Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-03-31
ARTICLES OF Incorporation
'.DeviIs Lake Building and Loan Asso'
citation.

We, the undersigned residents Of The City Of Devils
Lake, Ramsey County, Ia ots, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose Of becoming a cor.
is4), laws Of 1885, Of said Territory, and the laws
amendatory thereof; and notice 10 hereby given that
We intend to apply to the Secretary Of the Territory Of
.'Dsvils Lake Building and Luan Association and we
hereby agree upon and adopt the following articles Of
incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
The name Of this corporation shall be "Dsvils Lake
Building ana Loan As:.Siation"
The object Of this corporation 10 to afford its mem
bsrs an opportunity for q Mfe Investment of their
savings; to facilitate the acquisition of Q homestead,
and to secure to them the advantages usually expected
from savings banks and like institutions, It vii also
exercise such powers ~ are given by the legislative
act under which it 10 Incorporated.
ARTICLE III.
The place whore the principal business Of this cor.
poration shall be is the City Of Devils Lake, In the
County Of Ramsey, and Tsrritory Of Dakota.
This corporation shall exist for the term Of twenty
Year,.
Tho lumber Of dir ctors Of the above corpora
tion are to ~ ten, with the right Of succession. The
kota Territory, shall cons itute the first board Of di.
~rectors, to serve until their SUCCESSORS are elected and
qualified, and each Of them have subscribed tn. mum.
Ter Of shares st Oplusite their nance respectively.
ARTICLE vi.
The capital stock of this corporation shall he
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided into shares
ofone hundred dollars each. to be issued in such series.
at such time and 1t such intervals o. the corporation
Of it, directors may determine;
The premiums or bonuses bid for prior rights 10
loans shall b. payable in ons hundred equal nonthiy
installmsnts.
isssil WILLIAM J CHRISTIE, Ten Shares.
Sal WILLIAM 4 HAMILTON, Ten sharss'
tseal1 TRUMAN G LAPHAM, Ten shares,
[s*Al1 10 n 4 ~PERCIvAL, Ten shares.
tS~al1 SIDNEY + THOMPSON. Ten sharss.
Ess.I WILT william I : hiaSb BEE SCARS Tss Shares.
seal nERBEBT D PERCivAL. Ton Shares
rs incorporation. have hrreunto ct their hands and
W. ". Wishart and J B. Eaton.
Territory Of Dakota County Of Ramsey-N
On the 18th day Of March, before me, W. W.. Wish
art, . notary pub ic In and for said county aud territory,
Aforesaid, personally appeared william. J. Christie
William a. Humilton Clark W. Kelley. Truman G
James f.. Watt, William. E. Higbee. Henry &. Hans
brUugh and Herbert u. Psrcival, known to me- to h
the persons who are d scribed In and who executed the
to me that they executed the same US their free vet sne
deei.
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Notary Public D T.
Territory Of ~Drkota-County Of Rums-y-s.
gu the 18th day + March, 1888, before mc. W. W
Wfshart, . notary public In aud for the equity anc
territory aforesa q personally came William J: Chris
tie, William A. Hamilton, Clark ". Kelley, Trumaz
{. Lapham, john A. iercival, Sidney +. Thompson
James +. Wait, William E. aigbce, Henry C. ilsns
brough and Herbert D. Percival who subscribed theil
alton, aud each OF said persons being duly sworn, OF
his oath deposes aud says that the statement, thsrsii
contained are true.
In witness whereof I have hereunto ut my haut
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