St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-03

A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
II The Minneapolis Glass Novelty Com
pany.-For the purpose of organizing cor
poration. under and in accordance with the
four (34), of the General Statutes of the State
of Minnesota, 1878, and the laws amenda-
tory thereof, we, the undersigned, do
hereby associate ourselves. adopt and sign
the following articles of incorporation:
Article 1.-The name and style OF said cor
poratlon shall be The Minneapolis Glass
Novelty Company; and the general nature
OF Its business shall be to manufact-
to acquire, purchase. own and deal
In all kinds, of material necessary or
useful for the manufacture of glass
articles; to make, purchase, own. lease,
chimes, apparatus. appliances, processes,
patented or otherwise, necessary or servicea-
BILE for glass making; to acquire, purchase,
buy and sell and convey to others, inyen-
ing to the art Of glass. making; TO acquire,
purchase, own lease, hold and sell and con-
vey real estate, and all kinds of property,
real, personal or mixed, necessary, useful or
convenient to carry out the objects, uses and
purposes aforesaid.
Art. 1.-THE principal place Of transacting
the business of this corporation shall be In
the city of Minneapolis. county of Hennepin
state of Minnesota.
Art III-The time of the commencement
of this corporation shall be the first day Of
July, A. D. 1883, and the period of continu-
ance thereof shall be thirty years from said
date.
Art. IV.-The amount of the capital stock
of this corporation shall be fifty thousand
dollars $50. 1000, which shall be paid i'll at
such times and places and in such manner as
shall be called for by the board of directors
of this corporation; and said capital stock
shall be divided into two thousand (2OOO)
shares of twenty-five dollars (S25l each.
Art V.-The highest amount of indebted
lrnni H., oh tI,sr -.
shall ever be subject at anv one time shall be
ten thousand dollars ($lO,O0O).
Art. VI.-The names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this association
fOr1ncorporatlon are as follows:
Charles F. Baker, Minneapolis, MINI.
Richard G. A. Witt, Minneapolis, Mimi.
Fritz j. L. Reimanl, Minneapolis, MINI.
Alya W. Stahl, Minneapolis, Mimi.
Ellsworth b. Mccoy. Minneapolis, Mimi.
Art. VII.-The government of this corpora
ton and the management of its affairs shall
be vested in board of five directors, who
shall all be stockholders in this corporation.
No person shall be eligible as director who
owns less than two shares of stock. The said
board of directors of this corporation shall,
after the one herein named, be elected by the
stockholders of this corporation at their an
nual meeting to be held at the principal
place of business of this corporation. in the
city of Minneapolis. on the first Wednesday
III June IN each year, commencing with the
year 1888. Said directors shall be elected
offices until their successors are elected and
have qualified. AT the first meeting of said
board of directors, after such annual meeting
of the stockholders. or at any adjourned meet
ing thereof, said directors shall organize by the
election from their number of a president,
vice president, secretary and treasurer, who
who shall constitute the officers of said cor
poration, and who shall hold their re-
spective offices for the term of one year and
until their successors are elected and have
qualified. Said offices of secretary and
treasurer may be filed by one and the same
person. Said meeting of said directors for
the annual meeting of stockholders. or as
soon thereafter as is practicable.
The first board of directors OF this corpor-
Councils, A]va W. Stahl and Ellsworth B.
Mccoy. all residents of Minneapolis, Mimi,
who shall hold their Offices until the first an
nual meeting of the stockholders, to be held
at the time and place aforesaid, and until
their successors are elected and are quail
fed.
Art. VIII-The stockholders of this cor
poration shall, at their first meeting, to be
held at the time and place aforesaid, or at an
adjourned meeting thereof, adopt proper by
laws for the government of the affairs of the
corporation.
Art. IX.-The stock of this corporation
sqall be issued subject to the following re-
strlctions viz: This corporation shall have
the first refusal of any stock offered for sale
by any stockholder at the price offered by
the third party purchaser. And every GER
tifcate of stock issued by this corporation
shall have written or printed on its face
words APPLY expressing the foregoing re-
strictions.
Art. X.-The capital stock of this corpora
ton may be increased and the foregoing arti
cles be otherwise amended at any annual
meeting of the stockholders, by vote of the
majority of stock issued and outstanding, or
at any special meeting of the stockholders,
ten DAYS notice OF such proposed amend
ment having been given i'll the call for such
special meeting.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and affixed our seals this 10th
day of June, A. D. 1888.
CHARLES F. BAKER TSealT
RICHARD G. A. WITT. Seal
FRITZ j. L. REMAIN. Seal
ALVA w. STAHL. Seal