St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Duluth, Park Font and Southern Rail-
road Company.

Know al men by these presents: That the IN
ders gned persons do hereby associate themselves
together and become q body corporate under the
PROVISIONS of title l. OF chapter 81 Of the General
Statutes, ISIS Of tn state OF Minnesota and to
that end have adopted and signed the following
articles OF Incorporation:
First-The name of said corporation shall be-
The Duluth. Park Point and southern Railroad
company; Inc general nature Of its business
snail oe the building. operating and maintaining
OF a line of railway from some point on Rice's
point, IN the village OF Duluth in It Louis county
and state Of Minnesota, across the bav or harbor
Of Duluth 20 Minnesota point in said COUNTY and
thence along SAD Minnesota point in a northerly
and soGtherly direction t, the Rortheriy and
southerly limits OF said Minnesota point and 20
erect lines Of telegraph along over its lines OF
railroad and with all needful and convenient de-
pots. carhOuses, stUrehOuses. machine shops and
other buildings and appendages incident to said
ness OF said corporation shall be the city OF st.
Paul. IN Minnesota
Second-The { me OF CONNIE ncenent OF said
corporation shall be the 18th day Of February A.
D. 1856 and the period of its continuance shall be
ninety nine years.
Third-The amount of capital stock of said cor
poration shall be the sum Of Eve hundred thou
sand dollars, TO be paid In in such instsllments or
IN such manner or To be issued upon such terms as
the board of directors nav direct or as may be-
prescribed by the bylaws
Foarth-Tae highest amount Of indebtedness or
Iaoihty TO which said corporation shall be subject
snail De nye hundred thousand dollars.
Fnth-Fhe names and pace of residence OF the
persons form g this association for Incorporate on
shall be as follows; William l. Banning residing
al ST raul Minnesota; Andrew DeGraf, residing
at said ST. Paul; Robert A. smith residing nj said
St Paul Frederick d. Banning res ding at said
81 Paul and William Dawson, Jr. residing at said
st. Paul.
Sixth-The names Of the FIRST board of directors
shall be the said William l.. Banning Andrew De-
Graf Robert A smith, Frederick D. Banning and
William Dawson. Jr.
The government Of the said corporation and
management OF its affairs shall be vested in
board OF hse directors, who. except the pres
/ ent directors. shall be stockholders and who
shall be elected each year at the annual meeting
/ OF the stockholders, to take place on the first
Tuesday OF April Of each year at the Office of sa
corporation IN said city Of st. Paul unless or until
| otherwise changed by the bylaws. There shall
also be u president, vice president secretary and
treasurer and there may be such other officers as
may be provided by the board of directors OF pre-
scribed by the bylaws, all Of which said officers
shall be elected by the directors on the same day
| of the said annual stockholders meeting. unless
| otherwise changed by the bylaws The directors
| may I'LL all vacancies in their own number or OF
any Ofhcer for the unexpiFed term and elect all
oheers until the next annual meeting of stock
| holders. Inc directors and other officers. except
as herein otherwise provided shall hold Office for
one year and untl their successors are elected or
| apo nted and qualify or accept office
| The directors shall have power TO adopt all by
laws and prescIibs the duties OF officers. The first
meeting of said corporation shall be on the second
day OF March. A. ID. 1885, az its Office in GnhLan's
block in said city of St. Paul and the said directors
| may meet the same day.
Special meetings of the stockholders and meet
! inss OF the directors may be called by
the board OF directors under the bylaws
| upon such notice may be prescribed.
| Special meetings Of the directors NAV be called
| by three directors-in the absence Of u by-law-at
such time and place and upon such notice as they
! may designate.
Seventh-The capital stock of said corporation
| shall be divided into ave thousand shares of one
| hundred dollars each.
In witness thereof the said corporators have
hereto set their hands and seals this 27th day Of
| January, A. ID. lss6.
| WILLIAM l.. BANNING, rSeal1
| A. DE GRAEF, fSeal1
ROBERT A. SMITH, fSeal1
WILLIAM DAWSON. Jr., [SeaL1
| FREDERICK ID. BANNING, tSeaL1
| In presence Of
| ]. NJ, HAWKS,
| ALBERT SCHEFFER.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
COUNTY OF RAMSEY. (
On this 27th day Of January. A ID. 1886, before
me personally appeared William L. Banning
Andrew De Graf, Robert a. Smith and William
Dawson, Jr., and Frederick u. Banning 70 me wei
known TO be the persons described in. and VIII,
signed and executed the foregoing instrument
duly acknowledged that they executed the same a.
their free act and deed
JOSEPH. NJ. HAWKS,
Notarial Notary Public,
| ! seal. Ramsey County, Minnesota.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE. {
| thereby certify that the within instrument was
filed for record in this Office on the 18th day o
February, A. ID. 1855. at $3.50 o clock a. m. and wa
duly recorded in book NJ of Interpretations on pag
| COS, etc. FRED VoH BAUMBACH,
1888 Secretary OF State.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF RAMSEY, S.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
This is 10 certify that the within instrument wa
filed for record in this office, at St. Paul, on tn
18th day Of February, A. d. 1856, at 9tj O'Clock
m, and that the same was duly recorded in boo
q Of interpretations, page 200.
r.. C. WILEY. Register of Deeds
| nv I I.rIrNER