Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CHA LAND, WATER AND CATTLE
COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS:
That we. the undersigned persons,
do hereby associate ourselves together.
for the purpose of forming a corpora
ton under the laws of the State Of
Arizona, and we do hereby provide
and declare the following Articles of
Incorporation, to wit
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The name of the corporation shall
be "GILA LAND, WATER AND CAT
TILE COMPANY" and the principal
place of business in Phoenix, Arizona.
(2),
The names of the incorpOrators are
Hugh S. Maxwell, whose postoffice ad
dress is Phoenix, Arizona; Charles W.
Smith. whose postoffice address is
Phoenix, Arizona; +. Louis thinner
man, whose postoffice address is Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
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The general nature Of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
poration shall be, as follows. to-wit:
To raise, rent, buy, sell, market, feed
dIlu uIpOllleSdlG llNSSlOCh. lO-Ntts
horses, cattle, mules, sheep, goats,
cows, calves, and to engage in trade
of every and all live stock. q.
To farm, lease, rent, trade, buy. sell
and hypothecatc real estate, and to
operate dairieS and maintain the same
To buy, sell, produce, raise, trade.
exchange and market farm products of
whatsoever nature necessary for the
maintenance, operation and promotion
of the general objects of this corpora
ton.
To build, equip and install pumping
plants and to develope water supplies
for irrigation purposes and for such
| other purposes as will tend to promote
| the general objects of this corporation.
To construct, maintain and operate
canals and irrigation bitches and nee
essary laterals in order to promote and
carry out the general intentS and well
fare of this corporation.
To sell, rent and lease irrigation
water developed by this corporation
| and to maintain pumping systems for
that purpose.
The authorized capital stock of this
corporation is Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars, divided into Twenty
| five thousand shares of the par value
| of Ten Dollars each.
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| The affairs of this corporation shall
| be conducted by board of three di-
| rectors and not more than seven. and
| Hugh S. Maxwell, Charles W. Smith.
| and T. Louis Zimmerman. shall hereby
| constitute the first board of directors
of this corporation, and they shall hold
office until their successors are elected
and qualified
| The annual meeting of the stock
| holders shall be on the first Monday in
January, and there shall be an annual
meeting of the stockholders on the first
Monday in January in each year there
after for the election of a board of di-
rectors and the transaction of such
| other business as may properly come
before such meeting. All vacancies
occurring in said board of directors
may be filled by the remaining mem
bers thereof, even though the same be
less than a majority.
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/ The time of the commencement and
termination of this corporation shall
be as follows. to wit; the time of COM
mencement shall be the date of the is
suance to it of certificate of incor-
poration by the Arizona Corporation
Commission. and the termination
.
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which the corporation is
at any time to subject itself is One
Hundred sixty thousand six hundred
and sixty-siX & 7-100 Dollars (sl66.-
666.6D, and the debts contracted or at
tempted to be contracted in excess of
the said sum shall be void
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holders of this corporation shall be
forever exempt from its corporate
debts
f. Louis Zimmerman, a bona fide
resident of the State of ArizosS for
three 90 years and more, whose post
office address is 212-214 Noll Building,
in said City of Phoenix, is hereby ap-
pointed and shall be the resident and
statutory agent of this corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have
hereunto set our hands and seals this,
the 9th day of December, 1918
HUGH S. MAXWELL,
CHARLES w. SMITH,
+. LOUIS ZIMMERMAN.
STATE OF ARIZONA,
| MARICOPA COUNTY, s. S:
On this 9th day of December, 1918,
before me, Charles j. McElroy, a No
tary Public in and for the County of
! Marlcopa, State of Arizona, personaiSS>
appeared Hugh S. Maxwell, Charles =.
Smith, and F. Louis Zimmerman.
known to me to be the persons de-
scribed in and who executed the fore
going articles of Incorporation, and
they and each of them acknowledged
to me that they executed the same for
the purposes and consideration therein
expressed.
WITNESS my hand and seal of Of
flee. this, the 9Th day of December, A.
D., 1918.
My commission exuires July 1, 1920.
CHAS. ]. McELROY,
Notary Public
Filed in the office of the Arizona
Corporation Commission this 9Th day
of December. A. D. 1913. at 1000 A.
NJ. at request of F. l.. ZIMMERMAN,
whose postoffice address is Phoenix,
Arizona.
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMITS