Graham guardian., 1905-08-11
First Publication July 2l--e Weeks
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
Brown Canal Company,

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
That we, e, l.. ridwell, Abalina Meiia, and
Adiel Sanchez, all of Graham county in the
Territory of Arizona, hereby associate our
selves together and form q corporation under
the general incorporation laws Of the Territory
Of Arizona, as follows! to-wit;
lsT. The names of the incorporators hereof
are, L. L. Tidwell Abalina Meiia and Adiel
Sanchez, and of the corporation, the BROWN
CANAL. COMPANY, its principal place Of
transacting its business, the Sanchez School
House situated on Section SO, in Township Six.
South of Range Twenty-seyen East, IN Graham
County in the Territory of Arizona,
ID. The general nature of its business is the
aggregation Of all the waters now diverted
from the ella river by the present Brown Ca
nal, the Sanchez Canal and the Maiia Canal,
according to their present priorlties, into one
place of diversion, and the consolidation of the
present Brown Canal Sanchez Canal and Mejla
an irrigating canal and all of the said above
named waters hereafter TO bo diverted from the
said ella river through the said Brown Canal
at It's present head therein, the present level OF
which shall be forever maintained, thence
therefrom at or near the middle Of the east
side on Section Thirty, in Township six, south
of Range Twenty-seven East, through the said
Brown canal TO a point in the Southwest quar-
ter Of Section Thirty.one in Township Six,
South OF Range Twenty-seyen East where IT
shall interseet the said Sanches canal, thence
through the said Sanchez canal 70 point In
the Southeast quarter of Section three in Town
ship Seven, South of Range Twenty-seyen
East, where 1t shall intersect the Mejia canal,
thence to the terminus thereof near The mid
die of the west side OF Section Nine in township
Seven South of Range Twenty-seYen East, and
for the greater economy In maintaining said
canal and eihciency IN ne diversion, carrying
and occupants OF lands and stockholders mere
in, for and in the irrigation of the said lands,
according to their several respective rights IN
the said aggregated waters. Said canal 70 be
hereafter known as the Brown canal seven
feet in width throughout Its full length.
3D. The capital stock hereof is fifteen hun.
dred dollars divided into one hundred ana
fifty shares Of the par value of ten dollars each,
which when issued shall be full paid.
4th. This corporation may commence Dusi-
ness on the filing Of these articles 81 lncorBo-
corder of Graham county, and continue 10 ex-
ist for twenty-five years thereafter.
5th. The business of this corporation shal pc
conducted by Board of Directors consisting OF
three persons to be elected annually by the
stockholders on the Second Tuesday OF Febru-
ary of each year hereafter, the corporators
hereof shall constitute the Board Of Directors
for the hTst year.
9Th This Corporation shall never incur an
Indebtedness or liability to exceed two-thirds
Of It's paid up capital stock,
Jth. Private property of stockholders shall
always be exempt from corporate debts.
In witness whereof we the said corporators
have hereunto set our hands on this the 10th
day of July, A. D., 1905.
f. l.. TIDwELL, sBAL
ABELINA tHIs MARK MEJIA, lsEALl
ADIEL SANCHEZ, lskALl
TERRITORY OF ARIZoEA( ss
COUNTY OF GRAHAM
Before me J. A. Merrill, notary public in
and for Graham county In the Territory OF Ari-
zona, on this day personally appeared Z. u.
Tidwell Abalina Mejia and Adiel Sanchez,
personally known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
Instrument, and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same for the purposes and con-
sideration therein expressed.
In witness whereof ] have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal on this the
10th day of July, A. D., 1905.
lsEALl j. A. MERRILL,
Notary Public in and for Graham county,
Arizona.
TERRITORY OF ARIZoNA( %.
COUNTY OF GRAHAM %
/, Mitt Simms, County Recorder OF Graham
county in the Territory of Arizona, hereby GER
tify that the above and foregoing is a full, true
and complete copy of the Articles of lncorpo-
ration of the Brown Canal Company as the
same now appears of record in my said office in
Book No. of Corporation on pages 81 and %
and the whole thereof
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my Official Seal hereunto on
this the 18th day Of July. A. D. 1905.
tsEALl NIT SfMMs,
County Recorder of Graham county, Arizona.