Mohave County miner., 1909-09-25
AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MESQUITE IRRIGATION CON-
 PANY hereafter to be known as the Virgin River Irrigation Com
 pdny.

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 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That at special meeting of the Stockholders of the regularly and legally called and held at the of. flee of said company. at the town of Mesquite, Lincoln County Nevada at o'clock p. m. on the lst day of July, A. D. 1909, and more than 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 WIS determined to amend the articles or certificate of incorporation of said corporation. which was heretofore, to wit on the 18th day of December A. D. 1906, filed in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Mohaye, Territory of Arizona, and the said amended articles as hereinafter set forth were read, duly considered anC adopted by the said stockholders ot said corporation.
 Now. therefore, these Amended Articles of Incorporation wtneSS
 FIRST That the name of said corporation in lieu of it's former name, I'M rSQUITE IRRI CATION COMPANY" is an1 shall hereafter be VIRGIN RIVER IRRIGATI. 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 corporation is as follows to-wlt: The acquisition by ap- water and water rights: the estaDllsnln, nt con. structlon, operation and manufacture of power plants, reservoirs. ditches fumes. pipe lines and systems, and any and all other means and conveniences for the diverring and handling Of water for irrigation, power, domestic and stock purposes the acquisition by purchase lease or otherwise of such real estate. buildings. ma chinerv. etc as may be necessary for the con drrt of it's business. and to do any and all other things that natura person, or an aSsocia ton ot natural perso ms would CT could law fully do, whether the same be specifically mentioned herein or not.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this cornoration Gin lieu of it's former capitaliZat' on of Ten Thousand dollars (T10,- 000CO shall be and is One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (sl5" OG, divided into Seven Thousand Five Hundred f7,5OO shares each. This company having based its 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 orig nal issue of stock, the owner thereof shall upon surren. derng to this company said stock so subscribed or owned by him, as shown by the books of this company, be entitled to- and have isSu to him in lieu thereof cOrreSpondinQ 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 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 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 this company good and sufficient Qu,t 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 ot land susceptible of cultiva tion or irrigation under the said Bun kerville and Mesquite canals, and not now cul. tlvated 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 fling 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
 FIFTH: The water now owned by said cor 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 it's stockholders in the following manner: The said company shall pay to the owner of each share of said stock quan. titv of water equal in the aggregate to a con tinuous flow of not less than three-fourths 6 4 miners inch per share.
 s XTH The said waters paid out as dividends on each and every share of stock as aforesaid, may be ither paid in 70 ltinuous stream, or be cumulate and paid periodically. as may be determined by the Board of Directors to be the best and most economical method of dstribu- tion.
 SEVENTH: Sad dividends shall be fully paid when he waters of which they consist shall be turned into the private ditches or water ways of the stockholders at the point where said pr 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, 1909, 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