Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19
JOINT MEETING
Directors of all the Water Companies
 Met Thursday at Imperial

and the Reclamation Service, gov ernment proposition and the Presl- dents message were discussed to the limit H.5L. Peck was chairman of the meeting and Frank Stanley, of Brawley, secretary Although il was directors meeting, a large number of stock holders of the various water companies were, present and were given a voice but no vote. During the forenoon session l. w. Gleason pre- se.ted a resolution in favor of ressur- ectlng the old Imperial Valley Water Users Assoc alton, which was organ ized about June, 1904, and providing that Water Company No. have four directors, No. 5 to have two and Nos. 4, 6, 7 and 8 to have one each. This was tabled afternoon.
 At the afternoon session Mir. Glea- son introduced an amended resolution as follows:
 "Whereas The cost of preparing and filing the articles of incorporation of the Imperial Valley Water Users associa- ton, amounting to over $500, was paid by the mutual water companies of the Imperial valley in proportion to their outstanding capital stock, and hence by all justice and equity -tAe said articles belong to and-aret6e property. of the said-Hnutual water companies. Therefore, be itresolved by the direct ors of the mutual water companies of Imperial valley, assembled at Imperial this 17th day of January, 1907, that they proceed to nominate ten, according to the number of districts of the said asso- citation covered by the various water companies, as follows: Water company No. l, covering four districts to nomin- ate four of the said men; Water com pany No. 5, covering two of the said districts, to nominate two men and Wat CT companies Nos. 4, 6, 2 and 8, one man each to be their choice for the di- rectors of the said association. That the ten men so chosen nominate one more at large and with full power to fill any vacancies that may occur, they are hereby empowered to become the di- rectors of the said Imperial Valley Wat CT Users association, or to organize a new association, whichever to them shall appear most practical and be the directors of said association until the third Tuesday of January, 1908, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
 Be it further resolved that the present directors of the said association be re- quested to surrender all their right and title therein to the said men so nomin- ated and that when in power the said directors be requested to so amend the articles as to empower the directors of the said mutual water companies to nominate and elect the directors each year thereafter until such time as the water system of the Imperial valley be taken over by the sad association and it shall be prepared to call an election of its stockholders in accordance with the provision of the articles of associa- tion.
 Be it further resolved that the various mutual companies pay the expenses of the association and the actual expenses of ills directors when in it's service in the of their stock issued"
 Although this resolution carried. 1t was not by unanimous vote. The men nominated to serve as directors are as follows:
 No. l-I. w. Gleason. s. J. Ulrey, R. D. McPherrin, w. E. Edgar.
 No. 5-F. N. Ch- plin, J. R. Stew enson.
 No. 4-W. H. Best.
 No. CIR. T. Perry.
 No. 8-D. s Elder.
 No. 7-C. H. Eckert.
 This was all the real business tran sacted at this meeting. The result seems to he that another Water Users |