St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
ERASER MANUF CTURIEG COMPANY,

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate to-
gether and for the purpose Of forming corporation
under and pursuant to the provision Of Title two 2)
OF Chapter thrty-fOur (3E of the General Statutes
OF Minnesota and the several aendatory there
Of do hereby enter into and adopt the following ar
tcles OF incorporation, to-wt:
ARTICLE I. eAJ 81
The name Of this incorporation by us so formed
shall be the ERASER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
ARTICLE IL
The general nature of the business Of this corpora-
ton shall consist in the manufacture and sale of a
certain invention known as the Richie Slate Eraser
and Drler; 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 saidnvention in various
sections and in the several states of the United
States; the buying, selling, leasing occupyfnp 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 ".
The time of commencement of this corporation
Shall be the wentyeighth day of October, 1884 and
the duration thereof thirty years.
ARTICLE "
The amount of capital stock of this CORPORATION
shall be twenty thousand dollars 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 fncorpo-
rators hereof, are follows, to-wit; Samuel W.
Rltchie Daniel Jones, ". Z. Morrison and A. c. Cobb
all OF Minneapolis In the county of Hennepin and
state OF Minnesota and Benjamin T. Hathaway; of
North1eld, 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 i've directors and the
following officers, each of whom shall be a 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 at
their next meeting thereafter The officers and d.
rectors shall continue such until their sue
eessors are elected and qualified. The first board Of
directors shall be Samuel W. Richie, Daniel Jones
W. R. Morrison, A. c. 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 hundred dollars.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and affixed seals this 18th day of October
A. D. 1884.
sANfL. W. RICHIE, [seall
DANIEL JONES, TseaJ
W. +. MORRISON, [seal
BENJAMIN T. HATHAWAY, Isealj
In the presence Of
n. i. FRoTHINGHAM,
JOSEPH Z. BADGER.