Articles of Incorporation--typed

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Know all .~omen by these ·~reeenta that we r ~vt. H. ~hc:n,iok, Ja.rnes "1. Norvell, .;t.lltrun

a

.

Jenkins nd Ralph h~nok, den1r1ng to

for:

a Company

und~x

tho namo

and

for

the

p~poaee

hereinafter

ment•

ioned in acoordanoe 1 tb the prov1si<'ms of the lm"~t3 of the Stat~ of

Colorado 1n that oase

made and provided

do hereby make

Si~~

and

Ac-*no

ledb~

in dupl1oata

tbia

certificate of Incorporation and a re

-quired 1. y ._.a,id a

a

of Oolo;rado

.e

h :rein mako the ~ollowing St

tements:

Fi,ra)

'the N· o of our ~id Company $hall be the lUff nd latte V~.lloy Di toh Oom any •.

,SRoong

The object

tor

wh1on the Saia Oo pany 1a organized 1s for the purpaee of construot1ng a d1 toh tc:> c;onvey wa.ter f :ro the Stre · known aa the Oouth latte ~ver, to be used for irrigating land, and

for ll1ng ~·1soator1a1 and Domestic

·u.r

ose&, n.nd fo;: tha purpose of

making. foroing, operating and maintaining

a

ate~

of

P~aervo1rs

aloq;

and unuer the line of id D1toh.

The Said Dltch

1& to begin at a

point

deec~1bed

ae follows;

Comracrw1ng at a point on th:e Bo:rt 1 ibnk of the South latte 1ver at J..

or

near the

center of the

aouteeat

uarter (

E¢)

of the

Southeast (

ri) ot Beot1on T~enty-!ive

(25),

~owneh1p Mine

(9)

North

,

Ran 7ifty-t O·

(52)

·aet of the

sixth

r

.

a

.

,

thence runnin 1n

a

Xo~therlr

direction

to .. point near the Soutbaaa t OOl'ne::e of the northeast ( lo... ). uarter o

ection Thirteen (13),

Twp

.

Nine

(9}

North, Ig

.

Fif

y

-

two

(52)

e&t

,

thence l'Unnin&; iu s. ~orthenaterly d1rect16n to

n.

point net'.J: tbe

North-west Corner of

section

b1rtr-s1~

(36),

Twp

.

~leven

(ll) North

,

Rg

.

»orty-nin~(49)

.est

.

aid Ditch

to

be tr~rty

(30)

feet w1de

on

tb

bottom

with Ebnka

loping 1 to 1

and

of

sufficient

capacity to oovey

five teet o! ~ate~ 1n deptb.

The

w~te~

to

be conveyed through

Sn1d

Ditoh,

1

e to be ueod

for the

pu~posea of lrr!g t1on l~da and oonauuot1ng ~eae:rvoi%s

and.

for lt1ecatorial Domesti,O and W.lUng uu;rposeB &long the l1ne of id

Ditch.

fifth

The Or pit l Stock or ~n.id Company ahall be One r-undred Thou a and CwlOO 1000. 00) olla.r• •

.:--~~»

'fh& Said Company shall exiat fo~ the t().rtn

ot

Twenty Ye a. even;t~

1he atfa1ro of Said o~ e~y shall te managed

by

three

dircctoro

and

.

•

H

.

hencr

,

James

•

. orvell

·nd ; • •

Jenkins s ll

e

the

Director

for

tn

first

yoar

and un il thelr

coessors

are

Elect~. and

qualified and

enter upon

their

autiee

.

;t;itlh~!l

he ~incipal ffioe of

the

1d Oompany shill be

in

tne

To

n of

Sterling in the County

of

eld

and

Stato

of Oolorado

.

•l'ho Olt Gil of &a1d Co npeny n

1 bo

C!~tt Ct1

ln

tho County of ~old o.nd. in tt o s ·

t·

of Colol'

orn of

d 00tr -~y r cu~ wa~tJ

r ont1 l -1 .. the , y dee rA BG fo:r t 1e .

th atfa1lt'

ot

tho Oa1d. ' m nny.

In o tim y

ter(1ot

tlo O.bGY l®o:rp 1ta.t~s h

tbe1~ h3.lld(\

and

o:llo to 11 a

cort1tto .

t& of lnoot'po~titl n th1 lOth dny

ot

'"'Y' A. ·l. l.S • ...

Art1Qle

lst ....

Corpozate llaue.

The Corporate

-

N~~e

or

the

Company

s~ll

be

aG

ntated in

the vert1 ioate of -Inuorpo.ta.tion,

•:.t·ne

tl1ff nnd ... --la.tt~ Valloy Ditch

Com.pany. ''

A~t1ole

2nd -

Objocta.

