Graham guardian., 1905-08-25
First Publication July 2l-6 Weeks
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF the
Brown Canal Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
| That we. e. l.. Tidwell, Abalina MeiiR, and
| Adiel Sanchez, all of Graham county in the
Territory of Arizona, hereby associate our
selves together and form corporation under
the general incorporation laws of the Territory
| of Arizona, as follows: to-wit:
Isr. The names Of the ineorporators hereof
are r. L. Tidwell, Abalina Meiia and Adiel
Sanchez, and Of the corporation, the BROWN
| CANAL COMPANY, its principal place Of
| transaetng its business, the Sanchez School
House situated on Section SO, in Township Six,
South Of Range Twenty-seven East, IN Graham
| County in the Territory of Arizona.
Cd. 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 Malta Canal,
according to their present priorities, into one
place of diversion and the consolidation Of the
| present Brown Canal, Sanchez Canal aud Mejia
Canal into one, and the maintaining thereof as
| mn irrigating canal, and all of the said above
named waters hereafter to be diverted from the
| said CHA river through the said Brown Canal
at its 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 rwenty-seven East, through the said
Brown canal to point in the Southwest quar-
| ter OF Section Thirty-one in Township Six,
| South OF Range Twenly-seveu East, where 1t
| shall interseet the sai1 Sanches canal, thence
through the said Sanchez canal 70 point in
| tbe Southeast quarter of Section three in Town
| shin Seven, South of Range Twenty-seven
| East where ii shall intersect the Mejia canal.
| thence to the terminus lntItol utdT lnt lnlu-
| ale 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 efficiency in ne diversion, n carrying
and occupants Of lands and stockholders mere
/ in for and in the irrigation of the said lands,
according to their severafrespeetive rights IN
| the said aggregated waters. Said canal 10 be
| hereafter known as the Brown canal. Seven
| feet in width throughout its full length.
Sd. The capital gtock hereof is fifteen hun
| dred dollars, divided into one hundred and
fifty shares Of the par value OF ten dollars each
which when issued shall be full paid.
18th. This corporation may commence Dusl-
ness on the filing of these articles OF lncorPo-
ration for record In the Office Of the County Re-
corder of Graham county, and continue TO ex-
| ist for twenty-five years thereafter.
| 9th. The business of this corporation shall be
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 FIRST year.
9th This corporation shall never incur an
Indebtedness or liability to exceed two-thirds
of its paid up capital stock. =,
18th. Private property of stockholders shall
always be eS n IL rom corporate debts.
In witness whereof we the said corporators
have hereunio set our hands on this the 10th
day of July, A. D., 1905.
u, l.. TIDwELL, SEAL
ABELINA IHIs X MARK META, SEAL
ADIEL SANCHEZ, lsEALJ
TERRITORY OF AhlSoNAi Sc
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 T.. Ia,
Tidweli 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 hereunt0 set my
hand and affixed my official seal on this the
10th day of July, A. D., 1905.
lsEAL1 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 aud foregoing is u full, true
and complete copy Of the Articles of Incorpo-
ration Of the Brown Canal Company as the
same now appears of record in my said ONCE 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. 1900.
lsEALl NIT SlMMs,
County Recorder of Graham county, Arizona.