Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION:
ARTICLE ONE.

dhllCLE ONE.
The name of this CORPORATION shall lie the Saint
Cloud, Fort Rdgley & Fort Dodge Railroad Com
pany, and its object and the general nature of its
business is the surveying, locating, building and con-
ssrucaon OF single or double track railroad, with
one or more branches from the city of Saint Cloud
IN the county OF Steams and State of Minnesota by
the way of Ltchfeld, in the county of Meeker,
State of Minnesota; Hector and Fort RideJey in the
county of Renvile, State of Minnesota: Sleenv Eve
in the county of Brown State of Minnesota: st.
James, In the county of Watonwan, State of Mime
sofa, and Fairmont, 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 car manufactories and
other appendages as it may deem suitable or con-
and the operation thereof in receiving storing and
shipping freight and in the transportation of pssen
gers and freight over SAID railroad.
The principal place of transacting the business Of
said corporation is Ltched in the county of Meeker
State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE TWO.
The time of commencement of said corporaton
D. 1872 and the period for the continuance Of said
corporation is fifty (50) years.
ARTICLE THREE.
The amount of capital stock of said cornoratio,
shall be Three Millions of Dollars, which shall be
paid IN such nstallments the Board of Directors
shall from time to time determine no instaImeut to
exceed ten QO) per centun, nor shall assessments
therefor be made oftener than once in thirty (3O)
days. wv
ARTICLE FOUR
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liabilities
to which the said corporation shall at any time be
subject is Three Millions of Dollars
ARTICLE FIVE.
Inc names and places Of residence of the persons
forming such association for Incorporation are c. A.
olman and j. X. Howard of Stearns county: Ed
mond O'Hara and J. NJ. Bowler, of Renville county:
VT Bonniwell, J. G. Riebe J. G. Edison and A.
H..
brown county; Theo. Lambert and Geo. P. John
ston, OF Watonwan county; Thos. Bohan, of Blue
Earth county; NJ E. L, shanks of Martin county;
Wabashaw county, all of Minnesota.
ARTICLE SIX.
The names of the first Board of Directors of said
corporation are c. A. Gilman and J. R. Howard, of
stearns comfy; W. T. Bonniwel,. J. G. Riebe J. G.
Edison and A. Il. Reed, of Mcleod comfy: J. N.
Bowler and Edmond OHara, of Renyille county: z
H. Heiling, of Brown county; Theo. Lambert and
Geo. p. Johnston, of Watonwan county: Thos.
Bohan, of Blue Earth county; NJ. E. L. Sharks of
Martin county; H. 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 ~ nor
more than fifteen Q5) in number, and who shall be
the second Tuesday of June in each year. and pres
1dent vice president secretary and treasurer to be
elected e annually by the Board of Directors, at the
nrst meeting thereof after the annual election of
Directors provided that for the purpose of tbe first
organization of such Board, said officers shall be
elected by the present Board of Directors.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
Inc number and amount of the shares in the ear
1ta stock OF said corporation shall be thirty thous
and 10000 shares of one hundred (Io0I ,IoiIa-s
each. Wv ~
In witness whereof we hereunto set orr hands
A. D. 1879.
Signed and sealed in presence Of
SAM. H. NICHOLS.
j. FLETCHER WILLIAMS
G. A. GILMAN [sEA17
t.DMONO O'HARA, SEAL
W. r BONNIwELL, SEAL
JOHN G. RIEBE, SEAL
JAMES NJ. BOWLER TsEAIi
nnOo. boaAS, SEAL
THEO. LAMBERT IsEAIi
Z. H HELNING, SEAL
JAMES C. EDSON sea-
GEO. P. JOHNSTON, SEAL
Al. n. L. SHANkS, SEAL
A. II. REED, fsEAI1
J. R. HOWARD, SEAL
II. Il. Denny, SEAL
W. b. LoIZ. [sEAL
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. 3d.
on this 9th day of February, A. d, 1879. befora
.ne came personally G. A. Gilman W. r. BoDniwelI
L1mond oHara, John G. Riebe, James M. Bowler
4; theodore Lambert, Geo. P. Johnston, NJ. IT,
3 1na4As, James Q. Edison, A. H. Reed Thos Bohan
p. Lutz, who are to me personally known to hs th:
.ue e persons who arc uamed in and who eye
cuteo Inc foregoing 5articles of incorporation and
that they executed the same freej, and
'oan.arny LOT the uses and purposes therein ex-
Witness my hand and seal of the s,nre,n. ,,,,,r,
me DAY and year above written.
tsEALl SAM. 81. NICHOLS