T"ne objeots of the Oo.mp~.ny shall be an stated in the ~ertifioate of Incorporation.

A~tiol.e

Jrd

-

!f.eet:t.ng

ot

1Jtockboldo~a.

&ec • · Annu~l Meot1na

ot

the Stockholders

tor

tha

Election

of

Directol's a.nd othe:r

purposes

she.ll

oo

helJ. at the

oti'loo

of

the

Company 1n the Town of Sterling, ~eld County Colorado, afte~ tea day& publio not1oe next ede~e<~ng S~id

¥eeting

in one o! the weekly n~wepapera published in Said Town, on th~ laat £atul"dn.y in Peoom.oor of each year

of

1ta existence,

at

3

O'Clock r.

~.

fU?.Q, 2 li'

for any

:roaaon

tlte

annual ttleeting shall not

oo

hold on

the

diy

f1xed,

i t

w1ll be

the

duty of

-

tho

P

res1dont to call

a lA&\tting

e.s prescribed. in sec 1. of this article.

t~~c~~

At all

meetings

of Stockholders, $majority of

the

Shares

of ~tock issued of the CompP~Y must

be

rep~e~ented

by

pe~son or

by

proxy

,

Art1ole 4th -

'Di:eeotoll:a

.

asp., ._ The D1:rectoo:·s of the Oompany shall be El••ted anll\ially, aa

pl'oV1d&d in At t1ole '$.d of the eo iiy

laws

.

Wlitt ~ After suob Ele.c tions_, the

ao

d of D1l:eQto~o eh&J.l

elcot,

A l'tooident₇ Vice•t>residen:~, Secret.tU"y and ~r.ceaaur-e:r of tho Eot:U"d and. C<;>mpuny and Ou.ob oth¢;c Ofiioe~a

as

may

oo

neoenaary.

s§lq., ..

't

Said. Qffioe~& sha.ll be eleoted for one year or until the next ann~"l.). Election or UJ\111 the1r 2u.coeeso:rs axe e.t.eQted and

qunli:t'i ed.

~s

•

.

5

11l& UO~d

of

Di~eotor$

Shall

ag~ee

annuallY

on the amount

of

halary

that

each

director

and

office:

o!

the

O~pany.and Boa~d

shall reoqive

pet

annum;

and

the

vom

p

ony

shall

pay

the

eame

quarterly

or monthlYJ whioh salary sh:i\ll be a fair an:l libe~al compensation for

een1oea renua~ed by ~aoh resptotively, lb:t, no ezorbl~nnt salary shall

be allowed.

Seo. ;~ It nball be the

duty

of the DireotQr$

to

roquil'O of MY ot!ice:r- or etlployee; .Jonde-u1 th Sureties in sueh amow\t as they may

-2-pee.

1

J.!onthly atings of the rd shall be beld on the last

Saturd y of each month. at the offiee of the oompany, at such hour

as may be dea· "natcd by n notto& to ench director by the ·earetaxy,

ol~ f>teaident lien tbaro io ou.oinesa tr be t:a.naaoted ·on auoh day. sec,~ · et1ngs of th a.rd y oo held any day oatween the Z£ont y ee inga, ihen t;; e bua1 eaa

ot

the compo,ny requ1roo them on

e same not1oe being given-directors a9 pe~

montuly

eatings. l

mcctlng sbn.ll b huld at the office of the ~om ,any.

ueo.

2

All va ~nc1es

oe

euring

shall bo tilled by a vote of a majority of there

ainin merobera

of the

Boar

•

l~t1cle 5th - ffioars,

fa;Q.r ' '1'ba ~">~e . .tdent slla.ll be

the cniet exeout

1

ve oft1oe.r o:r the

Cott' .n)'. He ohal l sign all otfioinl ra. &:rc of the om. any, and unde.r

tbe directA>onn of t 1v --~< d of Dir .o~ore ha.ve general supervision of

the b~stnecs of the Oom any. Shall m e out a

full

~~port

or

the

same nd raoont the e~ at each ar~~al election.

~92• ~

ln tho

absence

or

inability

of

tile ~aaldent

to

dtsoh~

tb\) ut1ee of the

Of:f1ooi

the Vice .tr.cs1dont shall aot in his ;.\lace, ane ho.v arui exe:rct so aJ. the power

ot

tbe res1dent.

:ec

.

~ It sb ll be the

duty

ot

tht:.

