Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-14
ARTICLES Or INCORPORATION.

AdIfSG6S Ut IIONs
I, J.. w. Reynolds, Secretary of the
Territory OF New Mexico, do hereby
certify there was filed for record in
this Office at 9 o'clock, a. m. on the
fourth day of April, A. D. 1903, ar
ticles OF Incorporation Of Fort Sumner
Land and Canal Company, (No. 1866
and also, that l have compared the
following copy of the same with the
original thereof now on file, and de-
clare it to be a correct transcript
therefrom and of the whole thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal this fourth day of April,
A. d. 1903.
GEORGE A. FLEMING,
Asst. Sec. New Mexico.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
This is to certify that we, the un-
d~ersigned, citizens of the United
States of America, whose full names
and addresses are Francisco A. Man
zanares, Francisco A. Manzanares,
Jr., and Miguel A. Baca, of Las Vegas,
New Mexico. John F. hartman and
George E. Van Heynigen of Las Ami
mas, Colorado, under and by virtue of
the Incorporation laws Of the Terri
tory of New Mexico, have associated,
and by these presents do associate
ourselves together for the purpose of
becoming a body corporate under and
by virtue of said laws of said terri
tory now in force in said territory in
relation to the formation of corpora
tons by the name and for the pur-
poses and objects hereinafter mem
toned, and to that end dc make,
sign, execute and acknowledge the
following certificate in writing, towit:
! ARTICLE l..
The name of said corporation shall
be, Fort Sumner Land and Canal
Company"
ARTICLE II.
The objects for which said corpora
ton is formed are, to purchase, take
lease, appropriate or otherwise &C
quire, irrigating bitches, canals, pipes,
pipe lines, fumes, dams and reser-
voirs, and to W construct, maintain
and operate such irrigating bitches
and canals, pipes and pipe lines,
fumes dams and reservoirs for irri-
eating and domestic purposes; to
form colonization companies, to col
onize, improve and develop lands
and real estate; to operate, pur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire wa
ter and water rights and to deal in,
purchase and sell water and water
rights; to buy, sell, mortgage. rent
and lease and generally to deal in
lands and real estate; to buy, sell
and deal in live stock; to farm and
raise live stock; to bore wells for
artesian water, or other purposes, and
generally to do and perform all other
acts and things necessary or requisite
to carry into effect and operation the
purposes and objects aforesaid, under
the laws Of the Territory of New
Mexico.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the capital stock OF
such corporation shall be two hun
dred thousand ($2O0, 900. OO) dollars,
divided into two hundred thousand
shares of one ($1.00) dollar each, the
said stock to be worcestershire.
ARTICLE Nv.
The term of existence of said cor
poration shall be fifty 500 years
from and after the date Of its in
corporation.
ARTICLE v.
The number Of directors shall be
five, and the names of those who
shall manage the concerns OF the cor
pOratiOn for the first three months
are Francisco A. Manzanares, Fran
cisco A. Manzanares, Jr., Miguel A
Baca, John F. Marleman and George
E. Van Heynigen.
ARTICLE vi.
The office and principal place O
business of said corporation is fxed
and located at East Las Vegas, IL
the County of San Miguel, in the ter
ritory of New Mexico.
In witness whereof we have here
unto subscribed our names and al
fixed our seals this 9th day Q
March A. D. 1903.
Francisco A.. Manzanares (Seal.)
Francisco A. Manzanares, Jr., (Seal..
Miguel A. Baca (Seal.)
John F. hartman (Seal.)
George z. Van Heynigen (Seal.)
Territory of New Mexico,
County of San Miguel, IS:
On this 31st day of March, 1903, be
fore me personally appeared Francis
!. co A. Manzanares, Francisco A. Mai
zanares, Jr., and Miguel A. Baca, t
me known to be the persons describes
in and who executed the foregoing in
strument, and acknowledged tina