Arizona republican., 1903-03-11

of shares equal to the estimated numhel of acres capable of irrigation. In suci allotment. cultivated lands shall have tn, preference: and any excess in the numbe of shares subscribed for over the nunbe so allotted: shall be cancelled, and there after shall not be issued.
 Sec |. IIe exercising the right Of pref
 erence to allotment of shares, providec for in the foregoing section. the bylaws may prescribe reasonable times within
 which such preference shall be declared and the manner thereof
 ARTICLE VI
 Section 1. The exercise of the corporatt
 powers Of this Association and the ran asement of its affairs shall be vested in 1 l. A Council,
 ,. A Board of Governors.
 5. One or more local boards of Water
 Commissioners. and
 1. A President. Vice President Treas urer. Secretary. and such other officers anc agents as shall or may he. from time to time, created and established by the
 Sec: 2; The Council shall consist ot thirty members. who shall hold theii olnees Ter three years. in the event of 2 ton. ceasins to be q shareholder of this Asseciaiion. removal from the Reservoir iois!rict. or other cause, the uneNpired occurred. shareholders of this Associa- ton only shall he eligible to the office Of member of the Council.
 Sec ;. lhe annual election of the men1- nfIsere oGrs of fd tie Gouncil and of the other provide. shall bc held on the first Tues day of AIlil in each year.
 Sec; l. For, the purpose of clectinS members Of the Council the territory de- scribed in Article " of these articles. shall be divided by the Council into ton SIalIy consist of contiguous territory. and ! hc as Gearly uniform in shane and con tain as nearly an eTual number of acres ! to which shares of stock Of this Asso- | ciatfon are GppurtenaEt, as may ke practicable '-''' See. ,. At each annual election. afier | lrN. there shall he elected one rnembc.. i of the Council from each Of said several districts hy the electors ttercof. Such member shall at the time Of his election be the owner of lands situated within the i district for which he is elected to which shares of stock of this Association arc dent of the Reservoir District. and if ha should. during his term Of office. cease Reservoir District. his oice ss shai i there Hiign | upon. and by reason thereof. become vacant.
 Sec. 6. At the annual election to l,e held on the first Tuesday of April. 19ci. there shall be elected three members of tho Council from each of said districts. one of whom shall he elected to serve for one, one for two. and the other for three sec. '. The term of office Of members of the Council shall begin on tho first Monday i1 May following their election. 1, See. S. Until the election Of members of the Council at the annual election in Council shall consist of the following named persons. that is to say:
 l. " Wi5tred Ero%mell Vsl2on L. Clark. Eickas. s. s; Green. c. R. flakes. C. T. First. P. T. Hurley: James Johnson. Emery Rays. ". J. Kingsbury, Wallace singer. Thos. W. PeraIerton Alfred T. Peters. ! F. Price. L.. j. Rice. l.. D. l Stnro6nn kins. Howard T.. Underhi!l. II. C. Van Eossen; \. ?. Walbridge. Henry E. Ware.
 Sec. ?. The Council shall meet at least once in each year at the City of Phoenix in Maricopa County. Arizona. This rc&U- lar annual meeting of the Council shall begin on the first Monday in May in each year and continue in sessicn at ios
 Sec n. Special meetings may be called and held in such manner and at such times and under such provisions as may eral object and nature Of business to he transacted at any special meeting shall be made known by reasonable public notice. such notice to lie that prescribed by the bylaws therefor.
 Sec. Il. The members of the Council shall serve as such without comrenSa- the rate or 10 cents per mile for ea5h Gay
 Sec 12. No member of the Council shal! he eiicihle tu any office of this Associatina to which there is attached any ernolu- rlent or compensation. nor shall he ho so eligible until ct least two years shall have elapsed after his term of office as COUn- ciman shall have expired: Provided, that this inhibition shall not alply 10 any perscn bv reason of his membership of the first Council.
 Sec. F. The Council shall have nower to enact and adopt, and provide for the enforcement thereof. bylaws far the gov ton, and the management of it's business, and the conduct of it's affairs. and to rePeal, modify and amend the same from time to time. But the Council shall not have power to adofft or 10 enforce any bylaws that in anywise conflict with any rule CT regulation established !,y the Sec rotary of the interior or other agency of the Government for tEe administration of water from any reservC,r, or other National Government, CT in the acquisi- ton or construction of which it shall have aided. and which anay be used fer supplying water to the lands of the share holders of this Association.
 Sec. T. No by-laWS shall he passed enforced which shall interfere with or affect any present existing vested right or any member of this Association to the rse ss of water for for irIi=ation application so far as general laws can be made 10 apply.
 ARTICLE VII.
 Section J. At aiI elections the electors shall possess the following qualified tiurs:
 tD Shall he at the time of the election tic owner of at least share of the capital stock of this Association. and shall have been the ov12cr thereof as shown by the hooks of the Association for at least twenty days before such election.
 C, Shall he of tho age of trenty-ore years or more and of sound mind.
 Ser. 2. At all elections each shareholder silaE he entitled to one vote for each share of stock owned l,y him. not how ever to exceed in the acGre-:te one hun dred and sixty votes. ard no more-
 Sec. q The votes shall he tv written or printed ballot. and be voted only by the electors ct tho polls in persOn.
 Sec. l. The Council may make reason able bylaws for the registration ot voters and the method of holding elec- tons.
 Sec. ,. At ali elections the person re ceivinc the highest nuniher of votes for any office shall be deemed elected to such office.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 Section l. The Board Of Governors shall consist of the President. lay virtue of his office. and ten other members. Each of said ten members shall he the owner of ianfs situated within tho dis trict for which he is elected. to which shares of stock of this Association are anpurtenant. and shall also be 2 resident of the Reservoir District: and if he should during his term of office. cease to he s1Ich owner or 2 resident of such Reservoir District. his office shall there