Oec:reta:r

t~ keep G. ~u.s.- .c~ tawe record and account of all t.rancactions of tha Comp~ny and Bo of ~1rectoro• and eign a.U prwars o:f tlle company :reqUiring tb.e aame. and a!fix the seal of th~ oornpnny to all o:f'f1o1a.l documents nd

ce~tif1caten of Stock issued; nild Shull oolleo nll nssea~ente and

money due the co~pany ~ d ay the camo over to the Treasure~ t ·1ng

hie· l'eceipt fo the samE); e.nd lih~all a ~e a ~aport o:f tl1e business by

him a

any

time

requ1rod

by

the

P

resident

o~

Board of

otors

.

~~c.

!

The 'r:rea.surer ohall be the custodian

ot

an~ tecetvo all

moneys, bonda, votes and otlle:r p:-ope:rty of the company; sha.ll give

bonds ~r1 such aurn as the boa .. :d oi di~ec tors mny require tor the sate

keeping nnd proper

ucoounting

for the S· e; shall

pay

out money only

upon prgper vouchers certified

oy

aec-:ctax-y end president; shall

transfnt propeJ>ty only upon o:rde1.· oi' the resident

anu

ilieotors of the

Coapany,

make

a

report

annually, or as often as may

be

~equired by tne ree1dent or board of

d1ueotora

.

~tiel

6th

-

certif1oates

of

Stock.

~.

l

e~tific~ten

of

took hall

be

tseued

under

tbe .e~i

of

tl1e ompnnym and signed 'by the es1dent and seareta.ry of the Oomp ny.

No t:r & e ... of Otock shall e e.llo ed e1oept on return and oa.ncellation of the old oert1f1oate, an the ·~rotary aball have th old oert1f1oate can 1 eci oo ore si n1ng a na one.

sgg

.

g

Ea

oh

Eight .~ndred llars

(

$S

OO

.

OO}

ot

O

took

ot

txteen

(16)

"Jharos of' 1fty Dollars (~50·

oot

ee.ch shall ropreaent one and 44/100 oub1o feet

of

~ater per eeoond of time.

:.1gg,. j nuu:-a oball not be e.told o:t 1seued re took than the

Artiole ~{th.

§~o, 1 In cJse of ~rei ty

ot

ater from any oaustJ the

wa

t ~r shall

be oheoked ro. ratio by the :Ji.aox·intendent, who shall have full

charge of ;; ll heud gntee subjeo t however to tho board of Direc()o:ra. ·

.

s " 2 :ill Stoo·· 1st u and aR sttown by the Booka of the Comp~:m.y hnil-·be aeseanad to ay ell rep" :ra and for all other necessary

e .penaea of the ompany.

,£.-e,o,

J

ln cas~ any Stockholder shall fn..tl or re::f'use to p~y his naeaem~~nt in th,§irty (30) da.ys after eseeas .ents u:re made• hio stock: shall be sold. to the highest bitdder for caah. Tho a.t.HJefSsmonta 1) 1d

and oalonce of money if any paid ove:- to Said stoo~ hol4er or enough atook $Old to pa.v his aa~·oasuen,t. · .

A~t!cle Sth.

l'hese tJY- o. o a.y be al t re , ar...ende , modiiied o1· ·\ad d to

by

the

oteo

o!

~

njor1ty

of

the bo·

a

of ircctors at y

o

tbly

eating of the. boar of

directors

.

4_{he operation of the y: By}

r solution duly entel'e on the mil'lUte$ be temporal"ily suspended by

the unanymoua vote

of

a quto~w of

tne

•

but

such

resolution

shall eapreaa th(l objuct of such suspension of ouoh by .... la:. e r1U t ... e

length of ti~v shall be su :~nded. No ioe must have been given at a

previoue metJtitlJ, <-nu not acted upon fo~ at l· ast one we.ek frorn the

time of such n

o

ttoe,

or any alterations or additions, and

the

secretary

ohall enter such al t rat;i no, ohange or ad i U.on

ot

by-lawn in ~he

r oo

r

d.

.

6ffienggento tg

~- PJ·~tolgs_o£ !Q09iU~retAQP ~Q~ soc-~u9·

.and

"'

.

.

At a ... ~Gating of the ::>too holders of th . Company held

edneaday, l.ug. 1 ,

1aa6

..

