St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
GERVAIS LAKE SYNDICATE.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereb,
w associate ourselves together for the pur
pose OF becoming corporation under the pro
visions OF title two 2) of chapter thirtyfour (S4
or the General Statutes of the State of Minnesota
and the several acts of the legislature of said
state amendatory thereof, and for that purpose
do hereby adopt and sign these articles Of incos.
poration, as follows, to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The name Of this corporation shall be the Ger
vais Lake Syndicate.
The general nature Of the business of this cor
poration shall be the buying, owning leasing
plating. improving, selling. mortgagng and deal
ing IN lands. tenements and Entertainments, ant
real personal and mixed estate in the state Of
Minnesota.
The principal place for the transaction of thu
business OF this corporation shall be in the city Of
st, Paul, Ramsey county, in said state Of Minns-
sofa.
ARTICLE H.
The time of the commencement Of the corpora-
ton hereby organized shall be the twenty-fourth
CATH day of May 1885, and the period of its con-
tnuance shall be thirty (3O) years from said date
of commencement.
ARTICLE III.
The amount Of the capital stock of this CORPORA
ton shall be twenty-five thousand two hundred
dollars (25 200) and shall be paid in as called for
by the board of djrect6.s.
Said corporation mag purchase and buy its own
stock, and the stock so purchased and bought it
may retire and extinguish, or it may hold the
same without merger or extinguishment and re-
issue il in the same manner and on the same
terms as other stock, as the board Of directors
may determine and elect.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liability
to which said corporation shall at any time be
subject other than on stock account shall not ex-
ceed the sum of twenty-five Thousand dollars
,(S25,O00.
ARTICLE "
The names and places of residence OF the per-
sons forming this corporation as follows, viz:
Andrew Schoch, Aaron Herr. John n. Schumacher
Adam Boyer Rudolph Martini, Frederick Anthem,
Emanuel Good. Jacob V. Wilson, Ferdinand
Knautt, William F. Fifeld, Jacob f. Jaeger Henry
E. Vessel all residing in the city of st. Paul,
Ramsey county Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI
The government of this corporation and the
management Of its affairs are hereby vested in a
board OF seven directors, who shall be sharehold-
ers IN the corporation, and who shall be elected at
the annual meeting of the stockholders which
shall be held on the third sd Tuesday of May in
each year. and who shall hold Office until their
successors are elected and qualified
The executive officers of the corporation shall
be president, vice president, secretary,
the board of directors from their own num-
Der at its first meeting and at the first
meeting OF the board after the annual meeting of
the stockholders in each year, and who shall hold
Office until their are elected and ouali-
fed.
The president and secretary shall sign all deeds
and all other instruments which may be necessary
for the business of the corporation for and in the
name of the corporation, and shall exercise such
other powers and duties as the bylaws shall pre-
scribe.
Vacancies in the board of directors or in tho
said officers of the corporation shall be filed b,
the board OF directors at any regular or special
meeting held in pursuance of the bylaws.
The names of the persons forming the first board
OF directors are, Ferdinand Knauft Emanuel
Good, William F. Fifield. Andrew Schoch join
II. Schumacher Jacob V.Wilson and Frederick AL
then, who shall hold Office until the first annua
meeting and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
ARTICLE VII
The number and amount of shares of the capitaI
stock OF said corporation shall be two hundred and
ffty-two (252) shares of ore hundred dollars (slOO
each.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set on
hands and seals this 18th day of May, A D. 1856.
FERDINAND KNAUFT GsEAL1
WILLIAM F. FIFIELD, sEALt
JACOB T. JAEGER, SEAL
RUDOLPH MARTINI fsEAI
AARON HERR, fSEAL1
HENRY T. VESSEL, SEAL
JOHN H. SCHUMACHER, SEAL
EMANUEL GOOD, SEAL.
ADAM BEYER TSEALt
ANDREW SCHOCH IsEALi
JACOB V. WILSON, IsEALt
FREDERICK ALTHEN. SEAL
Signed and sealed in presence of E. T. HoL,
CoMBE, w. S. HoLooMBE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. 90.
l, E. Il. Hoicombe, notary public within and
for said county do hereby certify that on this 14tL
day of May, 1885, personally came before me Ant
drew Schoch, Aaron Herr, John Ii. Schumacher
Adam Boyer, Rudolph Martini, Frederick Anthem,
Emanuel Good, Jacob V. Wilson, Ferdinand
Knauft, William +. Fifeld, Jacob F. Jaeger and
Henry F, Vessel, to me well known TO be the
same persons described i'll and who executed the
foregoing instrument and seyerally acknowledged
that they executed the their free act and
deed. E. r. HOLCOMBE.
lSeall Notary Public. Ramsey County, MINI.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, 90
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. u.s.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS
This is to certify that the within instrument was
filed for record in this Office, at ST. Paul on the
18th day of May, A. D. 1886 at 2:30 O'Clock D.
m, and that the same was duly recorded in book
e of interpretations, pages ), etc.
r. C. WILEY, Register of Deeds
By ]. P. LEITNER, Deputy. GsEAL.1
STATE OF MINNESOTA, I
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
hereby certify that the within instrument was
filed for record in this Office on the 18th day of
May A. D. 1856, at 2:40 O'Clock p. IN. and was
duly recorded in book of interpretations on
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