Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION;
TICLE ONE,

ARTICLE ONE.
The name OF this corporation shall lie the Saint
Cloud, Fort Ridgey & Fort Dodge Railroad Com.
pany, and its object and the ger era nature Of it's
business is the surveying, locating building and con-
struction OF single or double track railroad with
one or more branches, from the city of Saint Cloud
in the county of Stearns and State OF Minnesota by
the way of Litchfeld, in the county of Meeker.
State of Minnesota; Hector and Fort Ridgey in the
county OF RenVile, State of Minnesota; Sleepy Eve
IN the county of Brown, State of Minnesota st.
James, in the county of Watonwan, State of Mime
sota and Falrmont in the county of Martin, State
OF minnesota; thence in southerly direction to the
south boundary line of the State of Minnesota at or
near Ienhassen in Martin county, Minnesota, all in
the State of Minnesota. And all such side tracks,
turnouts, depot grounds, depots, warehouses, ele-
Vators, machine shops and manufactures and
other appendages as it may deem suitable or con-
venient for the use and operation of said railroad
and the operation thereof in receiving storing and
shipping freight and in the transportation of
gers and freight over said railroad.
The principal place of transacting the business of
SAID corporation is Ltchfeld, the county of Meeker
State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE TWO.
The time of commencement of said corporation
shall be the (2D day of February, A.
D. 1879, and the period for the continuance of said
corporation is fifty {5O) years.
ARTICLE THREE.
The amount of capital stock of said CORPORATION
shall be Three Millions of Dollars, which shall be
paid IN such insta1nents the Board of Directors
snail from time to time determine no instal1nent to
exceed ten 1O) per centum, nor shall assessments
therefor be made oftener than once in thirty (3O)
days.
ARTICLE FOUR.
Inc highest amount OF Indebtedness or liabilities
to which the said corporation shall at any time be
subject is Three Millions of Dollars
ARTICLE FIVE.
The names and places of residence of the persons
forming such association for Incorporation are G. a.
Gilman and J. R. Howard, of Stearns county: Ed
mond O'Hara and j. N. Bowler, of Renvile comfy !.
W. I Bonniwell, J. G. Riebe, J. G. Edison and a.
Il Reed, of Mcleod county; K. H. Heling, of
Brown county; Theo. Lambert and Geo. P. John
ston, OF Watonwan county; Thos. Bohan, of Blue
Earth county; M. E. l., Shanks, of Martin county:
r. R. Denny, of Carver county, and W. B. Lutz Of
Wabashaw county, all of Minnesota.
ARTICLE SIX.
The names of the first Board of Directors of said
corporation are G. A. Gilman and J R. Howard of
stearns comfy; W. T. Bonniwell, J. c. Rebe, j. G..
Bowler and Edmond O'Hara, of Renvile county: x.
b. Helling, of Brown county; Theo. Lambert and
Geo. P. Johnston, of Watonwan county: Thos.
Martin county; 81. R. Denny, Carver county, and W.
B. Lutz, OF Wabashaw county, all of Minnesota.
The government of this corporation and the man
agement of its affairs shall be vested in the Board
Of Directors to consist of not less than seven M nor
more than fifteen Q5) in number, and who shall be
elected by ballot by the stockholders annually on
the second Tuesday of June in each year. and pres
ident, vice president, secretary and treasurer to be
elected annually by the Board of Directors at the
first meeting thereof after the annual election Of
organization of such Board said officers shall be
elected by the present Board of Directors.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
The number and amount of the shares in the CAP
1tal stock of said corporation shall be thirty thous-
and 10000 shares Of one hundred (1OO) dollars
each.
In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands
and seals, this Twenty-seventh day of February,
A. ID. 1879.
Signed and sealed in presence Of
SAM. H. NICHOLS,
J. FLHTCHER WILLIAMS.
G. A. GILMAN, IsEAL1
EDMOND O,HARA fsr.I1
W.T.. BONNIwELE fsEALi
JOHN G. RIEBE. SEAL
JAMES NJ. BOWLER, fsEAL1
IaOS. BOHAN, [sEAL1
IdEO. LAMBERT, EsEAL1
K H HELNING, fsEAL1
5g- JAMES Q. EDISON, sEAL1
, GEO. P. JOHNSTON, SEAL
NJ E. L. SHANKS, fsEAL,1
A. H. Rec, fsEAI1
j. R. HOWARD, tsEAbi
II. R. DENNY, SEAL
W. B. LUTz. [sEALl
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. 3D.
On this 9th day of February, A. D. 1879. before
me came personally G. A. Gilman, w. T. BonniweH,
Edmond O'Hara, John G. kiebe, James nj. Bowler
Theodore Lambert, Geo. P. Johnston, NJ r. i.
Shanks, James G. Edison, A. II. Reed , Thos. Bohan
d. Helllng, j. R. Howard, II. r. Denny and w.
b. Lutz, who are to me person lily known to be the
Identical persons who are named in aud who Nke-
that they executed the same freely and
voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein ex-
pressed.
Witness my hand and seal of the Supreme Court
the day and year above written.
[sEALl SAM. h. NICHOLS,
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