The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-12
ALAMEDA WATER COMPANY.

COUNTY OF CHAVES.
Articles of Incorporation.
The undersigned incorporators, all
of whom are citizens of the United
States and residents of said Chaves
County, New Mexico. and over the
age of twenty-one years, wishing TO
form an incorporated company under
the provisions of Section ACT under
Title V of the Compiled Laws of New
Mexico. of 1897, and the Acts cumu-
lative to and amendatory thereof,
hereby agree among themselves and
provide, as fellows:
ARTICLE l.
The name of this company shall
be Alameda Water Company.
ARTICLE II.
For the first three months next aft
er the corporation is effected the
principal Office of the company shall
be rooms /. 2, and 3 on the second
floor of the Sparks building. No. 224M
North Main street, in the City of Ros-
well, Chaves County. New Mexico;
II lAC agent W UC II CLdi &c Vi Od1u
office for said three months shall be
William w. Gatewood.
ARTICLE III.
The objects for which the company
is formed r the following:
Section 1. To supply water through
pipe ines for domestic, irrigation and
manufacturing purposes, at reasona-
Bile rates of compensation, to the in
habitants of Alameda Heights. an ad-
dition to and part of said City of Ros-
any. to the inhabitants of other parts
of said city, and also. at the option
of the company. to said city itself
for such purposes as the city may
require; sale city being one or more
tha 5000 inhabitants.
Section 2 To buy, own, operate,
enlarge and extend the Alameda Wa
ter Works. a pipe line system of va.
ter-works 10Y in operation in said AL
ameda Heights Addition; and to pur-
and personal property now belonging
and appertaining to aid water works
system, and all it may hereafter be
necessary to purchase, own and hold
for the proper and efficient business
and management of said system; and
Section 3. To sell and convey to
the owners of real estate situated in
said addition water rights from and
arising out of said water works sys-
tenn.
ARTICLE w.
The moun of the authorized CAPT
tai stock of the company shall he
$1,000. divided into $50 shares of the
a value of $50 per share, which
shares when fully paid up shall, be
worcestershire; and the noun of
the capital stock with which it will
commence business is $4,000. /
ARTICLE ".
No one shall be a share holder In
this company who is not the OWNER
of one lot or more DIT a part or parts
of one lot or more in said addition
and the term owner" as herein used
shall be construed to mean not only
an owner in fee but also a mortgagor
in possession or a contract purchaser
in possession who has paid at least
o~ne-fourth OF the purchase price,
whether the contract be written OF
oral.
ARTICLE VI.
The names and post office address
es of the incorporators and the num-
Der of shares subscribed by each are
William It. Wells. Los Angeles. Cal.
172 shares; william w. Catewood.
Roswell, New Mexico IS shares:
Wendell NJ. Reed. Roswell. New Mex
leo. s shares: Carl NJ. Bird. Roswell,
New Mexicco. 6 shares; John T. Carl
ton. Roswell, New Mexico. 6 shares.
ARTICLE VII.
The duration Of this company shall
be fifty years
ARTICLE VIII
The business of this shall
be managed by a board " directors
consisting Of three share holders 70
be elected annually at the beginning
of each corporate year and to serve