St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-17
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A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
II Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway
Company To all to whom these presents shall
come: Be it known that the undersigned persona
for the purpose of assocating themselves together
and forming corporation under and by virtue of
the laws of the State OF Minnesota and more as
pecially under and by virtue OF title one IN Of
chapter thrty-four (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 l. 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 one or more tracks
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
ana 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
teral lines as may be found nee
essary or expedient for the con-
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
empowered 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 (5O) years.
Article 3. The capital stock of this corporation
is five hundred thousand (S5O0 0OO) 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 (lO) per centum at any
one time, ordered by the board of directors.
Article 4. The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which said corporation shah at any
time be subject, exclusive OF its Indebtedness
cured by mortgage of its property, shall be one
hundred thousand (Sl00,000 00) dollars.
Article s. The names and places of residence
OF the persons composing this association are
follows Nathan Myrick, st. Paul, Minnesota;
George J. Johnson, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Martin
It. Moore, La Crosse. Wisconsin,; Ebert e. Buck
ngham, La Crosse Wisconsin; Late Holmes, La
Crosse Wisconsin; Henry A. Salzer. La Crosse,
Wisconsin; Abram I'll. Looney. La Crosse, Wiscon;
sin; James IL. A. Ginder, La Crosse, Wisconsin,
Ezekiel Clarke. La Crosse, Wisconsin: Voney A.
Blgeow, La Crosse, Wisconsin,: Charles Franz,
La crosse, Wisconsin; Alfred Harrison La Crosse,
Wisconsin; John 2. Richmond, La Crosse. Wis
consn; Samuel Y. Hyde. La Crosse, Wisconsin;
Francis M. Egbert, La Crosse, Wisconsin; William
Crooks. st. Paul. 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, George j. johnson,
Martin L. Moore, Lafe Holmes, Henry A. Sazer.
Ezekiel Clarke. James Fl. A. Ginder, Charles
Franz and Abram IL. Looney, who shall hold their
offices as such until the first Tuesday of June,
1887 or until their successors are elected The
officers of said corporation shall be president,
vice president. secretary, treasurer and a COM
mittee of five (5) who shall be elected annually
by the board of directors. The government of the
corporation and the management its affairs
shall be vested in board of (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 are elected. Nathan Myrick shall be
president; George j. Johnson, vice president;
James IL. A Gnder, secretary; LATE Holmes,
treasurer and Henry A. Salzer. Martin T. Moore,
Charles Franz. Abram II. Looney and Ezekiel
Clarke a committee.
Article T. The capital stock of this corporation
shall be divided into ten thousand 90, 00O) shares
of fifty (50) dollars each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this LIST day of November, A. D.
1856