder. if any, to be paid to the owner | 'f said share or shares, as the owner is shown | o be by the books of said corporation. The ! ecretary of said corporation is authorized to | ransfer said share or shares to the purchaser | hereof at said public sale, on the books of said | corporation, in the same manner as if they had ! ,een sOldy hIntaIily by the owner or owners 1 hereof to the said purchaser Said sale shall ake place at the principal office of said corpora ion, at Springeryille, Apache county, Arizona erritOry.
 In Witness Whereof. We have hereUnto sub cribed our names this 27th day of May, A. D. S97. T. COLEMAN.
 w. F. LESUEUR,
 R. HARPER,
 E A. BURK,
 SAM J. SAFFEEL.