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<br />ARTICLES �F I'�CGRPCRATIGN
<br />GAAND MESA RESERVGIR CG�'IPANY
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<br />� KNOVP ALL A�EN BY THESE FRESEN`:TS Tha.t we Collard Brother$; L. N.
<br />•. �armer, �. g. Ponsford, R. R. Cou�.ter, W. E. Renick, B. F. Luc�.s, �
<br />��i. T. Williams, W. F. Jurlburt, F'r Robbins, J. F. 8ullivan, E. Purdey,
<br />R. H. Da.y, Jia. Wh3tley, S. L. Purdey, R: L. ��ackeslee, J. M. Wa.lker..
<br />�J. Dtcg�.y, prescott West , W. V. F`ondg , W. VP. Morrieon, all of l�esa
<br />ounty Colorado, desiring to form a corporation under the name of �.nd
<br />fox the purposes hereinafter mentioned in accordance with the pro-
<br />v3sions of the La.wa of the State of . Colorado in thRt behalf made and
<br />prr�eided, do hereby make,sign, and acknowledge in duplicate this cer-
<br />tificate of ineorporation, and as required by the said laws of Calorado
<br />we hereby make the following statement:
<br />FIRST. The name of the said aorporation shall be The Grand l�esa
<br />Re s ervoi r Campany . -' .
<br />SECOND. The object for Rhich the eaid compa,ny is organized if for
<br />the purpose of arrestin.g and storing water (to be used for agxieultural
<br />purpo�es) in the lakes tributary to the hea.d of Kann�h Creek, which
<br />� discharge their waters through Kannah Creek in said County, by con-
<br />structin� and maintainin� dams.acro�s the several outlets thereof.
<br />THIRD. The capi.tal stock of saa.d cor�pany, sh�.11 be Ten.Thousand
<br />Dpllars, (�10,00�.00} divided into on.e thou��nd sha,res of Ten Dolla.rs,
<br />(�10�00) each.
<br />FOURTH. The term of its existence sha.l]. be twenty yea.rs.
<br />FIFT�i. �'he a.ffa.irs of the said company eha.11 be managed by five
<br />direotors, and D. �1. Co11P.rd, J. F. Sullivan, Ja.s. Whitley, B. F.
<br />Lucas and R� R. Coulter, shall be the directoxs, a.nd shall mana,ge the
<br />affaira of the eompany ior the first ye�.r of i.ts exietence, Pnd until
<br />their successors are elected P.nd enter upon their dutiea.
<br />�IXTH. The principal office of the gP.id company, sha.11 be P.t
<br />9chool House ��, in School District #4 of �a.id Me�a County, P.C. �.d-
<br />dress, whitewater.
<br />SEVENTH. The principal business of s�.id company shall be ca.rried,
<br />on in said Mesa County.
<br />_ EIGHTH. All of s�.id lakes and tributa.ries a.re s3tuated on the
<br />summit of the �ra.nd Mesa in said Mesa. and Delta Counties, and a.re the
<br />souree far RannR,h Creek, �.nd all the lP.nd to be irri�ated from the
<br />same, is eitu�,ted in Mesa. County. _
<br />NINTH. The w�.ter to be stored a.s
<br />from s�.id lakes through the said ��.nna.h
<br />the l�.nds to be irrigP.ted thereby.
<br />�.fores�id sh�.11 be conveyed
<br />Creek a.nd ite tribut�.ries to
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