The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-11-10
Territory of New Mexico. Office of
the Secretarx-Certificate.

Territory of New Mexico. Office Of
the neutrality-suspicious..
/, J. w. Reynolds, Secretary Of
the Territory of New Mexico. dc
hereby certify there was filed for
record in this Office. at nine O'Clock
A. NJ. on the tenth day of October
A. D.. 1903.
Articles of Incorporation of the
South Roswell Water Company
(No. 354o.)
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, I have here.
unto set my hand and affixed my
official seal this tenth day of Octo-
Der, A. D.. 1903.
J. W. RAYNOLDS,
Secretary of New Mexico.
By GEO. A. FLEMING.
Asst. Secretary.
Territory of New Mexico, County of
Chaves.
Know All Men BY These Presents,
That we, Lucius K. McGaffey and Jo-
seph C. Lea: residents of the county
of Chaves and Territory of New Mex
leo, and William H. Godair. resident
of the county of Cook and state of
Illinois, have this day associated
ourselves together for the purpose of
forming a corporation under the pro-
visions of Title V Of the Compiled
Laws of New Mexico. and the am
thereto. and to that end
we hereby adopt and subscribe to
the following
CHARTER.
Article This corporation shall
be known as South Roswell Water
Article 2.-This corporation is for
med for the purpose of marketing,
storing, furnishing, conduct
ing and transporting water to such
places as may be deemed cnovenient
by the board of directors of said cor
ooration; to erect. construct and OPP
such buildings, structures, ma
apparatus and devices as
nay be deemed necessary or conve-
lient by the said board of directors;
acquire by deed, gift, will. grant
IT otherwise, lands, tenements, wa
er, water-rights, bonds, notes, bills,
took of incorporated companies,
privileges, patent rights,
and every estate, right. in
crest or a~ppurtenance in, to Or
o%ncerning real and personal proper
y, and to have and to hold, use and
njoy, manage, control, grant, assign,
and convey. mortgage and
therwise dispose of the same and
very part thereof or interest there
Article 3.-Tha amount of it's cap
al stock shall be sixteen thousand
$4,000 dollars. which shall be di-
ided into three hundred and twenty
320) shares of the par value of fifty
$4,000 dollars each.
Article 4-Sa1d corporation shall
xist for the term of fifty (5O) years
rom the date of the filing of this
Article 5.-The business of said
o~rporation shall be transacted by a
GARD of three CD directors. and the
blowing shall be the first board of
irectors who shall manage the con-
erns of the corporation for the first
1ree months and until their success
ors are elected. to-wit:
Lucius K. McGaffey, whose resi-
ence is Roswell, New Mexico; Jo-
eph C. Lea. whose residence is Ros-
ell, New Mexico. William H. Co.
dlT, WHOSE is CulCdSO, LII
lois.
Article 6.-The principal place of
usiness of this corporation shall be
at Roswell. in the county of
HAYES and Territory of New Mex
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In Witness Whereof, We have
ereunto set our hands and seals
lis oath day of September, A. D.,
903.
LUCIUS K. McGAFFEY (Seal.-
JOSEPH C. LEA. (Sea1.)
WILLIAM H. GODAIR (Seal)
erritory of New Mexico. County of
Chaves.-ss.
On this oath day of September,
BOB, before me, the undersigned au-
personally appeared Lucius
McGaffey and Joseph c. Lea, per
onally known to me and known to
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