Resol v&4~: Th~l t a.l.l of the stock non 1 soued

includlllg tb:t issued to d~Y be held as baing ~od for water f~om this

Co. 1_{a ditch at tho :rate of}

₁₆

_-aha.rec

_{.1-0r each &0 acre wator .right, Lut}

th&t ~ft~r rLl

't

he capital stock of the uoupnny hes been i~sued s

.fot"esaJ.d, ~~t then n. ret".d.justm~nt chall be ms.~.e ':if the ca.pi

t

..

l s took

~nd ea..td otock shell bu equally diV1do by the n~1ba:c o ro ;.cr llater

:1ghts in aaid ditch, or oarr~~d by said ditch, and the present

holders

of e-;ock sllall be etlt1 tlec.!. to thQ numb

r

of eh~er; under· 6UCh readjust-mant a sn.:.ll entitle them to the Game amount of tr~ter i':rom said. d.i tob

~

tncY,

e

now

entitled

to at

tho

r~ta

of ene &0

~ro

ator

r1

6

ht !or

each 16 aha eo.

At

~

Director•

oeting

hald at

·tcrlin~.

Colcr&dQ, Jan

.

i~ 1

l8S7

f on mot1 on the bY""lff.wa of th~ Go. wer~ am0nd&d as follows; ~ee,, 3U'or J!.t;,t-; 2, mended to :ea.d 8

_n.

_ttti.jori

ty of the h~.I'as of stock 1SGU6d •

.~9,..,

5

Qf, .. A£t, ,4 ended to read u

e

Board of Directors shall fix

'the .compenelltion ':If officers nd agentr-J cf the o. ·any from time to

tiwc

~o they

shall eee

fit. r~ the

oect1on

a i t staada

in the

by-laws

was

:repealed

.

At a Stockhold4rs ~otinm at the o. •s Office in

Denver,

olo. feb. 23, l B7 pw:/iuant to oall of the Eo rd of i:tecto:rs ade by

virtue o! Resolution of said a-d. on o.

29,

laSS

.

n ent o! t e

Art1oles of Incorpo.rataon as follona:

i'irJU,, to cha.nf)e the ~:>rincival office of said Oo :.t, any tro • the to n of

Sterling to the c1 ty of. Den~er ₁ a.nd,

.A)COll~X' to ohange

tue

n bcr

ot

ireotoro from three to live.

At a eo1al ' ct!ng o the Stockholders of the Company,

bo~ld at the let. at•l nk, Sterlin 1 olo. , Feb.

15,

l~ -

Resolved

:

That

500

aba!'Oo of the cap1 tal took ot.· the l1f1' & ... latta V n.lle y itch Co. bo wd t . .te S"' e are he:coby ret1red atl.d canoell d. 'I'ho evidence of

these

500

ebues is oerti:f1oate No. 1 6 of Baid Company, no, is in the

posGeG ion of H.. • a , oretary, of o id CoJ .,.any. in whom !a vested by tho .... tioncol Life no. o. the lloldct of such ccrt1f1oate, power to

oano l a d ret1pre the ~c. The cnnocllation of thla oert1f1cato 1s

for. th~ purp.osc of reduoing tho oa.pi tnl tcck o"l said the Ili!f & l "'tto

Valley

tob

co.

from

,100,000

.

00 to

~75,000.00, and fro.

theo

date

the

o~/1tal of said, the 111ft

&

Platte Vnlloy itch o. nhall be ~75,000.00

tt:ld uhal ... be cv1donced by 1500 ~b ea of cn.pti 1 stock no 1a$ued and

outst

nd1n •

It is

further roaolvod

th t the Oi~eetora of aa1d, the

lliff and l tte Valley Dit b o. are he eby authorized and cUrocted to

oancol said above mentioned oettif1onte o.

lOS

of the Iliff

&

lGtte

Valley

Oitob

o

.

for

500 ~ha:ee

of

the

onp1t l

etook

thereof

and

order

the eoretary of naid Co. to p!\ste the oQ.n.oellod certif1oate on the

p~oper tub of the stock book.

.

~

put to vote; and 1n votin on the above

resolution

1796

hares of stock were voted for $n1 re olut1on# nd none against. The Presid

-ent of a"•id .}eet1ng tllen declared the resolution oarri d.

At a Opeci l ?reetill{; of the ~tooltholders of the Iliff

& .. >t.a.tto Valley Ditch Com nny held in uterli g, Color do, on April

2l.

1904, motion w s m&!o th·"t the atoakholdel'e proceed. to vote by ballot

tha.t th cho.rter of tni Oorpora.t!.on be rene ·ed a.nd extended from

~lY lOf 1904 fo~ a 6~iod of 20 ye~G; whtch wa aeoonded and wa out

to s. vote and as carried; hieh vote a

·ug

then taken a.nd 1·esul ted as

follous: for rene 1

SJ7,

against renewal - nona.

