St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-10

A RT1CLEs OF INCORPORATION OF THE
n 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 associating themselves together
and forming corp oration under and by virtue of
the laws of the state OF Minnesota. and more es-
pecially under and by virtue OF title one ~ Of
chapter thirtyfour (3) 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 l. The corporate name OF the corpora
tion 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 a railway, with one or more tracks or
lines of road, and the equipment therefor. with
all necessary side-tracks and turn-outs and all
machine shops, warehouses. storehouses. eleyas
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 the Territory of Dakota. with
such branches. turn outs and lat
teral lines as may be fonnd nec-
sary expedent for the con-
The principal place of transactng 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
EN- oVered 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.
Art Gle 2. This corporation shall commence on
the fifteenth day of November. A. D. 1885, and
shall continue for period of fifty (50) years.
Article 3. The capital stock of this corporation
is five hundred thousand (S5O0,0 000) 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 (l0) per centum at any
time, as ordered by the board of directors.
Article l. The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject, exclusive of its Indebtedness Sc
cured by mortgage of its property, shall be one
hundred thousand (S100,000 00) dollars.
Article 5. The names and places of residence
of the persons composing tn S association are as
follows; Nathan Myrick. ST. Paul. Minnesota;
George j. Johnson La Crosse Wisconsin, Martin
T. Moore. La Crosse, Wisconsin; Ebert e. Buck
ingham, La Crosse, Visions n; Lafe Holmes, La
Crosse, Wisconsin; Henry a Salzer, La Crosse,
Wisconsin; Abram 81. Looney, La Crosse, Wscon-
SIM James Fl. A. Ginder. La Crosse, Wisconsin;
Ezekiel Clarke. La Crosse, Wisconsin; Volney A.
Blgelow, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Charles Franz,
La crosse Wisconsin,; Alfred Harrison La Crosse,
Wisconsin; John P. Richmond La C:osse, Wis
consin; Samuel Y. Hyde. La Crosse. Wisconsin;
Francs NJ Egbert. La Crosse, Wisconsin; William
Crooks, st. all, 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 Late Holmes, Henry A Salzer.
Ezekiel Clarke, "a mes FL. A: Ginder, Charles
Il rduz anu ADrdm d. LOOney, VINO Snall nOlQ their
offices as such until the first Tuesday of June.
1881 or until their successors are elected. The
OH GERS of said corporation shall be president.
vice president, secretary, treasurer and COM
mittee of five (5) 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 me (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
Ulna danf.
James H. A. Glld er, secretary; Late Holmes,
treasurer, and Henry A. Salzer. Martin T. Moore,
Charles Franz, Abram H. Looney and Ezekiel
Clarke committee.
article I. The capital stock of this corporation
shall be div I'd into ten thousand 10,00O) shares
of fifty (50) dollars each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this lst day of November, A. D.
1885.