Mohave County miner., 1909-10-16
AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MESQUITE IRRIGATION CON-
 PANY hereafter to be known as the Virgin River Irrigation Con-
 pdny.

pdny.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
 at special meeting of the Stockholders of the
 Mesquite Irrigation Company, q 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 lst 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 December, A. D. 1906, filed in
 the office of the County Recorder of the County
 of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, and the said
 amended articles, as hereinafter set forth were
 read, duly considered HnG 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 its former name. "MSsQUITE IRRI
 CATION COMPANY" is and shall hereafter be | VIRGIN RIVER IRRIGATION COMPANY The principal place of business of said cor
 poration is M' squite, Lincoln County, Nevada
 but it may have branch offices and hold Drec
 tors and Stockholders meetings at other | places in New da or Arizona.
 SECOND: IT general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation | Is as follows, to-wit: The acquisition by ap- | propriation, purchase, lease or otherwise of water and water rights; the establishment, con struction, opei ation and manufacture Of power plants, reservoirs, ditches, fumes, pipe lines | and systems, and any and all other mea and convenieuces for the diverting and handl ng Of water for irrigation, powe., 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 things that natural person. or an associa fully do, whether the same be specifically mentioned herein or not.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital n e of its 0OO.OO) shall be and is One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (Sl50.O O.OO, divided into Seven Thousand Five Hundred (7.5OOl, shares Of the par value of Twenty Dollars (S2O OO) each. This company having based it's former issuance Of stock upon the basis of one share of stock for each acre of land which it's sub- scribers had cultivated or irrigated under or with water from the Mesquite Irrigation Canal therefor, for each share of said original issue or 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 pald for in the following manner to witt
 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. mitted to subscribe for as many shares of said capital stock as he has acres of land so culti. vated, aud fully pay for the same by giving to thls company good and sufficient quit claim 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 ana MpSnnttR canals nU np 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 as the Board of Directors may determine.
 FOURTH: The time when these amended articles of incorporation shall take effect and become operative shall be the date of the filing Of 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. poration by virtue of it's rights or that it may hereafter acquire in and to the Bunkerville and Mesquite canals, and the waters thereof, shall be distributed to its stockholders in the following manner: The said company shall pay to the owner of each share of said stock quan. | tity of water equal in the aggregate to a con- tinuOuS flow of not less than three-fOuIt thS 6 4l miners inch per share.
 s xTH: he said waters paid out as dividends | on each and every share of stock as aforesaid, | may be either paid in continuous stream or | be cumulated and paid periodically. as 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 the waters of which they consist shall be | turned into the private Gitches or water ways | of the stockholders at the point where said pr | vate dltcheS or water ways 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 n lmed Franklin L. Leavitt Lewis Pu' 'sipher. J. w. Sv,ves'er, Isaac Bur gess. Artl UT Bunker shall continue as the Board of irectorS until their successors are elected and qualified
 The first meeting hereafter for the election of directors shall be on the second Monday of October. 1at9, 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. security therefor. provided. however, that at no time shall they borrow any sum or sum of Five Thousand Dola Cs5,OOOO CO.,
 The officers of said corporation until their successors are elected shall be
 FRANKLIN s. LEAVITT. President,
 LEWIS PUI.SIPHER, Vice President
 ARTHUR BUNKER. Secretary.
 ARTHUR BUNKER, Treasurer.
 NINTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent to which this S00, GOO co. which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount of capital stock.
 TIE TENTH TIT The capital stock of this company of paying it's debts and liabilities.
 ELEVENTH: Said corporation shall not sell or issue any share of it's capital stock unless it shall first have rurchased 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 of this corporation shall be ex. 1nlNf nf lr,,.