Graham guardian., 1900-06-08
HRTICLES OF InC0RF0.
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Of the Dodge Canal Company.

| KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
| That we, H. j. Anderson. James II. Mack
| Isaac Follett. Lehi Larson and Jos. w. Foster
Territory OF Arizona, hereby associate our
| selves together for the purpose of forming Z
corporation, under the statutes Of the Ter
ritory Of Arizona; relating to corporations, ap
proved March sth, A. D. 1887, and hereby
adopt, sign and acknowledge the following
articles OF incorporation.
ARTICLEI
The name of this corporation shall be THE
DODGE CANAL COMPANY.
ARTICLE III
The principal place of transactinR its bust.
ness shall be In the city of Pima, County, OF
Graham, Territory of Arizona, and such
| other places as the board of directors may
hereafter direct.
ARTICLE III
The business In which this corporation pro.
poses to engage is the maintaining. keeping In
erpair, enlargingand extending the Dodge Canal
which is to be not smaller than eight feet wide
on the bottom, and its branches for irrigation
and motive or milling purposes, to acquire by
purchase, appropriation and use water and
water right to construct and maintain canals,
bitches, fumes, dams and reservoirs for con-
Quoting, storing and distributing water, water
ing live stock, furnishing water for domestic
purposes and TO transact all business that may
or might be done by natural person in carry
ing out the object of this corporation.
Provided: That no stockholder be required
10 pay any caS0 or laD0r assessment W eAVtHu
the said canal west of the Patterson wash
without their written consent.
ARTICLEIv
The amount of capital stock of this corpora.
tion shall be three thousand (S3 000.0OO dollars
divided into shares Of ten $50. .00l dollars each
each of which is hereby declared to be fully
paid up.
ARTICLEv
The term for which this corporation is to
exist Is twenty-five years from and after the
date of filing these articles in the Ofice Of the
County Recorder of said Graham County.
ARTICLE vi
The highest amount of indebtedness or liabfl-
Ivy, direct or contingent. to which this corpora
ton may be liable to at any one time shall not
exceed the sum of three hundred $500 00)
dollars.
ARTICLE VII
The stockholders and their private property
snail be exempt from the corporate debts OF
this corporation
ARTICLE VIII
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by a board of directors, of five persons
who shall be elected by the stockholders and
shall hold office one year or until their success
sors are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE TX
The time and manner of said election shall be
prescribed and provided by the by laws OF
said corporation and no person shall be eligable
to hold office unless he be a stockholder In this
corporation and thereafter ii any director cease
to be stockholder he shall cease to be q
director,
ARTICLE x
Any, stockholder of this company shall be
eligable to hold two or more Offices In this
company a. the same time.
ARTIcLEx
The board of directors of this company shall
have the power to draft bylaws subject to the
approval of majority of the stock represented
at meeting called for that purpose and to
make rules and regulations necessary for the
management of this corporation.
ARTICLE XII
The following persons who are subscribers to
the capitol stock of this corporation shall con-
stitute its board of directors until the second
Monday in December 1900 or until their success.
sors ere elected and qualified.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals, this 2th day of May, A
D., 1900.
JAMES H. MACK, [sEALl
HAWKAN ANDERSON, lsEAL1
LEHI LARSON, SEAL
ISAAC FoLLETT, SEAL
JOSEPH w. FOSTER, [sEALl
Territory of Arizona,l 90
County of Graham. So
Before me, David Weecb, Notary Public.
in and for the County of Graham. Territory Of
Ariz., on this day personally appeared II. J..
Anderson, James H Mack Isaac Follett, Lehl
Larson and Joseph W. Foster, personally
known to me to be the present appointed board
of directors of the Dodge Canal Co. and they
Acknowledged TO me thst they executed the
within articles Of Incorporation for every use
and p Irpose therein expressed
IN witness whereof, | have heTeuntO set my
hand aid seal, this oath dag of May. a. D.,
1900.
MY Com. expires Jan 9th, 1904.
DAVID II. WEEcH,
lsEALl Notary Public.
IN and for Graham Co. AriS.