Holbrook argus., 1912-09-24
A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION H OF THE WARREN IRRIGA-
 TON COMPANY.

Be 1t known that we, the undersign- ed, James Brinkerhoff, l.. L. Bates, P. A. Bushman, Lehi Howard, John Bush man, Elmer Gardner and John A. Hunt, do hereby, in pursuance of the statutes of the State of Arizona, in such cases made and provided. associate ourselves in business as body corpo- rate, in the manner and for the purpos- es hereinafter mentioned:
 l. Said corporation shall be named and known as the Warren Irrigation Company.
 2. The principal place of transact ing the business of this company shall be at Dry Lakes, Navajo County, Ari- zona, and the board of directors may establish such branch offices either within or without the State of Arizona as may to them seem desirable 3. The general nature of the busi- ness to be transacted by said company shall be as follows:
 a. To purchase, lease, construct, own use, operate, manage, control, rent, sell or otherwise dispose of pumping, heat light and power plants, four and saw mills, bridges, stores, lime and cement plants, viaducts, pipe lines, reservoirs, dams, irrigating and drainage systemf, ditches, canals, roads, tramways, tele- graph and telephone lines, forwarding and transportation by wagon or other conveyance, to build and maintain shops, houses, buildings, stores and bridges, and to do any other act or thing that a natural person might or could legally do, and it is hereby ex pressly provided that said company may acquire, own, lease, purchase, occupy, use or develop, rent, sell or otherwise dispose of any lands, lakes, waterways or water rights, range or domestic stock, agricultural products, either by and for itself or jointly with or for other corporations, firms or individ- uals.
 b. To carry on the business of irri- gation, land reclamation and agricul- ture, stock raising and the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be deemed, taken or held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation.
 4. The duration of this corporation shall be twenty-five years unless re- newed. The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of a certificate of ln- corporation by the Arizona Corporation Commission.
 5. The amount of the capital stock of this corpoi ation shall be twenty thousand dollars ($20OO0) divided into twenty thousand shares of the par val ue of one dollar each. And said capital stock shall be paid up at the date of is- suance or at such time as the board of directors may designate, in money, property, labor or any other valuable right or thing, and the judgment of the board of directors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 6. The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be ex empt from seizure and sale for the pay ment of all corporate debts except as limited by law.
 '. The greatest indebtedness or lia- bility to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be two- thirds of it's capital stock actually paid in.
 8. The business of this corporation shall be conducted by board of seven directors to be elected at the annual stockholders meeting on the first Mon- day of October of each year and to serve until their successors are elected and qualify. The following persons shall constitute the first board of di- rectors: James Brinkerhoff, l.. l.. Bates P. A. Bushman, Lehi Howard, T. W. Brookbank, Elmer Gardner, all of Dry Lakes, Navajo County, Arizona, and John A. Hunt of Snowflake, Arizona.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 12th day of June, 1912.
 JAMES BRINKERHOFF
 l.. l.. BATES.
 P. A. BUSHMAN.
 LEHI REWARD.
 JOHN BUSHMAN. ET,MER GARnNER