Daily globe., 1879-05-20
Articles ofIncorporation Of the La Crosse
and Omaha Railway Company.

To all to whom these presents shall come:
Be 1t known, that the undersigned PERSONS for the
purpose Of associating themselves together and FORM
the State of Minnesota, and more especially under
and by virtue Of Title One Of Chapter Thirty-Fo
of the General Statutes of said State and the several
acts amendaory thereof have adopted and do hereby
adopt, Articles of Incorporation as follows:
Article First-The corporate name Of the corpora
t1On shall be The La Crosse and Omaha Railway
Company. The general nature of the business of
this corporation is and shall be to survey, locate
struct maintain, operate and railway, with
or more tracks or lines of road and the equipment
therefor, with all necessary sietracks and turnouts
and all machine shops, warehouses, storehouses,
elevators depots, factories, buildings
| and convenient for the management equipment and
operation of said railway, from point on the west
bank of the Mississippi river, in the county of
Of La Crosse, in southwesterly direction. toward
Omaha, to the north line Of tho State of Iowa, with
such branches, turn-outs and lateral lines, as
may be found necessary or expedient for the con-
venient transaction of its business.
The principal place of transacting the business OF
this corporation is and shall be at the village OF
Hokah; in the county of Houston and State of Min.
nesota
Article second-This corporation shall commence
on the 9th day Of May, A. D. 1879, and shall contn
| ue for period Of one hundred years.
Article ThirdThe capital stock of this corporation
Is Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, five per cent o.
which shall be paid in at the time of subscribing tht
same, and the remainder in nstallments, not exceed
Ing twenty per centum at any one time, as ordered
by the board of directors.
Article Fourth-The highest amount of indebted
or liability to which said corporation shall at an
time be subject, exclusive of it's Indebtedness
secured by mortgage, of its property, shall be on
hundred thousand dollars. -
Article Fifth-The names and places of residenc
of the persons composing this association of incor
poration are as follows:
C.L. Golman, La Crosse, Wis.,; John Paul, L
Crosse, Wis., Alex Mcmillan, La Crosse, Wis; Johl
S. Medary, La Crosse, Wis.,; Joseph Clarke, L
Crosse, Wis.,; James McCord, La Crosse, Wis.,; c
: W. Thompson, Wells, Mimi; E. P. Dorival, Gale
donia Minn.; Wells E. Dunbar, Caledonia, MINI.
Article Sixth-The first board of directors of thi
corporation shall consist of the following named pei
sons, viz: G. L. Colmap. John Paul, Alex Mcmillan
John s. Medary, Joseph Clarke, James McCord,
W. Thompson, E. P. Dorival and Wells E. Dunbar
who shall hold their Offices as such until their sue
cessors are elected.
The officers Of said corporation shall be pres
dent, vice president secretary treasurer and an
+; | ecutive committee of five, who shall be annual
' elected by the Board of Directors.
II The government of the corporation and the maj
agement of its affairs shall be vested in board G
nine directors who shall be elected by the sockholi
, ers annually on the first Thursday in June.
: Until their successors are elected, @. l.. Colma
shall be president, Alex. Mcmillan vice presiden
Ellis B. Usher secretary, John s. Medary treasure
| and John Paul. @. L. Colman, @. W. Thompson, J,
seph Clarke, and Wells E. Dunbar executive con
mittee.
Article seventh-The capital stock of this corpor.
ton shall be divided into five thousand shares Of OF
= hundred dollars each.
: In witness whereof, we have hereunto set o,
hands and affixed our seals, at the city of La Cross
in the State Of Wisconsin this 18th day of May,