El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
LegaI Nohces
WATER USERS' NOTICE.
notice Of Election to Amend Articles
Of incorporation and of Flee
lion Of Officers.

Notice of Election to Amend Articles
Of incorporation and of Flee
tiOn Of Officers
whereas, The regular election for a
President and Vice President and nine
Governors OF the El PasO Valley Water
e SerS association is due on the first
Tuesday in January, 1914. as provided
Dy the Articles Of Incorporation Of said
Association, and
Whereas, At the time said Associa-
Llon was incorporated in March, 1905. it
was deemed advisable TO elect the mem
Ders OF the Board Of Governors, as
wen as the President and Vice Presi-
dent from the Ell PasO Valley Irriga-
tion district at large and therefore the
articles Of Incorporation provided for
such election at large, and
Whereas It is customary IN other
irrigation districts to elect the men,
bers Of the Board of Governors from
districts, thereby affOrding an oppor-
Iunlty 70 the water users in all sec
uons Of the irrigation district to be
represented on the Board Of Governors,
and
Whereas Members Of the FL Paso
Valley Water Users Association have
expressed their desire that this AssO-
citation shall hereafter elect its gov
errors by districts and not at large,
Whereas, The Articles Of Incorpora-
ton can only be amended at regular
stockholders meeting,
Now, Therefore, be ii Resolved by
me BOARD or Governors Of the FL PaSO
valley Water Users Association.
]. That notice be and the same is
hereby given that at the regular an
nuaI meeting OF the stockholders to be
neld at the Chamber Of Commerce in
the City Of FL PasO, Texas, on the first
tuesday in January, 1914, same being
the sixth day Of said month, there
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters at such meeting for their ap-
proval or rejection, the following pro
posed amendment TO the Articles Of
Incorporation Of this Association.
Amend Article z, Section .. so as to
hereafter read as follows Section ..
Each Governor and the President and
Vice President shall at the time of
his election, be the owner of lands
situated within the Irrigation District
described in these Articles, to which
shares of stock Of this Association are
appurtenant, and shall also be resi-
dent Of the FL PasO Valley Irrigation
District That the Irrigation District
shall be divided into nine gOVernator-
1al districts as nearly equal in voting
population under the articles and by-
laws Of this Association as shall be
practicable. The division Of the irri-
gaIlon district INTO governatorial dis
trlcts shall be made and altered from
time 10 time by the Board of Govern
Ors TO meet the requirements of this
section No person shah be eligible TO
the office Of governor from any gov
eruarOrlal district unless ne shall be
the owner OF lands situated within such
gOVernatOrlal district TO which shares
Of stock Of this Association are appUr-
tenant.
.. If at said election a majority of
The votes cast shall be in favor OF the
proposed amendment to the Articles Of
moor poraLlOus Such proposed amend
menL shall be forthwith submitted by
the President of this Association to
the Secretary Of the Department of
the Interior Of the United States for
his approval and II approved by the
Secretary of the Interior the same shall
De forthwith filed with the proper req
reSentatiYe of the State of Arizona in
a 10 al ri
fled copy thereof in the office OF the
Secretary Of State of the State Of Texas.
AT such election the votes shall be by
DdllOL ara each ballot shall contain
written or printed thereon the words,
For the proposed amendment" or the
words, against the proposed amend
ment," and shall have written thereon
the name Of the voter casting such bal
lot. The polls in such election shall be
opened at o'clock p m and shall re-
main open until o'clock D. m. and the
executive committee shall, within ten
days Of the date Of the adoption of
IleSe resolutions, appoint from among
the members Of this Association, three
Judges 70 preside at said election and
10 conduct and make returns Of the
same and notice Of such appointment
shau be entered upon the minutes of
this Association and posted publicly
at the office Of this Association and in
the OIIlce OF the Secretary of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, and the returns Of
such election shall be promptly made
by the election officers on the same
day Of the election and notice Of the
result thereof given out publicly to
LuOSe assembled at the place Of cleo
ton as soon as the result thereof is
known. but no votes shall be examined
or counted until the polls are closed.
3 In order that the incoming Board /
Of Governors may be elected in &C
cOrdance with these resolutions the
regular election Of President, Vice /
President and Board Of Governors
n1H nd e.
poned until the second Saturday in |
February, 1914. same being the 18th
day Of said month.
Z. No person shall be entitled to 1
vote at such annual stockholders |
meeting to be held on January 9Th. 4
1919, or at such stockholders meeting /
ana election TO be held on the 18th day I
OF Eepruary. 1914, VINO does not pos
sess the following qualifications:
la) Shall be, at the time of the cleo j
uons the owner Of at least one share
~ capital stock Of this Association and /
sna1 nave been the owner thereof. as J
SHOWN by the books of the AssOciat ton.
Ior ar least twenty days before such {
election, provided that the owner of /
any acre Of land situated within anv
or the governatOrial districts within
salq FL faso Valley Irrigation District.
as herein provided for. which land was
signed Up and accepted by this AssO-
citation under the Articles Of IncorDOra-
Lon Inereof within the first fOrty-five
thousand acres so signed shall be for
70 be the owner of q share Of capitaI
stock Of this association for each acre
OF land so owned by him and hereto
1ore signed and accepted for water
rights, provided however. that such
land shah be situated within the 81 I
Easo valley Irrigation District
CD Shall be Of the age of twentv-one /
years, or more, and Of sound mind.
Co BE shall not be entitled to vote (
II The land 10 which such shares Of
STOCK are appurtenaut shall be in ar
-ears for any assessment heretofore Z
made by this Association or the Board I
Of Governors thereof.
ld) He shall not be entitled to vote !
unless he IS registered as the owner of
lands Or shares Of stock entitled to I
vote. as set forth in clause of this 1
Section and registered at the office of
Iiils Association at Room SO in the
] ierald Building in the City of FL Paso I
before the first day of January as
nerelna1rer prescribed
D. the Secretary and Assistant !
secretary Of this Association shall. on
me 10th day Of this month (to-W-it De-
eember 10Th. 1879 at Room 80 in the
Herald Building in the City of FL Paso.
open books for the registration of all Z
Of this Association claiming /
10 be the owners of land which was
signed up and accepted for water
rights within the first forty-five thou
sand acres under the Articles Of TDeor 1
r