St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
ARTICLES OH INCORPORATION
OF THE
ERASER MANUF CqURTNG COMPANY.

Z, ow 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 (2
of Chapter thlrtyfour (3D of the General Statutes
of Minnesota and the several acts amendatory there
of do hereby into and adopt the following ar
ticles of incorporation, towit:
ARTICLE L
The name Of this Incorporation by us so formed
Shall be the ERASER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
ARTICLE II.
The nature of the business of this corpora
ton shall consist in the manufacture and sale of
certain Invention known as the Richie 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
inventions; the sale of the right to manufacture and
SELL and of the right to SELL said 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 ".
The time of commencement of this corporation
shall be the twenty eghth 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, follows, to-wit; Samuel w.
Richie. Daniel jones' W. r. Morrison and A. C. Cobb,
all OF Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and
! state OF Minnesota, and Benjamin I. Hathaway; of
Northield 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, Wis 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 di-
rectors shall continue such until their
cessors 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 one hundred dollars.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and affixed seals this 14th day of October
A. D. 1884.
SAAIL w. RICHIE, Iseall
DANIEL JONES, [seall
w. r. MORRISON, [seal1
A. c. COBB, [seall
BENJAMIN t. HATHAWAY, [seall
In the presence Of
n. L. FRoTHINGHAM,
JOSEPH E. BADGER.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, -
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN. %
Be it known that on this 18th day of October, A D..
1884, before me personally came Samuel W. Richie,
Daniel Jones, W. r. orison. A c. Cobb, and Benjs.
min I. Hathaway, to me known to be the Identical
persons described in and who executed the foregoing
articles of Incorporation and they severally ack.
nowedged that they executed the same freely and
voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein ex.
pressed
n. L. FROTH NGHAM,
GNotarial seal.l Notary Public, Hennepin Co..