Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04
ARTICLES 0F INCORPORATION
Of THE
Water Power Company Of CloQaet. !"

The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together for incorporation under and pursuant
to the laws of the state of Minnesota for manu-
featuring purposes and do adept the following
"Articles of incorpOTation.''
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall be
swat er Power Company Of Cloquet" The gen.
eral nature oft business shall be to purchase
own, lease and sell timber lands ard other real
estate, to purchase. OVID, lease, improve and sell
water powers, dams, booms and privileges, to
build, buy, sell, lease, own, maintain and ope-
rate mills, ware houses ard. store houses, to
purchase, manufacture and sell logs and lumber
and all articles of merchandise that NAV be
manufactured therefrom, the cutting and trans
porting of logs and timber from the place OF
growth to the place of manufacture,
and to conduct and carry on a
general lumber, merchandise and fuel
business in the States of Minnesota ard Wiscon.
sin, and elsewhere, and the principal place OF
transacting said business shall be at Cloquet, in
the county of Carlton, and State Of Minnesota.
ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of said cor.
poration shall be the Fourth day of December,
A. D., 1882, and the period of its continuance
shall be twenty years.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of capital stock of said corpora.
ton shall he one hundred and fifty thousand
0,000) dollars, but the same may be in
creased at amy regular or special meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose, up to an
amount Lot to exceed three hundred thousand
(300,OOO) dollars.
The par value of all stock shall be paid in
when the stock is subscribed for.
ARTICLE ~.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or iabil-
ity to which said corporation shall at any time
be subject is one hundred thousand (SlUO, OOO)
dollars.
ARTICLE V.
The names and places of residence of the per-
sons forming this association for incorporation
are as follows:
William w. McNair, Minneapolis, MINI.
James NJ. Paine, Minneapolis, MINI.
Mark Paine, Northern Pacific Junction, MINI.
D. H. McEwen, Cloquet, MINI.
Edgar W. Wilson, Minneapolis, MINI.
ARTICLEvI.
The names of the first Board of Directors of
said corporation are William w. McNair, James
NJ. Paine, Mark Paine, D. H. NcEwen and Edgar
w. Wilson.
The government of the said corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be vested
in a Board of five Directors, who
shall be elected annually on the first
Tuesday of December of every year for the
term of one year and until their successors are
elected and qualified, the Board of Directors at
their first meeting and thereafter at their first
meeting following each annual election OF Di-
rectOrs shall chose from among their number a
President, Secretary and Treasurer whose
term of office shall be until the next annual cleo
ton thereafter and until their successors are
chosen and qualified. The Board of Directors
shall also elect general manager who shall hold
his office during one year or the pleasure of the
Board of Directors. The Office of Secretary and
Treasurer may be held at the same time by one
and the same person. All such officers and any
agent whom the Board of Directors NAV an
point shall perform such duties as the Board of
Directors shall by the bylaws or otherwise pre-
scribe.
ARTICLE VII.
In all meetings of the stockholders
of said company each share shall entitle the
holder thereof to one vote which may be given
by said stock holders in person OF by lawful
proxy.
ARTICLE VIII.
The number or shares of the capital stock of
said corporation shall be three thousand (3,00O)
ard the amount of each share shall be fifty dol
lars but in the capital st Ock of said corpor-
Otion is increased then the number of shares
shall be correspondingly increased.
In witness thereof We have hereunto set our
hands and seals this sixteenth day of November,
A. D. 1852.
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