The Coconino sun., 1915-12-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COCONINO WATER
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 Know all Men by These Presents that we, c. H. Spencer, J. w. B. Cal houn and Gerard T. Wall, de hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation un- der the laws of the State of Arizona, and for this purpose do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorpora- ton:
 ARTICLE l
 The names of the incorporators and their Post Office addresses are as fol- lows:
 Name Address Post Office c. H. Spencer, Flagstaff, Arizona. J. w. B. Calhoun, Flagstaff, Arizona. Gerard T. Wall, Flagstaff, Arizona.
 The name of the corporation shall be and is:
 THE COCONINO WATER DEVEL-
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 The principal office and place of transacting business of this corpora tion shall be the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino County, State of Arizona, and it may have such other offices and places of business within or outside of the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors shall establish.
 ARTICLE II
 The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to-wit:
 To purchase, acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain reservoir and reservoirs, for collecting, im- pounding, storing and distributing water, for use of railroads, mines, mills, manufacturing establishments, business houses and hotels, and for use of the inhabitants of the counties of Coconino, and Yavapai, and of cities, villages and towns therein, and for public and private distribution, for irrigation and supplying mines and farmng neighborhods and stock rais- CTS with water, and for other benefi- cial purposes.
 To purchase, acquire, install, own, operate, and maintain private canal i, ditches, tunnels, fumes, acqueducts, and pipes or other water conduits, for conducting water from natural water courses or bodies to public or private reservoirs, and from such public or private reservoirs by such canals, ditches, tunnels, fumes, acqeducts and pipes, or other water conduits, to ranches, farms, railroads, mines, mills, manufacturing plants, business houses and hotels, and to stockraisers and other inhabitants of said counties of Coconino and Yavapai, and to the cities, villages and towns therein.
 To purchase, apply for, acquire, hold, sell, and transfer easements, rights of way, permits and franchises, from said counties of Coconino and Yavapai, or cities, villages, towns and municipalities therein, or from the Unted States Government and depart ments thereof.
 To enter into contracts with any other company, corporation, or corpo- rations, person, or persons, within said counties of Coconino and Yava- pal, for the purpose of obtaining, stor- ing, selling, delivering, measuring, and distributing water to consumers as aforesaid.
 To buy, own, raise, sell and use horses, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other stock, and purchase, hold, use and sell such real estate as may be necessary for the purpose of conducting such business.
 To purchase, improve, develop, hold and enjoy real estate in fee simple, and to lease, mortgage and sell the same in such parts or parcels, i'm proved or unimproved, and on such terms as to time and manner of pay ment as may be agreed upon.
 ARTICLE III
 That the total amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.- O0) and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided is Ten Thousand 100000, and the par value of each share shall be Ten Dollars ($10.O0), all of which said stock shall