Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-14
Articles Of Association Of the 1.-THE
Lexington Intelligencer Printing
and Publishing Company.

We. the undersigned citizens of the State
OF Missouri, and residents Of Lafayette
county thereiR. hereby for ourselves, our
associates and SUCCESSORS. certify that we
associate together under the provisions of
chapter sixty-n!ne. title XXiV. OF private cor
p1rAtions OF the general statutes OF the State
OF Missouri. being article VII of chapter 81
OF Wa3ncr's Missouri statutes, as. aud to be
= corporation, by the corporate name Of
The Lexington Inteliigencer Printing and
Publishing Company" The objects for
which sueh corporation and company is
formed, and the purpose thereof, being to
conduct, do and carry on the business of
editing. printing arti publishing newsru-
per or newspapers in the city OF Lexington,
ID the county OF La:ayette AID State oil Mis-
souri,: also to print, bind and publish books
and pamphlets. and 10 do, print and publish
all joI, aud press%ork usually done in prTut-
ing Offices and establishments. all the bust
ness operation Of said company and corpo-
ration aforesaid to be carried on in said
city of Lexington. Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,. The capital Stock of such corpora
ton and rsinpany shall be fifteen thousand
dollars, and consist OF three liundrcd shares
of the price of fifty doiilrS per share. The
number OF directors of said company and
corporations shall be thirteen, and the fol-
lowing named persons and stockholders, TO
wit Alex. y. L.esueur. $. &. Wentworth.
WIN. Young, Joseph +. Smith, Benz. ID. Rag
land, DIR. n. NJ. Robinson. Jas. r. Groves.
Chris. Catron. VIM. Il. Steele. Geo. Z. Cor
don, Amos Graves, L. wis Neal, and David
Groves. shall be The directors of and man.
age the affairs Of such company and corpora
ton for the nrst year, AMI until their stic-
cessors are elected, Or appointed, and quail
lied. Said corporation and cOinpany may
anG shaii DC organized and 90 into practical
operation whenever rs mulch as six tl!ou-
sand dollars in stock Is subscribed to said
capital stock of said company, which has
been done. Ten per cent. on the price of
each share of stock Us aforesaid is TO be paid
at the time of Ibe subscription. the balance
to be paid as called for by the board of di-
rectors.
Witness our hands, this 10th day Of May,
A.. ID. 1873.
STATE OF MISSOURI, So.
Be it remembered, that on the tenth day
signed Notary Public. within and for the
county of Lafayette and State Or Missouri,
came the above named John s. Davis, NJ.
A. Steele. David Graves, james +. Groves.
Isaac Neale, Lewis Neale. Jr.. VIM. Young,
VIM. j. Pigott, Joseph +. Smith, Benjamin
u. Raglaud, Michael VI. Robinson, j. Ca;ron,
George $. McGrew. Henry L. Wallace.
stephen q. Wentworth, VIM. G. Neale and
Alex. A. Lesueur, who are personally Known
to me 10 be the same persons whose names
are signed TO the above and foregoing GER
~tilcate and article OF association and Incor-
poratiUn, Us corporatOrs and parties thereto,
and then and there seyeratly acknowledged
that they sigred, subscribed and executed
the same. for the uses and purposes therein
expressed.
- In tcsti oHy whereof. l hereunto
s,., sign my Eame and attiN my Sota-
~ rial seal At office in Lexington.
~ Missouri, the day and year last
Aforesaid.
\. F%IrZHUGI ALEXANDER.
Notary Public.