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INCORPORATION.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE SAUK RAPIDS COMPANY
INCORPORATION.

THE SAUK RAPIDS COMPANY
ARTICLE ONE.
The name of this corporation shall be the Sank Rap
ids Company and the general nature of its business
shall be to purchase, own use, sell, rent or lease
connection Herewith at Sank Rapids, Benton
county, and in Stearns county, Minnesota, to pur-
chase, own, repair, rebuild and maintain all dams
piers. abutments, sluice-ways. canals, mill Sites
water privileges and water power and the corporate
rights and franchises including the franchise to be
O corporation of the Sank Rapids Water Power Com
pany, corporation created under the laws Of the
State of Minnesota, and to buy and sell any and all
other property personal and real that may be de-t-
rable in the prosecution of the business of this
poration, and If necessary to build new dam or
dams and canals and ways ut said Sank Rapids,
and to repair extend the old ones and to create
and maintain klackwater navigation on the Missis-
sipp river at and above Sank Rapids, Minnesota, 30
far as the same may be found praccabls or pronta'
bic; to buy own and sell pine lands and pine TIMBER
and to deal generally in lumber, fuel and grain. To
build, own, operate, lease or sell Touring mills, saw
mills and factories Of kind that may be determine
ed upon by the Board of Directors To build, ownop-
crate lease and cell elevators and warehouses; and to
build, sell, own, equip and operate any railroads,
sidetracks turnouts etc., that may be necessary or
convenient in the improvement of the property OF
| this corporation or to connect the town of Saint
Cloud any railroads shereat, with Sank Rapids and
railroads thereat, or to connect any granite quarry
that II may become interested in, with SSuk Rapids
with any railroad most convenient to such quar-
ries. To build buy, SELL own and operate log booms
and sorting works on the Mississippi river. To buy,
sell, own and operate granite quarres in Minnesota,
and to buy, own cell stock ID any manufacturing
corporations that may hereafter lease or buy power OF
thus corporation or MAKE improvements upon any OF
its property, and to borrow aud loan money, and to
carry on all such business may be deemed profit
alb by its Board of Directors, and the principle
place Of business of this corporation shall be at
branch offices at such other places In Minnesota
may be deemed advisable by Its Board Of Directors
ARTICLE TWO.
The time Of the commencement OF this corpora
ton shall be January 1st 1881. and shall continue
for fifty years, and for such further time as shall be
| lawful
The amount of the capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be two hundred thousand dollars, which
shall be paid in the Board Of Directors may here
after determine but within six months after the sub
scription therefor.
ARTICLE -FOUR.
The highest amount of indebtedness to which this
corporation shall at any time be subject is two bur-
| dred thousand dollars.
ARTICLE FIVE.
The following are the names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this incorporation:
William F Davidson, St. Louis, Missouri; Payton
| s. Davidson, Lacrosse Wisconsin; John II. Reaney
| st. Paul, Minnesota; Henry L. Williams, st. Paul,
MinnesotA; James H. Davidson, st. Paul, Minneso-
ia
ARTICLE SIX.
The names of the first Board of Directors are Will
| tam F. Davidson, Payton 8. Davidson, John Il.
| Reaney, Henry L Williams, James II. Davidson.
The government of the corporation and the manage
ment of Its affairs shall be vested in the Board of
Directors, who shall be ele ctcd st an annual meeting
to be held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the first
Wednesday after the first Monday in January of
each year, but vacancies may be filled at any meet
ing ofstockhoders ca led for that purpose, and the
officers of the corporation other than Directors, shall
be President Secretary and Treasurer, to be select
| ed from said Board Of Directors. One person may
| hold two offices under this corporation.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
The number and amount of shares in the cap ital
stock of said corporation. shall be two thousand
shares, in amounts of one hundred dollars each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands
| and seals. this 3lst day Of December, 1880.
Witnesses to the signature of William F. David
| son:
! e. POWELL,
D. T. BRECK.
| WILLIAM f. DAVIDSON. [sEAL
Witnesses to the signature of Paytou s. Davidson ::
LAFE HOLMES.
s. f. CLINTON.
P.S.DAvIDSON. [sEAL
Witnesses to the signatures OF John H. Reaney, he
| ry L. Williams, James H. Davidson
| GEO. HAYWARD, JR,
HENRY P GooDENow.
JOHN H. REANEY SEAL
| HENRY L. WILLIAMS. SEAL
JAMES Fl. DAVIDSON. SEAL.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, Go
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. 90
Be it remembered, that on this LIST day of Decem-
ber A. d. 1880, before the undersigned, personally
ccnle John II. Reaney, Henry L. Williams and mes
II Davidson, all Of st Paul, Minnesota, to me
known to be the dentica, persons described in, and
who executed tia foregoing instrument, and IN due
form of law acknowledged that they executed tine
same freely and voluntarily for the uses and pur-
| 41,a~a otnl
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
and noarial SEAL the day and year first above written
| HENRY P. GOODENOW,
| [L.s1 Notary Pubic.
! Ramsey County Il inn.
| STATE OF MISSOURI, ss
OITY OF ST.. LOUIS 90
Be it known that on this 7th day of January A. D.
| 1881, before the undersigned, personally came Will
| liam F Davidson, to me known to be the identical
person described in and who executed the going
| instrument, and in due form Of law acknowleds ed
that he executed the freely and voluntarily for
the uses and purposes therein expressed.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my baud
and seal the day end year first above written.
d. R. POWELL,
| IL. g. Notary Public,
City Of st. Louis.
II, 1881.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, GO
| COUNTY OF LA CROSSE.
Be it remembered that on this Odd day of January,
A. D. 1881. before the undersigned, personally came
Payton Davidson, to me known to be the identical
person described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and in due form of law acknowledged
that he executed the same freely and voluntarily for
the uses and purposes therein expressed.
In witness whereof. have hereunto set my hand
and notaral seal the day and year first above written.
| H.. g. EMIL N. BORRISON,
| 27-34 Notary Public.
| OTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY
| y SIS. In Probate Court, Special Term, January
| 9th, 1881.
| In the matter of the estate of John B. Bruquier