The Grange advance., 1874-07-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF TEE
OF TEE
GRANGE ADVANCE PRINTING to.

Know all men by these presents: We,
The undersigned, do hereby associate OUR
selves together and become incorporated,
and do hereby adopt the following articles
of incorporation pursuant to the statute in
such case provided, to-wit:
First. The name of this corporation shall
be the Grange Advance Printing Company.
The general nature of its business shall be
the printing and publishing and selling oi
newspapers, and a newspaper to be known .
as the GRANGE ADVANCE, and job printing,
and the establishing and carrying OH o:
Grange publishing house, and genera
printing and publishing business, and
bcok-binding, and blank book manuiac~
| turing and the selling thereof, and the
principal place Of transacting its business
Shall be at Red Wing, Minnesota.
Second, The time OF commencement OF
said corporation shall be the eighteenth
l8th) day ofJune, 1874, and the period Of
continuance thereof shall be twenty years
from and after said date.
Third The amount of capital stock OF
said corporation shall be twenty-five thou
sand dollars, to be paid in in such sums
and at such times and in such manner as
may be provided by the bylaws of said
| company.
Fourth. TIE highest amount of indebt-
edness or lia@sity to which said corpora
| ton shall at any time be subject shall be
| |S2. .000) two thousand dollars.
Fifth. The names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this corpora
| ton are: b. B. Herbert, residing at Red
| Wing, Minnesota; and T. T. Mann, resid-
| ing at St. Paul, Minnesota and E. J.
Hodgson, residing at Red Wing, Mime
sofa.
! Sixth. The names of the first Board OF
Directors are: T. T. Mann, B. B. Herbert
and E. J. Hodgson. And the government
of said corporation and the management OF
it's affairs shall be vested in board ofthree
directors, who shall be elected the first
Monday in July in each year and the Off
GERS of said corporation shall be presi-.
dent, secretary and treasurer.
Seventh. The number of shares in the
capital stock Of said corporation shall be
one thousand of twenty-five dollars each.
In testimony whereof, We have hereunto
set our hands and seals this, 18th day Of
June, A. D. 1874.
| (Attest.)
w. C. Wl111srcS, B. B. HERBERT, (Seal j
W. H. PUTNAM, T. T. MANN, (seal.} )
HENRY c. JAMES. E. J. HoDGsoS, (seal. )
E. S. GoRMAH, as to T. T. MANN.
State Of Minnesota,
County of Goodhue. S.
Be it known that on the 18th day oi
June, 1874, before me personally appear
ing came B. B. Herbert and E. J. Hodgson, !,
to me well known to be the same persons as
the signers and sealers of the above and
foregoing instrument, and they each in due
l form Of law acknowledged that they exc
cuted the same for the uses and purposes
therein expressed.
w. C. WILMsroS,
Notary Public, Minnesota.
State Of Minnesota, S.
County of Ramsey.
! Be it known that on this 10Th day Of June,
1874, before me personally appearing came
T. T. Mann, to me well known to be the
same person as the signer and sealer of the
above and foregoing instrument, and he
in due form of law acknowledged that he
executed the same freely and voluntarily
for the uses and purposes therein ex-
pressed.
H1NRY C. JAMES,
Notary Public, Minnesota