Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION;

The name of this Corporation shall be the Mime
sofa Western Air Line Railroad Company, and the
object and the general nature of it's business is the
surveying, building, locating and constructing of a
single or double track railroad from some point on
the Northern Pacific Railroad, in the County of Otter
Tail, State of Minnesota, by the way of the Village of
Alexandria, in the County of Douglas Wimar, in
the county OF Kandlyoh, and Window, in the County
| OF Cottonwood, and thence to some point on the
southern boundary of the State in or near Jackson
county; and all such sde-tracks turn-outs, depot
grounds, depots, warehouses, elevators, machine
shops, car manufactures and other appendences
| as 1t may deem suitable or convenient for
the use and operation Of said railroad and
the operation thereof in receiving, storing and
shipping FREIGHT and in the transportation of passen-
gers and freight over said railroad. The PRINCIPAL
place OF transactng the business of said corporation
Is at Wlllmar, in the county Of kandiyohi State of
Minnesota.
ARTICLE TWO.
The time of commencement of said corporation
shall be the third day of March. 1S79 and the period
1or the continuance of said corporation is nifty years.
ARTICLE THREE.
The amount of capital stock of said corporation
shall be three million dollars $4,000, O31], which
shall be paid in such instalments as the Board of
Directors shall from time to time determine no in
staent to exceed ten per centnn, nor shall assess
ments therefor be made more than once in thirty
days.
ARTICLE FOUR.
The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to
which the said corporation shall at any time be sub
ject is $4,000, O0O) Three Million Dollars,
ARTICLE FIVE.
The names and places of residence of tbe nersons
forming such association for Incorporation are as
follows: A. A Brown and j. B. Cowine. of Dong
las county; A. E. Rice and E. Railson of Kandi yo6i
county; A. McCrea and M Anderson. of Otter Tail
county; Ole Peterson J. G. Whittemore and O. n
Barness, of Pope county Edward Larssen of Swift
county; A. D. Perkins, of Cottonwood county: 7.
GoodseD, of Mower county: K. 81. HelIinp of Brown
county; and j. W. Cowine, of jackson county All Of
the State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE cry
M, - 'o Les. GA.
nne es Oh the nrsI board OF Directors OF said
T Gp, are a. A. brown and j. b. Cow!ng, of
diyohi county; "A. McCrea and NJ. Anderson of Otter
Eau county Ole Peterson, J. G. Wnitemore and o. N.
barsness OF POPE county; Edward LARSEN, of Swift
county: and W. Cowns Of Iactsen ne OF bln~n w
ths stato ~ W;n. ins' VI 'aoAeon county au OF
'A'G The ba Seo y, n,esota ID ,h;s ..o
manarement Of ito 9Tir ha Io h ana the
If nrantor ~ oo,si.t 10 ssaa oe vested IN board
@ 10 consist OF not less than seven nor
a1ac.oS h 10 mtt ~ n.nos,, ana VINO SHAH be
tbs ft T,nsaos, ~ te s.ocknoioers annually on
dent 81; 1850 10y -. iuay ~ eacn year, ana presl-
olact.d fI secretary ana treasurer shall be
frst nooatin th ~ o 1oAiu u Oirectors at the
Direc,or ,so.aeS tha4 ss ue annual ee cuon OF
organi1at;iop ~ , 49, ~ '.io PURPOSE cI the nrst
electa5 % Az. ~ suo,a pualu sucn o1ncers snail be
0A0o'ou ny 'ne present Doard OF directors.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
The number and amount of shares in capital stock
of said corporation shall be thirty thousand (SOCGN
shares OF one hundred dollars each (S10o.)
IN witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands