St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-11
A RT1cLEs OF INCORPORATION OF THE

A RTICLEs OF INCORPORATION OF THE
"A Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway
Company. To all to whom these presents shall
comes Be it known that the undersigned persons
Tor the purpose of assocating themselves together
and forming corp )ratiOn under and by virtue of
the laws of the State OF Mil n ,sota and more es-
peclaily under and by virtue of title one ~ OF
chapter thirty-four (34 OF the General Statutes of
said state and the several acts amendatory
thereof have adopted and do hereby adopt Arti-
| cles Oh incorporation, rs follows:
Article !. The corporate name of the corpora
ton shall be The Rainy Lake River and South
western Railway Company. The general nature
ci the BUSINESS OF the corporation is and shall be
TO survey, Locate construct maintain, operate
ana own railway, with one more tracks or
INES OF road and the equipment therefor with
AL necessary side-traeks and turn-outs. and all
machine shops, warehouses, storehouses, eeva-
iors, oepots, station houses, factories buildings,
structures, erections and appurtenances necessary
and convenient for the management, equipment
ano operation of said railway from a point on the
west bank of Rainy Lake river south of the Lake
OF the Woods. at thu mouth OF Rainy Lake river
IN the County of Beltrami and State of Minnesota
IN a southwesterly direction toward Bismarck.
! IN the Territory of Dakota. with
such branches turn outs and lat
i teral lines as may be found nee
en or transacted scPeasnt Of the
the principal place of transacting the business
OF this corporation is and shall be at the village
OF La Crescent, in the county of Houston and
state Of Minnesota. but the directors are hereby
emf ogered to remove the general office of the
corporation from time to time to any point on the
line OF road as they may deem necessary or
proper.
Article 2. This corporation shall commence on
the hfteenth day of November, A. D. 1886, and
sna1 continue for period OF fifty (5O) years.
Articie g. The capital stock of this corporation
Is nVe hundred thousand ($5s0 .00) dollars FIVE
per cent of which shall be paid in at the time of
subscribing the same and the remainder in INSTALL
ments not exceeding ten Q0) per centum at any
one time as orsered by the board of directors.
T.. highest a of itdo htadp
or liability to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject, exclusive of its Indebtedness Sc
eured by mortgage of its property, shall be one
hundred thousand (Sl000j0 OO) dollars.
Article D. The names and places OF residence
OF the persons composing tn association as
follows; Nathan Myrck, st. Paul, Minnesota:
George j. Johnson La Crosse Wisconsin,; Martin
T. Moore, La Crosse. Wisconsin: Ebert E. Buck
lngham, La Crosse, Visions II; Lac Holmes, La
Crosse, Wisconsin,; Henry A. Salzer. La Crosse
Wisconsin; Abram FL. Looney. La Crosse Wiseon-
SIN; James "a. A. Ginder, La Crosse Wisconsin,
Ezekiel Clarke. La Crosse, Wisconsin; Volney A.
blgeow. La Crosse, Wisconsin; Charles Franz
La crosse, Wisconsin; Alfred Harr~ La Crosse.
Wisconsin; John P. Richmond La sSe, Wis
censin Samuel Y. Hyde. La Crosse. Wisconsin,
Francs NJ. Egbert, La Crosse, wisconsin,; William
CROOKS, ST. / ali, Minnesota; Frank s. Walker.
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Article 6. The first board of directors of this
corporation shall consist of the following named
persons, viz: Nathan Myrick, Geo j. Johnson.
MARTIN T. Moore, ale Holmes, Henry A. Salzer,
A>1tnO, u deS a. OIuUer, NuaTltS
Franz and Abram ii. Looney, who snail hold their
o1nces as such until the first Tuesday of June,
1881 or until their successors are elected. The
o. cars OF said corporation shall be president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer and COM
m ttee OF i've (5) who shall be elected annually
by the board of directors The government sf the
corporation and the management of it's ID airs
shall be vested in board OF ne 90 directors,
who shall be elected by the stockholders
annually on the first Tuesday of June IN each year
hereafter and shall hoi1 their Office until Their
successors are ell cted. Nathan Myrek shall be
pres dent; Georg J. johnson, vice presidents
James Il. A. r. secretary; LATE holmes,
treasurer. and HeAry A. Salzer, Martin T. Moore
Charles Franz, Abram Ii. Looney and Ezekiel
Clarke a committee
Article I. The capital stock of this corporation
shall be div Il into ten Thousand Q0. 0J0 shares
of fifty (5e) dollars each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto SGT our
hands and seals this ist day of November, A. d.
1886.