Mohave County miner., 1909-10-02
AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MESQUITE IRRIGATION CON-
 PANY hereafter to be known as the River Irrigation Com
 pdny.


 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That
 at special meeting of the Stockholders of the Mesquite Irritation Company, corporation.
 regularly and legally called and held at the of. flee of said company. at the town of Mesquite, | Lincoln County, Nevada, at o'clock D. m. on
 the 1st day of July A. D. 1909, and more than a
 majority (3.4) of the subscribed and outstand. ing capital stock of said corporation being pres | ent and legally represented and voting affirm
 atively therefor it was determined to amend
 the articles or certificate of incorporation of | said corporation. which was heretofore, to wit
 on the 29th day of Decem Der, A. D. 1906, filed in
 the office of the County Recorder of the County of Mohave. Territory of Arizona, and the said read, duly considered sn1 adopted by the said stockholders Ot said corporation.
 Now. therefore, these Amended Articles of | Incorporation witness:
 FIRST: That the name of said corporation
 in lieu of it's former name, I'M HsQUITE IRRI CATION COMPANY" is and shall hereafter be | VIRGIN RIVER IRRIGATION COMPANY The principal place of business of said cor poratlon is Mesquite, Lincoln County. Nevada, | but it may have branch offices and hold Direc- | tors and Stockholders meetings at other | places in Nevada or Arizona.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cOrDOratiOn is as follows, to-wit The acquisition by ap- propriation, purchase, lease or otherwise of water and water rights the establishment con. Struction, operation and manufacture of power plants, reservoirs, ditches fumes, pipe lines and systems and any and all other means and conveniences for the dverting and handling of water for irrigation, power, domestic and stock purposes the acquisition by purchase, lease or otherwise Of such real estate, buildings, ma chinery. etc as may be necessary for the con- duct of its business, and to do any and all other tnings that natura person, or an aSsocia tion Ot natural persons would or could law fully do, whether the same be specifically mentioned herein or not.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation tin lieu of it's former capitalization uf Ten ThOuSQpd OO00O shall be and is One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (Sl50,O00OO divided into Seven Thousand Five Hundred G,5OO>, shares of the par value of Twenty Dollars ($2O OO) each This company having based its former issuance Of stock upon the basis of one share of stock for each acre of land which its sub- scribers had cultivated or irrigated under. or with water from the Mesquite Irrigation Canal. therefor for each share of said original issue Of stock, the owner thereof shall upon surren. dering to this company said stock so subscribed or owned by him, as shown by the books of this company, be entitled to, and have issued to him in lieu thereof corresponding share of stock, as valued under these Amended Articles | provided he has. or does first give to this com. pany good and sufficient quit claim deed to | all his right. title and interest in and to the | Mesquite dam, canal, it's laterals and the wa. | ter thereof; the said capital stock in excess of the amount required to redeem said original | issue. may be subscribed and pad for in the l following manner. to wit:
 Any owner of land now cultivated under | either the Bunkerville or Mesquite canals (and | for which there is not now stock held in this | company under it's original issue) shall be per mltted to subscribe for as many shares of said | capital stock as he has acres of land so cult | vated aud fully pay for the same by giving to | this company a good and sufficient quit claim | deed for all his right. title and interest in and to the Bunkerville and Mesquite dams, canals | their laterals and the waters thereof or flowing | therein and for each acre of land susceptible | Of cultivation or irrigation under the said Bun- | kerville and Mesquite canals. and not now cul , tivated, the owners thereof may be permitted | to subscribe for one share of the capital stock | of this company and pay for the same in such | manner and upon such terms the Board of | Directors may determine.
 FOURTH: The time when these amended articles of incorporation shall take effect and | become operative sha'l be the date of the filing of a certified copy thereof as by law provided | and the termination thereof shall be twenty | five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal as provided by law.
 FIFT9: The water now owned by said cor poratiOn by virtue of it's rights. or that it may hereafter acquire in and to the Bunkervlle | and Mesquite canals. and the waters thereof | shall be distributed to it's stockholders in the | following manner: The said company shall pay | to the owner of each share of sad stock Quan. | tity of water equal in the aggregate to a con- tinuous flow Of not less than three-fou,ths 6 4 | miners inch per share.
 XTH: he said waters paid out as dividends | on each and every share of stock aforesaid, | may be either paid in a continuous stream, or | be cumulated and paid periodically. may be | determined by the Board of Directors to be the | best and most economical method of distribu tion,
 SEVENTH: Sald dividends shall be fully paid | when he waters of which they consist shall be | turned into the private GitcheS or water ways | of the stockholders at the point where said pri | vate ditches or waterways now, or may here after, intersect the canals, ditches, or water ways of said company. said points of lnterSec ton and distribution to be designated by said company.
 EIGHTH: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of five directors, and the following named Franklin l. Leavitt | Lewis Pulsipher J w. Sylvester. Isaac Bur gess. Arthur Bunker shall continue as the Board of Directors until their successors are elected and qualified
 The first meeting hereafter for the election of directors shall be on the second Monday of October, 1908, and thereafter the annual stock. holders meeting shall be held on the second | Monday of October of each year.
 Said Board of Directors shall have power to | borrow money and to execute and deliver sat lSfactory security therefor provided however that at no time shall they borrow any sum or sums, which in the aggregate shall exceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars (S50OO OO).
 The officers of said corporation until their successors are elected shall be
 FRANKLIN s. LIE AVITT. President
 LEWIS PUI.SIPHER, Vice President,
 ARTHUR BUNKER. Secretary.
 ARTHUR BUNKER. Treasurer.
 NINTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liabi ity. direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be Sl00 900 %. which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount of capital stock
 TENTH: The capital stock of this company shall be subject to assessment for the purpose of paying it's debts and liabilities.
 ELEVENTH: Said corporation shall not sell or is sue any share of it's capital stock unless it shall first have Fur 'hased or acquired perma nent water right or rights equal to the dividend paid or to be paid on each share of said stock.
 TWELFTH The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be ex. empt from corporate debts of any kind whatso. ever
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the President and Secretary have hereunto set their hands and the official seal of the said Mesquite Irrigation Company. pursuant to the authority of the conferred at a SDecial meeting of