Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-12-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Yuma Electric and Water Company

Know all Men by These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of California.
 And we hereby certify:
 First-That the name of said corpor. ation is: Yuma Electric and Water Company.
 Second-That the purposes for which it is formed are:
 1. To manufacture, produce, gen crate or otherwise obtain electric light power and heat; to condemn and ob tain rights of way, easements and 1 franchises for the purposes of market ing, selling, storing, furnishing, con. ducting and transporting water, light power and heat to such places as may be deemed convenient by the board of directors of said corporation; to sell furnish and deal in electric light, heat and power, and to dispose of such DOT tions thereof as may not be dsel by this corporation, to cities, towns, til lages, private corporations and indi- viduals, to erect, construct and operate such buildings, structures, machinery, apparatus, and devices as may be deemed necessary or convenient by the board of directors of said "orpcia- l tion, for the purposes of the corpora- tion to buy, sell and deal in such goods, wares, merchandise and mater ials as may be, by said board of di- rectors, deemed necessary or conven- tent in furnishing men and means for carrying on said business; to locate, claim, divert and otherwise acquire water and water rights for all D IT, poses; to construct, acquire and m2in- tain ditches, dams, tunnels, levees, vii aducts, bridges embauxments and eX- cavations, to, across and from any water course, lake, stream or water way; aTiI t0 sell, lease, grant or othe'- wise dispose of so mucn uf the waI+Tr or water rights thus secure.l, controii- ed or appropriated as may net te used by this corporation, to certain per sons or corporations by certain spec ial contracts or otherwise; to trans init electrict lgiht, power and heat to purchasers thereof and to such places as the board of directors shall deem proper, by means of poles and wires, conduits and subways, or otherwise, over and through any lands or waters, or both, in the State of California and elsewhere, if the purposes of said cor poration shall so require; to acquire by deed, gift, will, grant, or otherwise, lands, tenements, hereditaments, lease hold estates, water, water rights, bonds, notes, bills, claims, evidences of indebtedness, stock of incorporated companies, franchises, privileges, pat ent rights and licenses, property and every estate,' right, interest and ap- pui IOndnCS III, CO UT OOhOOIAlHS ICd1 and personal property or every name and nature, legal and equitable, and to have and to hold,, use and enjoy, manage, control grant, assign, trans fer and convey, cucumber by mort gage or deed of trust, and otherwise dispose of the same and every part thereof, or interest therein, and to en- gage in the business of manufacturing in all it's departments, to engage in the business of supplying light, heat and power by electrical appliances or otherwise; to issue it's stock in ac- cordance with it's bylaws and the laws of the state of California; to borrow money and issue bonds upon it's rights and property; and to sell or exchange the capital stock and bonds of the corporation hereby created, or any part thereof, for the capital stock and bonds of other corporations, and for other property, rights or franchises, as board of directors of this corporation deem necessary for the purposes of this corporation and the prosecution of it's business.
 2. To manufacture, produce, or otherwise obtain ice and refrigerating liquids and gases; to condemn and ob- tain rights of way, easements and franchises for the purpose of market ing, selling, storing, furnishing, con ducting and transporting the same to such places as may be deemed con- venient by the board of directors ol Said n,rr,c,.n ticr,: a coll f,,r,, i-L