St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-29

agreed to and do hereby associate ourselves UNI
der the constitution and laws Of the state Of Min
nesota, as corporation for the purpose of carry
| ing manufacturing business and to that end
| have adopted and signed the following articles;
FirstlThe name of said corporation shall be
| the Mutual Benefit Publishers association and
its general object shall be for the purpose of con-
| Quoting manufacturing and mechanical business
for the manufacture of newspapers, stereotype
plates, blank books and printers and ithograph-
ers' supplies The principal place of doing bust
ness shall be at st. Paul
Second-Said corporation shall commence on
the LIST day of June, 1885, and shall continue for
the term of thirty years.
TAird-The amount of the capital stock Of saidi
corporation shall be two hundred thousand dol
| lars, and the shall be divided into four
| thousand shares of fifty dollars each.
Fourth-The highest amount of Indebtedness
liability to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject shall be fifty thousand dollars.
Fifth-The government of said corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be vested in
an executive committee of five, three of whom
shall constitute quorum for the transaction of
business, said executive committee to be chosen
from the directors and to hold their position for
such time the board of directors choosing them
may remain in Office, until their successors are
elected and qualified. Said board of directors
shall choose from their number president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer and general
manager, and the position of treasurer and gen.
eral manager may be filled by one person.
Every officer of said corporation shall continue
in office for the term of one year, and until his
successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Meetings of the stockholders of said corporation
for the election of directors and transaction OF
other business shall be held at the office OF said
corporation in st. Paul. in said state, annually,
on the first Tuesday of February in each year.
The directors of said corporation shall be elected
by the stockholders at their said annual meeting,
treasurer and general manager shall be elected
by the board of directors; and any
vacancy in any OF said offices or
fhnrvy oh q IN.
expired term.
The directors shall make bylaws for the regula-
ton of the association The first board of direct
ors, who shall hold until the first annual
meeting or until their successors are elected and
qualified, are: II. r. w. Hall, F. ]. Meyst Craw-
ford Livingston Joseph Vance and Alex. Barclay,
all of st. Paul, H. A Taylor, publisher of the
Hudson Star and Times, residing at Hudson, Wis
consn; H. G. Day, publisher of The Standard, re-
siding at Albert Lea, Mimi; e. F. Barrett. pub
Usher of the Aitken Age residing at Aiken Mimi;
c. L. Davis, publisher of the Red Wing Argus.
residing at Red Wing, Mimi; Liberty Hail. pub
Usher Of the Glencoe Register residing at Glencoe
Mimi, and F. G. Tuttle, publisher OF the Minor
Free Press. residing at Minor, D. t., and they
shall elect from their own number the first officers
of said corporation.
Sixth-The names of the persons forming said
association for Incorporation are II. Il. w. Hall,
f. ]. Meyst, Crawford Livingston Joseph Vance
and Alex. Barclay, all residents of st. Paul, Min
nesota.
named as incorporators have hereunto subscribed
their names and affixed their seals this 2sth day
of May, A. d. 1885.
II. R. w. HALL, [Seal]
FRANK J. MEYST, (Seall
CRAWFORD LIVINGSTON, [Seal1
JOSEPH VANCE, [Seal]
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, lSeal]
In presence OF
w. H. MCDONALD,
GEORGE NJ. STONE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COITNTrY OF RAMSEY. 4 80
Be it known that on this 2sth day of May, A. D.
1885, came personally before me H. r. w. Hail. F.
]. Meyst Crawford Livingston Joseph Vance and
Alex Barclay, to me personally known to be the
same persons who are described in and who exc
cuted the foregoing articles of Incorporation, and
they then and there duly acknowledged the same
to be their free act and deed.
GEORGE M. STONE,
Notary Public, Ramsey County, MINI.
[Not1 Seal
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
hereby certify that the within instrument was
fled for record in this Office the 2Sth day of
May A. d. 1885, at O'Clock p. m, and was duly
recorded in Book L of interpretations, on page
604, etc. FRED Won BAUMBACH,
l49 Secretary of State.