The St. Johns herald., 1897-06-19
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE
 SPRINSERViLLE Reservoir and Ditch C o M P A NY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That We. the undersigned, hereby form cor
 porston, under and by virtue of the laws of the
 Territory of Arizona, and set forth the following
 Articles of IncorpOraii D, tO-wit: ARTICLE ONE. The nam of the corporators are: P. T Cole
 man, Wm. F. Lesueur. Robert Harper, Ed Burk
 and S Safen.
 ARTICLE TWO.
 1he general nature of the business to be tran
 sacted is the distribution of five hundred inches
 of the waters of the Little Colorado river flow
 ing IT hereafter to flow into the town of Spring
 eryi le, Apache county Arizona territory, to its
 stockholders and all other persons entitled
 thereto. according to the law aud according to
 the bylaws of this corpora ion and for said
 purposes to construct and repair dams, reser-
 voirs, ditches, watergates, su ces, and all other
 necessar means or construction anywhe or
 wherever heated, or situate in said Apache county, for pro serving, conveying and distrib- utng water for irrigation or domestic purposes,
 and to collect pay from all persons using water so distributed, or any means of conveying wa ter, su~h rates as the Board of Directors may deem to be just, sad rates to be uniform oD all persons of ca oh ,lass, to be cassifei according
  sourc s Of supply or means of distribution and use of each source or means And generally to
 do all things lawf l to be done in relaton to the
 rights and interests all persons in and to the
 use of i'd 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 irrgable land situate under the pres ent Springerville Wi ditch running through dir,c ] erly about one half mile north of Springerville. whic is irrigable from the five hundred inches
 of the waters of the Little Colorado river, as is determined by the said appropriation of said
 water by one TObin, in 1879.
 ARTICLE THREE. The amount of capital stock authorized is | Three housand Dollars, and shall be divided into sixty ares of the par value of Fifty Dol lars per share. Fifty per cent of authorized cap ial 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 Dir ctors of this corporation. ARTICLE FOUR. The time of commencement of said corpora
 tioR 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- ducte by five directors, to he elected by the | S ockho,d rs annually, on the first Monday in December, in the manner and form as shall be prescribed in the bylaws of the corporation. The first dir ctors of said corporation shall be P. T. Coleman. Wm. F Lesueur, Robert Harper Ed Burk and S. J. Saffell, who shall hold office | ntil the regular election on the fl Monday of | December 1897. The other officers of said cor
 poration shall be a president. vice president. secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected
 from the directors from among themselves, and l their duties shall be such as are prescribed by l the by-Iaws of said corporation
 ARTICLE SIX. The highest amount of indebtedness or liabil 1 Ity to which the corporation is at any time 70 | subject itself is five ndred 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 may. and are hereby authorized, by an order
 made by them and regularly entered in their | minutes to sell any share or shares on which
 there may be any money due by assessment, or ! otherwise. for the purpose Of collecting any
 amount due at public sale, for cash, after giving | q notice of such sale, at least ten days prior 1 thereto, O. the date and hour thereof, which ! shall be between the hours of 10 a. m. and p m by posting thre, notices of such sale in pub ] l c places in said Apache county, in the town of | Springerv lie. in said county, fr the aforesaid | period of me. Said notices to be un CT the | seal of said corporation and signed by the sec | Ietary thereof The proceeds of said sale snail
 be inst applied to the c's' of adv ertis ng and | conducting sad sal S: the balance 70 be applied | to the amount due on -aid sha.e IT shart 8, and
 the remainder if any. 70 be pUid to the OW ner | of said share or shares, as the own is shown | to be by the books of aid CUip ration. he ! secretary Oi said t0IpO atioU authorized tO | transfer said share O. share t0 the purr has CT
 thereof at saic p bile .le, on h. bo,.ls of ii | OrpOrHt on, in h sume man as If they h d | been sold V luntaIly b t'e owner or owners | thereof to the said pur, has Said sale Shali
 take place at the principal utfi' of said corpora tion, at Springerville, Apache county, Arisona | territory.
 1 In Witness Whereof we have hereunto sub ! scribed our names this 27th day of May, A. b. ] 1897 T. COLEMAN. 1 W F. LESUEUR, 1 K. HARPER, 1 E A. BURK, SAM. J. SAFFELL-