St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-18
ARTICLES on 1NcoRpoRArIoN.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
ERASER MANUF ACQUIRING COMPANY.

Know ALL MEN BY THDsE PRESENTS
That we, the undersigned do hereby associate to-
gether and for the purpose of forming corporation
under and pursuant to the provision Of TILE two (2)
of Chapter thirtyfour (SD of the General Statutes
Of Minnesota and the several amendatory there
of, do hereby enter into and adopt the following ar
ticles OF incorporation to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this Incorporation by us SO formed
shall be the ERASER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business of this CORPORA
ton shall consist in the manufacture and sale of
certain invention known the Ritche Slate Eraser
and Drier the buying, selling and exchanging of any
and all tin, copper, brass zinc and any other metals
together with all cloth, leather and other material
which may be necessary to the manufacture of said
invention; the sale of the right to manufacture and
sell, and of the right to SELL Invention in various
sections and in the several states of the United
States the buying selling, leasing occupying and
erecting Of all needful offices. workshops store
houses and tenements for the use of said company
and its employees.
ARTICLE III.
The principal place of business of said corporation
shall be the city of Minneapolis, state of Minnesota.
ARTICLE w.
The time of commencement of this corporation
shall be the twenty-eighth day OF October 1884, and
the duration thereof thirty years.
ARTICLE v.
The amount of capital stock of this corporation
shall be twenty thousand dollars, to be all paid in at
the time of commencement Of this corporation,
ARTICLE vi.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liability
which this corporation shall at any time incur shall
not exceed the sum of five Thousand dollars
ARTICLE VII.
The names and places of residence of the incorpo-
rators hereof are follows, to-wit; Samuel w.
Richie. Daniel Jones, W. R. Morrison and A. G. Cobb,
all OF Minneapolis in the county of Hennepin and
state of Minnesota and Benjamin T. Hathaway; of
Northheld in the county Of Rice and state of Min
nesota.
ARTICLE VIII
The management and affairs of this corporation
shall be vested in board OF five directors and the
following officers, each of whom shall be stock
holder, viz president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer The directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting OF the stockholders which shall be
held on the fourth Tuesday of October In each year,
and the officers shall be elected by the directors ut
their next meeting thereafter. The officers and d.
rectors shall continue to act such until their
cessors are elected and qualified. The first board of
directors shall be Samuel w. Richie, Daniel Jones'
W. r. Morrison, A. G. Cobb, and Benjamin T. Hath
away.
ARTICLE TX.
The number of shares of the capital stock Of this
corporation shall be two hundred, and each share
shall be of the par value Of one hundred dollars.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and affixed seals this 14th day of October,
A. ID. 1884.
sAML. W. RICHIE, [seal.l
DANIEL JONES, Cseall
W. Il. MORRISON, Iseal1
a. g. COBB, [seal.
BENJAMIN T. HATHAWAY, Iseal.I
n. l.. FRoTHINGHAM
JOSEPH Z. BADGER.