Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-24
AItic les Of i ation
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TITLE FALLS LIVE
STOCK COM PA N Y.

Know al men By these presents that we the
undersigned HenryP. Bicknell and Charles i.
Fnss both of ST.. Paul Minnesota and i. C.
Simmons Of Little Falls, Minnesota, have
agreed to and do hereby associate ourselves to-
gether fnrthe purpose .ofbeco,ning incorporat2
ed under and pursuant to the. laws OF the State
of Minnesota, and to that endWe do hereby
adept and sign the following Articles Of Incor~
pOratiOn, viz: g.. ..-
FIRST. p The name ofthe corporation hereby
formed shall be s'The Little Falls Live Stock
Company and the general nature Gifts bust
neassball be buying, selling. and dealing. in
goods, wares and, merchandise ard buying
sriliag, dealing IN, breeding and raising live
stock and ali kinds and varieties Of grain, farm
and dairy produce:a and to tMs end said corpor-
alton shall have power to acquire hold and
dispose Of such farm and other lands and real
property as may be desirable or convene for
its business aforesaid and to buy and sell real
estate. t.-S s. .s,-sg. r..
The brincipal'plate for trai1sacting the bust
ness of said corporation shall be Little Falls
Minnesota.
SECOND The tiae of the commandments of
said corporation shall he the 10Th day of jul
A. d. 1857, and the period of its continuance
shall be ttt'e term Of ten QU years.
THIRD. The amount Of the eapit;ti stock Of
:aia corporation shall be twenty thousand dol
lars and shall be- divided into four hundred
(1gel shares oPfftyG5D dollars each and shall be
paid in as the stock is subscribed for and taken
and when all the stock is paid for the corpora
I'oti aJ t'tccceo TO Lldtsfl:t 0aSlfSss ana not
before. -
FOURTH. The highest amon,t of indebted
ness Or liability which said corpoatio1* shall at
any time be subject to Shall be five tllousa nd
dellars ($5,ooDooj.
Firth. The names an. placer Of residence
OF the persons forming Sale association for in
corporate are Henry y. Bicknell and Charles
/: Foss Of Saint Paul. Minnesota, and l.. c.
Simmons Of Little Falls minnesota
+ SIXTH. The government Of said corporations
ana ne management of its ntfairs shall be
vested in q board Of three c3} directors all of
WING II snail be elected from aud by the stock
hoiuers at The annual meeting thereof to be
hello as herein provided, aR! the said directors
Immediately after their election shall organize
ana elect ilom thernu,nOer president, secrc~
tary and treasurer who shall hold their Offices
Tor suth term and perform such sinties shall
be prescrihcn by the bylaws, and the offices of
pfes!icii' dlu tiensnte- may be filed by tho
| same lNrSDu.
Each director of said corporation shall hold
us Office until the next annual stock holders
meeting following his elertiun and until his
successor is citctoa and qualified, provided thai
any director may be Removed from Caice and
any vacancy IN the board Of directors may be
filled by tn" vote Of the holders of.t ma urity Of
the sock Of said corporation ut amy special
meeting, OF the stock holders called iorthat !Hlr
! pose III the manner prescribed by the bylaws,
The annual stock holders meeting Of saio
corp ration for the election Of Il board of 1i-
| fectors and the transaction Of soc.l other bust
ucss as may colAr before it Shall be held al the
l'lni1in$ hoHs& o. " 4. rulhel!son in st. PAIL,
Mlnne:ola. 'n The Ind day of February in ea ch
year alto! special meetings Of the stoc; holders
small be sllcl times aud under such rules
ana rec NntiOns as tt l:utice or otherwise az
may be prescribed ty the bylaws and at SclI
meetings stock holders may De represented aud
vote by proxy duly. appointed, aud az each
sock holders meeting each stock holder shall
We eut!tlntt to one vote, The niOiity OF the
stockholders shall constitute a quorum 1T such
| meetings for the trhnsactinu Of BUSINESS. The:
duties ANA compensation Il The officers Of the
corporations hall be fixed by the bylaws. The
bylaws of said corporation shall be adopted 81
the frs "NuCa! t,,etIug Of the stockholders ard
shall be ch!nGed, altered Or amended only at
| an ANNUAL meeting Of the stock holders Or Il
spe'iai n.netHG called for That purpose. But
the first heard .. tlfr~c:nrs raay adopt bylaws
which Sha N4main i'll f,rce:nnt the next an
nual mse1Il-s Of the stor', holders.
The names of the first board Of directors shall
be ". A. Cu'bcrtson, It. P. Bicknell and G. L..
Foss. Of whom Il. ?. Fcknell shall be President
aud Treasurer and e. T.. Fo*s, Secretary and the
| shall hon their Offices until their SUCCESSORS
are elected and qualified.
| III WithCss whereof the above named incor-
| rorato.S have EGrtunto set their hands and
seals this 18th day Of>THIy, a T.. 1885.
f; ?. NC M5f,NNELL' sea-
! l. {. SIMMONS, SEAL.
| In presence of