St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF 49,
THE ST. PAUL a ssss
MUTUAL INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION.

We, the undersigned, desiring to become in.
corporated under and by virtue of the provisions
OF title three (3), chapter thirtyfour (3), of the
General Laws of the state of Minnesota for that
purpose do hereby associate ourselves together,
and adopt and subscribe the following articles of
incorporation:
ARTICLE 1.
The name of this association shall be 1.-THE St.
Paul Mutual Indemnity Association, and the
general nature of its business shall be to provide
for its members suitable medical and surgical at.
tendance and treatment in sickness, whether re-
sulting from accident natural causes, and also
to provide its members with weekly indemnity
while disabled from illness or injuries caused by
accident. said indemnity to be paid from fund
derived from initiation fees and periodic assess
ments upon its members and it shall be purely
mutual and cooperative in its workings.
Its principal place of business shall be the city
OF St Paul in the county of Ramsey and state Of
Minnesota.
ARTICLE IL
The terms of admission to membership shall be
the payment of initiation fee OF not more than
hVe dollars $3.50 and the assessments upon its
members shall never exceed the sum of twenty
(s2O) dollars in any one year.
ARTICLE III.
The time of its beginning shall be the 10th day
OF June 1885, and 1T shall continue for the period
OF thirty years (30).
ARTICLE ".
The names and addresses OF the incorporators
are: Albert Schefer, George r. Finch Jeremiah
Z. Prendergast, William II, Fisher, Richard w
Johnson, John S. Prince, James c. Markoe, all of
the CITY OF st. Paul, county OF Ramsey and state
OF Minnesota.
ARTICLE V.
Its business shall be conducted by a board of
seven % Trustees, of whom shall be elected
every year by majority of the votes cast b, the
members at a regular meeting of the association
and shall hold office for period of seven years
except the first Board of Trustees, whose names
and tenure OF Office as follows:
Albert Scheffer. who shall hold Office for one ~
year; George r. Finch for two (2) years Jere-
man Z. Prendergast for three (3) years William
ID. Fisher for four (D years. Richard w Johnson
1or i've (5) years. John s. Prince for six Q6) years.
james q. Markoe for seven ~ years.
ARTICLE VI.
! The officers shall be President Vice President
Secretary, Treasurer and Medical Director all of
whom shall be elected from and by the Board of
trustees, annually at the city of st. Paul afore-
salo, on the second Monday of June in each year.
and who shall hold Office until their successors
are duly elected and qualified, and any vacancy
| occurring in the board before the expiration of
the term Tor which any trustee was elected shall
De hiled by the board for the unexpired term for
winch such trustee elected and the first regu-
lar meeting of the board shall be held in said city
| ofSt. Paul on the l4th day of june A D. 1885,
salaries OF OHlcers or employees, as well as all
necessary and incidental expenses, shall be paid
| from the general fund aforesaid
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
| hanas ana seals this I'd day of June, A. ID. 1886,
ALBERT SCHEFFBR, [SEAL1
GEORGE K. FINCH fsEAIi
| j. G. PRENDERGAST, TsEALi
VIM. FL. FISHER, [sEAL.1
X. w. JOHNSON, TsEAI.1
JOHN S. PRINCE, SEAL
ia. G. MARkOE, fSEAL.l
In rRasence of:
| WALTER FLORENCE,