Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

X NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS.
~ that we, whose names are hereunto sub
scrIbed, have agreed to, and do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose of becoming
incorporated under the Laws of the State of Min
nesOta, that is to say, under title of chapter 81
OF the general statutes of A. D. 1878, and the
various acts amendatory thereof and supplement-
airy thereto and to that end have adopted and
signed the following articles:
FIRsT-The name of said corporation shall be
TIE ST.. CLOUD ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER Co.
The general nature Of the business thereof shall
be to buy, sell, make, let hire, operate and deal
In apparatus and motive power for the produc-
ton, storage, transmission and distribution of
electricity, whether for light, power or other
purpose; and the principal place Of transacting
said businessshall be at st. Cloud in said State
sEooED-Said corporation shall commence on
the first day of September, A. D. 1883, and shall
continue for the term of thirty years.
TMRD-The amount of the capital stock of
said corporation shall be thirty thousand dollars,
and the same shall be divided into three hun
dred shares Of one hundred dollars each, and the
same shall be paid in as called for by the board
of directors.
FoURTH-The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which said corporation skall, at
any time be subject, shall be $4,000.
FIFTH-The names and places of residence of
the persons forming said corporation, are: J. II.
uQ., II. a.
Evans, J. P. Wilson and Lewis Clark, Of St.
Cloud, MINI.
SIXTH-The government of said corporation
and the management of its affairs shall be vested
IN President, Secretary, Treasurer and a Board
Of five Directors. Every officer and director of
said corporation shall be stakeholder therein,
and shall continue in Office for the term of one
year, and until his successor shall have been
elected and qualified. meeting of the stock
hOldAra nj Go1d ehol1 hnb n1d M +bo
office thereof at St. Cloud, in said State annually,
on the first Monday of September in each year.
A meeting Of the Beard Of Directors of said cor
poration shall be held at said Office annually, i'm
mediately after the annual meeting of the stock
holders. The directors of said corporation
shall be elected by the stockholders at this said
annual meeting, and the president, secretary and
treasurer shall be elected by the board of direc-
tors, and any vacancy in any of said offices or
In said board Of directors, occasioned by death,
resignation, or otherwise, shall be filed by said
board fer the unexpired term. The duties and
compensation of the officers and directors of said
corporation shall be adopted by the stockhold-
ers at their first annual meeting, and the same
shall be changed or modified only by the stock
holders, at an annual meeting thereof, but the
first board Of directors may adopt bylaws which
shall continue in force until the first annual
meeting of the ocknolders on the first Monday
in September, A. d. 1884. The names of the
first board of directors shall be J. II. Woolsey,
F. q. Dam, L. A. Evans, J. P. Wilson and
Lewis Clark.
In witness whereof, the persons hereinbefore
named as the incorporators, have hereunto sub
soribed their names, and affixed their seals this
S0th day of August, A. D. 1888.
J. Fl. WOOLSEY, Tseal.
F. II. DAM, TseaI.
L. A. EVANS, seal
J:P. WILSON, seal
LEWIS CLARK, seal.
In presence Of
CHARLES G. LAWRENCE, as to J. H Wool
ENKAs J. MACDONALD, sey.
J. q. Smith, as to F. b. Dam, LA. Evans,
J. W. WING, { J, P. Wilson, Lewis Clark