Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-04-06
Articles Of Incorporation,
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CEDAR FALLS
Starch Manufacturing Company,
OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA.

II NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
| n That we, George A. Baker, willis 8. Garrison,
y Overman. Edwin Brown, A. g. Thompson, Jacos
min, all Of the Town Of Cedar Fa Is, Black Hawk 60 ,
State Of Iowa. do hereby associate ourselves together
body corporate under the corporate name Of the Ce
dar Falls Starch Manufacturing Company, with all the
powers enumerated in section thousand one hund
red and Hftyone Qi5 Of the Revision Of the 1850 Law
Of Iowa, and for the purpose aforesaid do hereby adopt
| the following articles OF incorporation: .f q. sr
ARTICLE l. The name Of this Association shall be
the Cedar Falls Starch Manufacturing Company, and
Its principal place Of business shall be the City Of Cedar
Falls, Black Hawk County. and State of Iowa.
ARTICLE The business Of this Association shall be
the manufacturing OF Starch, Guiding the erection
purchase OF the ry grounds buildings machine
ry. fixtures, &C., as we'll as the purchase 1.-THE
tera and the sale Of the manufactured articles and all
| other business connected Herewith. s#,s
ARTICLES The capital stock OF this association shall
be thirty thousand dollars to be divided into three humid
red shares Of the amount OF hundred dollars each
with the privilege Of increasing the said capital stock to
hundred thousand dollars Of thousand shares
Of the value Aforesaid whenever II shall be
sidered necessary by the Board OF Directors.
ARTcLR4. The capital stock shall be paid in at such
times and places and in such amounts the Board Of
Directors OF this Association shall direct
ARTICLE 5. This corporation shall commence imme-
dately on the signing Of these articles and shall
tuue for twenty years. with the privilege Of renewing by
the vote OF majority Of interest Of the stockholders
ARrlcLK 9. The officers Of this corporation shall
sist OF President Vice President Secretary and Treas
urer who shall be elected by the Board Directors
annually and Directors who shall be elected an.
nually by the stockholders the first Monday in April
In each year. IA
ARTICLE T. The duties Of said officers shall be to gov
ern and direct the business Of this corporation under
such Bylaws and regulations the Board Of Directors
shall from time to time direct.
ARTICLES This corporation shall not contract debts
to amount exceeding twenty five per cent. Of the
capital stock paid in .1
ARrrcLE9 The private property Of the stockholders
shall be exempt from corporate debts. "
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set hands
and seals this twenty fourth day Of March thousand
eight hundred and sixtysix.
Signed r..- GEO. A. BAKER,
WILLIS s. GARRISON,
J. NJ OvERMAN,
EDWIN BROWN,
.. .... A. G THOMPSON,
JACOB COLE
r. A. HOTCHKISS,
EDWARD TOWNSEND,
J. NJ. BENJAMIN.
STATE OF IOWA. ..
Black Hawk County,
Be remembered that this 4th day Of April A. u.
1866 before Notary Public in and for said County,
personally appeared g. A. Baker Wills 8. Garrison, A.
@. Thompson. J. NJ. Overman, Edwin Brown, Jacob
Cole. =. A. Hotchkiss, Edward Townsend and j. NJ.
Benjamin, to known TO be the Identical persons who
have subscribed the foregoing instr and acknow
edged that they executed the for the purposes
therein mentioned Of their own free will and accord
tsEAL1 CHARLES P. BROWN.
paw Notary Public.