Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-28

hereby sign and acknowledge the f0l-
loving articles of Incorporation;
ARTICLE 7.
The names of the oorporators are
Nathaniel w. HaggaTd, John H. Ivy
and Fred F. Campbell. The name OF
the corporation shall be MERIDIAN
Canal Company and its principal
! place of transacting business shall be
Phoenix, Arizona.
ARTICLE IL
/ The general nature Of the business
I proposed 20 be transacted IS as fol-
lows. and the corporation shall be au-
( thouzsd:
/ !. To construct, acquire. own, Op-
craze, SELL rent. lease, cucumber, dis
pose OF, or redeem dams, reservoirs,
canals. aqueducts, pipe lines wells.
pumps and any and all other appli-
ances necessary or convenient for the
! appropriation, diversion, distribution
or use o. water for irrigation or any
mechanical agricultural. domestic or
/ humanitarian use, or use of animals;
2 To appropriate. develop, i'm
4 pound, obstruct, divert. convey, con-
| strucr. use, supply or distribute WAGER
/ for any useful or beneficial purpose
and to acquire, own, operate, use, sell.
rent. lease, cucumber, dispose of OF
| redeem wafer nights or rights 10 the
control or use CO water initiated,
owned or controlled by others;
3. To reclaim land by the use Of
! water;
i. To acquire, own, cultivate, de
VelOp, sell, rent, lease, cucumber dis
pose of or redeem lands. tenements or
Entertainments and any real, personal
or mixed property, or rights in the ma
ture Of property, including sites, 10
cations and rights OF way IN fee or by
easement or otherwise.
D. And generally to undertake and
carry On any business, undertaking,
transaction or operation commonly
carried on or undertaken by irrigation
companies. water supply companies,
or water power companies, and any
other business which may seem TO the
company capable Of being convenient
~ carried On in connection with the
above or calculated eithsr directly or
indirectly to enhance the value OF or
render profitable any of the company's /
property or rights;
To enter into contracts with any
other company o. companies, or per
son or persons for the foregoing pur-
poses;
To DO all or any of the aforesaid as
principal. agent, contractor, trustee |
or otherwise, and that by CT through
trustees, agents or otherwise, and |
either alone or in conjunction with /
Others:
To amalgamate or unite with any
other company altogether or in part /
similar in its objects or purposes to |
this company;
To borrow or raise money by mort
III,
ances. prOmissOry notes or other Sc /
cG-i.ies, or property Of the company |
or any part thereof; and TO provide |
for the repayment thereof and interest |
thereon by the creation Of a sinking |
fund Or otherwise, and 10 do all such /
th.ngs IS are incidental or conducive
TO the attainment OF the above OBJ
jects.
ARTICLE III.
The CAPT al stock of this corporation
shall be sixty thousand dollars, Cd
vided into SIX hundred shares Of one
hundred dollars each; and the COM
pany shall have power TO increase,
subdivide, classify or reduce the cap
ital for the time being by the amend
ment OF these articles and to raise the
whole or any part thereof or any in
creased capital at a premium or
ilege, or other advancement or post
ponement. The board OF directors
may al their discretion and are hereby
to make water sufficient
from time to time for the proper irri-
CATION of ten acres OF land, and not
exceeding one siX-hundredths parr OF
water, to be diverted at the Haggard
and Ivy head from the Salt river, in
s2nd appurtenanl to each
share of the cOmpany's capital stock
or 10 such portion thereof as the board
Of directors may by resolution deter
mine. but the land to be irrigated
thereby must be promptly and perma-
nently specified. Capital stock shall
be subscribed for, sold, issued and the
price thereof paid in at such times for
such prices and upon such terms and
conditions as the board of directors
shall from time 10 time by resolution
direct,
Provided, however. that the pur-
chase price of all stock shall be fully
paid before the certificates therefor
shah be issued, and all stock shall be
issued fully paid and worcestershire.
ARTICLE ".
The time of commencement of the
shall be the second day of
May. A D.. 1893, and its termination
at the end Of fifty years from the date
Of commencement.
ARTICLE Y.
The affairs of the corporation shall
be conducted by a board Of three di-
rectcrs to be elected yearly at the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders. All directors shall be stock
holders in their own night
The officers of the corporation shall
be president, vice-president, secretary,
treasurer, attorney and such other as
he board of directors may Ordain.
More than one Office may be held by
he same person. The president and
shall be members Of the
board of directors Until the election
IN tha var 14nn he Officers shaII b