•noti on

w s

mode and sea onded th t the 1.: resident nd.

eQ:ret·

ry

prooe

at ono~J to getting the ch tllr o:f' the o.mpsny x-cne'.fed,

whioh ae

carried.

ten .~nual tocijholdara eating OA the Iliff arl llatte Valley Ditch Co. held at the itrot •tion~ ~nk, ~terling. Coloro·o,

..ia.rch

6.

190

•

the f'ollowin 1 reooJ.ution tta.s int~oducod and u.pon mo~ion

m e ra.nd seconded a& adopted • • esolved: 'l'"na.t tne by-le.us of the Iliff

and .latte Valley · 1

ton o

.

b SJ:4endod by the adoption o1 the !ollo 1ng

by-laws

and ro8~at1ono.

o

shuse O% share~

of

toot

oi

oortifioate

of

toe s , ll. be t?ans:f'errc upvn th& ok." of h s compo.ny by the d.-rot y or any other o!fio

r

or pereon until all asa~samenta levied there-on prior to and at the tiDe

let

the .oaignment of such otook shall be paid.

A an adjourn d ual Lieettn of the Stookholdei'n of the Iliff and la to V:r.lley Di

c.l

Co. , hold ttt 'terling Colorado, .Ap~1l 24,

1909, the folto 1n ~ resolut1on waa adopted by a unanimoua vot - That

l l h a.dga.tc~ no in use on se1d 1 toh mld c.ll heada;atee he.reaifter put

in, be of ~ttcel. And the Outlets of Vitrified .icl ~1th cement brick

he<!.dm. 'i'he kind and size to be determi.1"3L by the '.i.l'd of Directors

Said ~ork to be QOmmenced as

eoon

D.$ a t$r is turned out of the 01 tch

in t· e f l l of

1909

.

/~t n annual ee·~.~1ng

ot

tho atookholdera o"' tbe Ilif! &

•'l tte alley D1 ton Co, held e.:rch 4~

1911,

in the !<l:rmera room at the

Logan

County o~rt

House

,

Sterl!n~,

Oolo.,

it was t~oved,

aecondBd

and

carried that one half of th1 e ye- e ~ essments bQ <iue the first day of

April. end that the other h lf be due the t'i:ret day of ·Jt.tlY 1911. ~lso

.\toVGti, aeeondad nd o ried tlla.t :!.11 aaceasments that become d~li quent

in the futul'e nh ll r interest :rr the t1. c of delin uency until

p 10. .. t the rate of ten po:r cent per annum.

Direoto~s eet1n# o ~he Iliff

&

latte Valley Ditch o.

held in ~terling, Colo. on

t

.

ll, 1913, 1 t as

e..limm

that all e be s

of the Eoard Mvinb l·a.d pt<o""es not10f3 L.,f thi e meeting and of the purpose

for hie 1 1

t

a.a Called, 1 t was moved a.nd sooonded tllf).t the office

ot

th s ·omp..,.ny ee o· nged to Iliff, Color· o. ! .. otion duly carx1ed. It was

moved and seoondod that the d~Y of the ann~al eetln of thia CQmpany

be oh n

ed

to the first t~d y ~fter t~e 15th dfrY ol ~eb~ua~y of e h

At n. : oo\1ns

ot

tnu

~1.:td of %'eoto:rs

Q:

the 111ft and

Platte YnUrsy Dl ton Oo-r hOld f&tly !l;, 1921, at St'O~ling, Colorad.o,

J./$

the

~~o~o~y

wee

1nGt~ted

to not,fy all

~b~~ d$l1aqu~nt

on

th~1r

u.au~u&moa.tta, of tbo

amount

d~~, and

not#.tr

the 41 t~h w1d.£t~

_to

ohu.fi

ett

1_{t1ttt.CJ' OU.} thos.e _wh<;rOO a,~$0il~U'trJ _htt.VQ n4)\ \JetlO. pQ;14.,

At.

a

t~ettn1; of th• &>o.:.-'<1

:ot

lll.rOQ to~c of t.hti lll.ff and

~"'lo-tte Valley

m

tell ~or;..,nn.y, \'thiOb. w:1a beld. nt cll1ff vclorado,. Feb.

l.:J,

1;24.,

1~tt..toly at~e1: thf'J o1o~o

of

tho atookhol.d.e~a•

t:octtng

a ilotion wr~ t::m.dO tht!t the ~co~.fl..ti::t.tion of tho tatoekhold.cta•

sef#t1fi6

ot

tbi0 d..~ to

oo

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