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Show July, 1949; and Aug. 17 of that year the sidering the proect completed, ordered the account with the ana we in Board of Directors Tanks" . osd. The total cost of the project, lig fence, $11,028.92. Of this amount lS , including con lIett land and receiyed$4,158.65 from the A.A.A (AAA); and the balance was collectedt'assessrnent of stock. (The cost ,just given d I sagr'ee s slightly frorri"the ledger account; but a few small items inadvertently coming in after the closing of the account, charged to the regular Assessment Acct., makes the actual cost as gi ven a bove}, Of course, this desilting process--the silt collecting in the into tlje Tanner Wash---removes matter in sus tanks is turned the but much of matter in solution reains in the ir pension; rigating stream. HISTORY OF THE ST, b'JSEPH-JOSEPH CITY IRRIgATION CO. Organization Earlier t ran 1886, there was no fSorIMlly organized St. Joseph Ir rigation Company outside of the United Order Company, which was or During these early years, the United Order ganized June 5, 1877. seems to hve been all-inclusive in directing the affairs of the vil lage, ecclesiastical and otherwise. Even before the United Order we organization was effected, local affairs were carried on by what of might call the Town Meeting §y-stem, under the general Leader-shi.p founding William C. Allen, the leader of the company of emigrants March 1876. however, Allen1s By 1886, or 24, Camp) St. Joseph (Allen much in its effect declined have to seems very Order United the System held January 7, 1886, it was iveness; and in a meeting of that Company themselves Ditch organize ,voted that "those interested in Dam and resolution being this record of no .find I into an Irrigating Company. such must ha ve been accompl.Lshed dur put into effect immediately; but date of April 6, 1895, Irrgation ing the same year, since unier of mention "By-la\'ls that were framed by the Company records make oi: Agreement" for Irrigating "Articles Ibard Dec. 30, 1886. (See Pnrposes at Allen, page 68). Inoonporation meetings of this Irrigation Co., These may have adopted March 9, 1893. Articles of Incorporation Seat of Apache County (Mavajpf been recorded at St. Johns, the County since $5.00 Co. in 1896) of division Apache County was created qy it August 29, 1894 , for the purpose. su bsc was According raised to early minutes of were rLpt.Lcn tu recorded in have our Articles of Incorporation a for the seal we purchase the Territorial Records"; also that be found to today this instrument is Company. Al t rough no copy of it is evident that the Co. records, in the St. Joseph Irrigation for $20,000.00---2,000 shares @ $10.00 incorporation must have been was voted "that He per share. ht Secondary water-ng . Re-incorpora t·10n F or II s" . -- fied of Incorporation wer Tho present Articles lor The occas10n 22 1915 , ation Commission A pr il r e t , a Rignts W for Secondary was to • poration provide h 1S 627 the Corpor sssond incor shares |
