Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-11
INCORPORATION.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,
ARTICLE I.


The name Of this corporation shall be the Crock
ston Water Power Company, and its object and the
general nature OF Its business s the surveying, loca
ting, building constructing and maintaining dam
or dams on Red Lake River, and Of canal or race
from the same, whereon mills and manufactures can
be erected for the purpose of utilizing the power
created by such dam and race, races, within the
limits OF the Oily of Crookston, in the county of
Polk. and State OF Minnesota, to buy lease hold and
sell real estate and other property, may be neces
sary to the successful carrying Of said water and
to rent the same together with such water power Or
any portion thereof and to do any and all such other
business in and about the said business of Creating
and furnishing water power, booming of logs and
the erection of mills within the limits aforesaid as
Such dam or dams, race or races shall be located at
such place or places within said city majority Of
the directors of such corporation shall direct.
ARTICLE II.
The timeof commencement of such corporation
shall be the twenty fourth day of December, 1880,
and the period for the continuance of the same shall
be fifty years.
ARTICLE III,
The principal place of ransacting the business of
said corporation shall be the city of Crookson In the
county Of Polk and State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE ".
The amount Of capital stock of seid corporation
paid in such insallments as the board of directors
shall from time to time determine; no insallment TO
exceed ten per cenum, nor shall assessments there
Tor be made oftener than once in thirty days.
ARTICLE v.
which said corporation shall at any time be subject
| is fifty thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VI.
The names and places of residence of the perzons
forming this association for incorporation Frank
Norris, John Friedrich Nathan P. Stone A. c. Cow
ing, VIM. Anglim, Joseph Lawrence and Carl KretZ-
SEMINAR, all of the city of Crookston, Polk county,
Minnesota
ARTICLE VII.
corporation are Frank lves Morris R. Brown, Sam
uel W. Rtchie s. r. Norris, John Friedrich, II. P
stone. A. O. Cowing, VIM. Anglim, Joseph Law
| renee and Carl Kretzschmar.
ARTICLE VIII
The government of this corporation and the man.
agenent of its affairs shall be vested in the board of
directors to consist of not less than seven nor more
than eleven In number, who shall be elected by bal
lot by the stockholders annually on the frat Monday
In une; and president vice president, secretary
and treasurer shall be elected annually within thirty
days after the election of directors by the board Of
ofoCtorss frOVlueu, tnaC Tor the purposes OF the
first organization of such board such officers shall
be elected by the present board of directors on the
| 24th day of December, 1880.
ARTICLE *.
The number Of shares and the amount of esch of
the capital stock of such corporation shall be
| hundred and fifty shares OF one hundred dollars
| each.
In testimony whereof We have hereunto set cul
hands and seals this Sd day of December, in the yeal
$780,
| In presence Of
John Mclean,
| Robert Houston.
| FRANK IVES, Seal |
| JOHN FRIEDRICH, Seal I
| SHERMAN R. NORRIS, [Seal. ]
| JOS. LAWRENCE, Seal. /
| CARL KRETZSOHMAR, Seal. |
NATHAN P. STONE, [Seal.
A. G. COWING, Seal
MORRIS R. BROWN, fSeali
WILLIAM ANGLIM, [Seal.1
| 3. W. RITCBIE fSeal.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
| COUNTY OF POLK. ss'
Be it known, that on this Sd day of December 1880
| personally appeared before the undersigned, no
| tary public within and for said county and State
| Frank Ives. Morris R. Brown, Samuel v. Richie, s.
| X. Norris, John Friedrich, N p Stone, A @. Cow.
Ing, VIM. Anglim, Joseph Lawrence and Carl Kretz
SEMINAR to known to be the identical persons who
signed and sealed the foregoing instrument and each
acknowledged that he executed the same for the pur
| poses there expressed. JOHN MCLEAN,
S43-349 Notary Public, Polk Co., MINI.
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