Arizona republican., 1910-04-15
PURCHASE
 AGREEMENT Submitted To the Share holders of Mesa Canal POINTS TO BE CLEARED UP At a Coming Meeting of Stockholders the Propo-
 sition of the Government
 Will be Either Accepted
 or Rejected.

n =. Reed of the reclamation serv-
 ice arrived in Mesa yesterday with the agreement for the purchase Of the Mrs;. canal. which has been approved
 by the secretary of the interior and which will be submitted to each in- diVidual stOckholdcr Three hundred copies Of the agreement have been printed. and will be sent to the stock holders "f the Mesa canal stock this morning for their pcrus.tl so that they may be prepared |" vote on the Drop "sition tomorrow.
 The directors held an informal meeting yesterday upon the receipt of the agreement. and decided to hold
 d conference with their attorney to determine the status of several ques- tions which have not become clear to them. The most important Is that in the event that one man owns more than l66 acres of land. and the gov ernmcnt has ruled that when the reservoir IS declared open that no more than enough water for lG6 acres will be allowed to any one man. The directors desire to be well informed on that point before recommending that the stockholders sell the canal. It must be borne in mind that there will be a meeting of the stockholders
 Of the canal at o'clock tO change the bylaws giving tine directors pow
 CT to sell the canal. providing ma
 iority of the stockholders desire 10
 sell Immediately after the meeting
 for the passing or rejecting of the resolution. the mee ting with the gov ernment officials will follow. It will
 be noticed that the following agree
 ment allows the stockholders to hold their stock. although disposing of the
 physical property in the canal. This.
 il will be remembered. was one Of
 the stumbling blocks at the last meet
 ing. The agreement which will be
 submitted by the government tomor-
 row is as follows:
 This agreement made this - day Of --. 1910 between the
 Mesa Canal company. q corporation organized and existing by virtue of the laws Of the territory of AriZoua. it's successors and assigns. party of the first part. and the United States of America and it's assigns, party of the second part. acting in this behalf by Louis C. Hill. supervising engineer thereunto duly authorized by the di- rector of the United States reclama-
 ton service and subject 10 the ap- proval of the secretary of the interior. ''Witnesseth:
 That Whereas. under the act of congress approved June r.. 1902 (32
 Stat. 3SSi. known as the reclamation
 act. the secretary of the interior has approved and is constructing what is
 known as the Salt River project in
 the territory of Arizona. which project includes within it's limits the lands lying under and tributary to the irri- gating system of the Mesa Canal com
 pany and owned by the shareholders
 thereof.
 And Whereas. the said sharehold
 CTS have been unable to obtain suf-
 ficient water from Salt river at all
 times for the successful cultivation
 of their lands and are desirous of
 enjoying the benefits to he derived
 from the works in course of con struction by the United States:
 And Whereas, the irrigating sys- tenn Of said company can be advan- taeeously utilized in the construction and operation of said project;
 Therefore. in consideration of the premises and the promises of the par ties hereinafter expressed, the parties hereto do mutually covenant and agree with each other as follows:
 The party of the first part does hereby covenant and agree upon the terms and conditions hereinafter stat ed. to sell and by good and sufficient instrument in writing to convey to the United States of America for the uses and purposes contemplated by the act of congress. approved June r.. 1902 (32 Stat. 3SS). known as the reclamation act the following de- scribed real estate. property and rights. situated in Maricopl county. territory of Arizona, to-wit:
 "All that certain iirigating system in Maricopa county. Arizona. com mcncing at q point on the south bank of Salt river in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section :2. township north. range 6 east tNEH SEL. See -. T. N., +. C E), Gila and Salt river base and meridian; and running thence in q southwestern ly direction. comprising the Mesa ca nal and also the East Branch. East Mesa Ditch Extension or Wallace ditch. Barkley ditch. New Lewis ditch. Allen ditch. Lewis ditch. Chandler ditch. New East ditch. Middle ditch. Dana ditch. West ditch. Miller ditch, Stewart ditch. Mullen ditch, Rogers ditch and Moot ditch. together with all dams. headgates. checks. fumes. rights of way. extensions. !