Mohave County miner., 1909-10-30
AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MESQUITE IRRIGATION CON-
 PANY hereafter to be known as the Virgin River Irrigation Com
 pdny.

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. Tn. on
 the list day of July, A. D. 10 9, and more than a
 majority (S4) oi the subscribed and outstand
 ing capital stock of said corporation being pres
 ent and legally represente d and voting affirm
 atively therefor 1t wdS determined to amend
 the articles or certificate of incorporation of said corporation. which was heretofore, to wit.
 on the .9th 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 anc adopted by the said | stockholders of said corporation.
 | Now therefore. these Amended Articles of | Incorporation witness:
 tlRsT: That the name of said corporation. | in lieu of it's former name. I'M -SQUIrE IRRI CATION COMPANY" is and shall hereafter be | VIRGIN RIVER IRRIGATION COMPANY. The principal place of business of said cor poration is Mesquite, Lincoln County. Nevada, but 1t 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-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 auy and all other means and convenieuceS for the divering and handling ot water for irrigation, power. domestic and stock purposes the acQuiS ton 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 tion ot natural persons would or could aw- fully do, whether the same be specifically mentioned herein or not.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of cartal stock or this corporation Gin lieu of it's fol mer capitalization of Ten Thousand dollars E10.- 0OoOO shall be and is One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars sl5n,0>0.0M. divided into Seven Thousand Five Hundred (75OO, 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 or 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 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 eutit ed to, and have issued to him in lieu thereof a corresponding share of stock, as valued under these Amended ArucleS. 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 following m amer 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 issuel shall be per mitted to subscribe for as many shares If said capital stock as he has acres of land so cult vated, and fully pay for the same by giving to this company 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 W tiers thereof or flowing therein: and for each acre of land susceptible of cultivation or irrigation under the said Bun kerville and MeSqu te 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 as the Board of Directors may determine.
 FOURTH: The time when these amended articles of incorporation shall take effect and become operative sha 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.
 FIFTT: The water now owned by said cor poration by virtue of it's rights. or that it may hereafter acquire in and to the Bunkervile and Mesquite canals and the waters thereof, shall be distributed to it's stocxhold IFS 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 t3 4 miners inch per share.
 XrH: he said waters paid out as dividends on each and every share of stock aforesaid. may be either paid in d 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: Sad dividends shall be fully paid when the waters of which they consist shall be turned into the private Gtches or water ways of the stockholders at the point where said pri vate ditcheS or water. ways now, or may here. after, intersect the canals, ditch"s, 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. Leavit 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 sum of Five Thousand Dol ars ,S5.0OO OO.
 The officers of said corporation until their successors are elected shall be
 FRANKLIN $. LIE WITT. President,
 LEWIS PUI.SIPHER. Vice President
 ARTHUR BUNKER. Secretary.
 ARTHUR BUNKER, Treasurer.
 NISTu: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent to which this Sl00 GOO co. which amount does not exceed two. | thirds the amount of capital stock.
 TENTH; The capital stock of this company shall be subject to SSesSment for the purpose | 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 purchased 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 pronerty of the | stockholders of this corporation shall he 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 the stockholders held at Mesquite. Lincoln | County. State of Nevada, on the list day of July A. D. 1909
 Dated this lst day of July. A. D 1909.
 FRANKLIN s. LEAVITT
 Attest: President
 ARTHUR BUNKER, Secretary