Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-07-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF HOME WATER, ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY


 do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporators are: +C. E. Taylor, G. w. P. Hunt, T. A. Pas COG, N. s. Berray and A. w. Sydnor, all citizens of the United States of America.
 ARTICLE II.
 The name of this corporation is and shall be; HOME WATER, ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY.
 ARTICLE III.
 The location of the principal place of business shall be in the City of Globe, Gila County, Arizona.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to-wit: To purchase, or other wise acquire, water and water-rights; to acquire, construct, maintain and oper- ate a system of water-works in the City of Globe, Arizona, and in the vicinity thereof to use. sell, lease and deliver water for power, irrigation and domestic purposes to cities, counties, towns, viii lages, private corporations and indi- viduals; to purchase or otherwise ac- quire, lands and premises for the devel- opment, storage and conveying of wa ter; and to construct and maintain dams, reservoirs, canals, waterways, fumes, pipelines and other necessary means and ways in carrying and con vcying water to consumers and users thereof.
 Also, to construct, own, maintain and operate plant for the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas, for illum ination, for fuel and for any other purpose; to acquire, hold, manage and operate buildings, tanks, machinery, pipe and pipelines, and any and all other appliances, for manufacturing, producing and distributing gas, and any and all other illuminant products, for light, heat, power and any and all other beneficial uses and purposes to which they may be applied.
 And to manufacture, produce, gener- ate or otherwise obtain electric light, heat and power.
 Also, to condemn, purchase or other wise acquire rights of way, easements and franchises for the purposes of mar keting, selling, storing, furnishing, con ducting and transporting light, power, water and gas, as aforesaid, to the in habitants of the City of Globe, Ari- zona, and elsewhere; and to rent, sell, furnish and deal in electric light, heat, water, gas and power, and to rent, sell and supply such portion thereof, as may not be used by this corporation, to cities, counties, towns, villages, private corporations and individuals.
 Also, to erect, construct and oper ate such buildings, structures. machin cry, apparatuses and devices, as may be deemed necessary or convenient for the purposes of this corporation
 Also, to transmit electric light, pow CT and heat, by means of poles and wires, conduits and subways, or other wise, over, through and under any lands, streets, or alleys, or both, in the said City of Globe, Arizona, and elsewhere. Also, to acquire by deed, gift, grant or otherwise, lands, tenements, heredit- aments, leasehold estates, bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness, stock of this and other incorporated companies, fran ehises, privileges and licenses, property and every estate, right, interest, and appurtenances, in, to, or concerning real and personal property of every name and nature, legal and equitable, and to have and to hold, use and enjoy, man age, control, grant, assign, transfer and convey, cucumber by mortgage or deed of trust, and otherwise dispose of the. same or any part thereof, or interest therein.
 Also, to engage in the business of supplying light, heat and power by elec- trical appliances, water, gas or other wise.
 And to do and perform all other acts or things necessary or incidental to the purposes hereinabove set forth; and, also, to engage in any and all kinds of business in which natural per sons may lawfully engage.
 ARTICLE V.
 The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thou sand Dollars ($500,0 0,000.00), divided into Five Thousand (5,000) Shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.O0) each, and when issued shall be fully paid in cash, services. or prop erty of an equivalent cash value, and shall thereafter be non -assessabe.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The corporate existence of this corpo- ration shall commence on the day of the fling of these Articles of Incorpor- ation in the office of the County Rec order of Gila County, Arizona, and a certified copy thereof with the Auditor of this Territory, and shall continue for a period of twenty-five (25) years thereafter, but it's Charter rights may be renewed, before this Charter expires, from time to time, for periods not ex- ceeding twenty five (25) years at a tune.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The business of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors, consisting of not less than seven (O, nor more than twenty-one (2D, who shall be stockholders in this corpora iron to ho elected annua1lv at the an-