The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-01
Articles Of Incorporation
Standard Fiber Ware Company.

The und ersigned hereby agree to associate
| themselves together and become Incorporated
under and pursuant to title two (2), or Chapter
| the State of Minnesota, and the laws amenda-
| tory thereof; and they have agreed to, adopt.
ed. signed and acknowledged the following ar
ticles of incorporation.
ARTICLE !.
The name of the corporation hereby organ.
ICED shall be, and is, standard Fiber-Ware
| Company and its general business shall be
manufacturing, buying, selling and dealing
utensils and articles. and parts or portions Of
| the same, OF any and all descriptions, compos'
ed wholly, or in part. OF max tber, or other
hbers, or paper; or straw, anu al an c Orner una
| to be used In the carrying on OF such business;
and its principal place OF business shall be
the City OF Mankato, In the state OF MIME
sofa.
ARTICLE II.
This corporation shall commence its exist.
| ence on the first day OF January, 1886, and shall
continue for q period OF thirty years from
that date.
ARTICLE III.
The amount OF the capital stock Of this cor
poratIon shall be fifty thousand dollars. For
ty per cent. thereof shall be paid in at the time
| Of Its commencement, and the balance, from
time to time, in the discretion, and upon the
call OF its board OF directors.
ARTICLE Nv.
i IL uIkuCeL QOu VI VI ho
bility TO which this corporation shall at any
time be subject is fifty thousand dollars.
ARTICLE W.
The names and places of residence of the
| persons forming this association for the pur-
pose Of incorporation are as follows, viz:
John A. Willard, Mankato, Minnesota.
Myron G.. Willard, Mankato, Minnesota.
Daniel G. Willard, Mankato, Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI.
John A.. Willard, Myron G.. willard and
Daniel q. Willard shall constitute the first
government shall be vested in a Board Of three
Directors, and its general business manage
| ment In a President, Secretary. Treasurer and
united in the same person. whenever deemed
advisable by the Board of Directors, provided,
that the offices of President and Secretary
elected by the stockholders on the first Mon.
day I'm January In each year, at the Office Of
the company, and the managing officers shall
be elected by the Directors, Immediately after
their own election, on the same day and at the
same place. All such Directors and officers
shall be stockholders, and they shall hold their
Offices for the term Of one year., and until
others shall be chosen In their stead.
ARTICLE VII.
The capital stock of this corporation shall be
divided into five hundred shares, of one hun
Dated this 18th day of December. A. d. 1895.
JOHN A wILLARP; [sEAL]
b baSHM O. q. %itfRH SEAL.
Signed and sealed IN presence Of
w. d. WILLARD,
w. L. COON.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, l..
County Of Blue Earth.
Be it remembered that on this 2sth day OF
December, A. D. 1885, personally came before
me the undersigned, q Notary Public; John
A. Willard, Myron g. Willard and Daniel g..
willard, to me well known to be the signers
and seaiers Of the foregoing articles of fncor-
poratlon, and they each acknowledged that
they executed the same freely for the uses
and purposes therein set forth.
iNotariail w. L. COON,
Seal, Notary Public
--~-- for Blue Earth County. MINI.