St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-12

A RT1CLEs OF INCORPORATION OF THn
IA RAINY Lake River and Southwestern Railway
Company. To all to whom these presents shall
come Be it known that the undersigned persons
for the purpose of associatng themselves together
and forming a corp oration under and by virtue of
the laws of the State OF MINI esota, and more es-
pecially under and by virtue of title one (1) of
chapter thrtyfour (34) OF the General Statutes of
said state and the several acts amendatory
thereof. have adopted and do hereby adopt Arti.
cles of Incorporation, as follows:
Article 1. The corporate name of the corpora
ton shall be The Rainy Lake River and South
western Railway Company. The general nature
OF the business OF the corporation is and shall be
| to survey, locate, construct, maintain operate
and own railway, with more tracks or
lines of road, and the equipment therefor, with
all necessary side-tracks and turn-outs. and all
machine shops, warehouses, storehouses. eleva-
Tors, depots, station houses factories, buildings,
structures, erections and appurtenances necessary
and convenient for the management, equipment
ano operation of said railway from point on the
west bank of Rainy Lake river south of the Lake
| OF the Woods. at the mouth OF Rainy Lake river,
in the County of Beltrami and State of Minnesota
| in southwesterly direction toward Bismarck.
IN the Territory of Dakota. with
such branches, turn outs and lat
essary or e1pedient # for i't the con- con-
venient transaction of its business.
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 hereby
| emf owered 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 fifteenth day of November, A. D. 1886, and
shall continue for period of fifty (50) years.
Article 8. The capital stock of this corporation
is five hundred thousand $500 ZOOLOGY dollars five
per cent. OF which shall be paid in at the time Of
subscribing the and the remainder in INSTALL
ments not exceeding ten Coy per centum at any
| one time, as ordered by the board of directors.
Article 4. The highest amount of Indebtedness
4 nr II. .l1n
time be subject exclusive of its Indebtedness Sc
cured by mortgage of its property, shall be one
hundred thousand (slOO,OO0 00) dollars.
Article 5. The names and places of residence
| of the persons composing this association are as
| follows; Nathan Myrick, st. Paul Minnesota
| George j. Johnson, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Martin
| 7. Moore, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Ebert e. Buck
| ingham, La Crosse, Visions n; Late Holmes, La
| Crosse Wisconsin; Henry A. Salzer, La Crosse,
| Wisconsin,; Abram Fl. Looney, La Crosse Wiscon-
| sin; James Fl. A. Gnder, La Crosse, Wisconsin,
| Ezekiel Clarke. La Crosse Wisconsin,; Volney A.
| Bigeow, La Crosse Wisconsin; Charles Franz
La Crosse, Wisconsin; Alfred Harrison La Crosse.
! Wisconsin; John P. Richmond. La tosse. Wis
consln; samuel Y. Hyde, La Crosse, Wisconsin;
| Francis NJ Egbert, La Crosse, Wisconsin; william
| Cro0ks ST. all, Minnesota; Frank S. Walker.
| La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Article g. The first board of directors of this
corporation shall consist of the following named
| persons, viz: Nathan Myrick, Geo j. johnson,
Martin T. Moore, Late Holmes Henry A. Salzer,
| Ezekiel Clarke mes H. A Ginder, Charles
Franz and Abram ii. Looney, who shall hold their
offices as such until the first Tuesday of June,
| 1887 or until their successors elected. The
of GERS of said corporation shall be president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer and
mittee OF five ~ who shall be elected annually
by the board of directors. The government of the
corporation and the management Of its affairs
shall be vested in board of line (9) directors,
who shall be elected by the stockholders
annually ON the first Tuesday of June in each year
hereafter and shall hold their Office until their
successors elected. Nathan Myrick shall be
| pres dent; George j. Johnson. vice president;
| James H. A. Gid er secretary; LATE Holmes,
treasurer, and Henry A. Salzer, Martin T. Moore,
| Charles Franz, Abram II. Looney and Ezekiel
Clarke committee.
Article Z. The capital stock of this corporation
shall be div I'd into ten Thousand 100000 shares
| of fifty (50) dollars each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
| hands and seals this lst day of November A. d.
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