St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
A RTIcLEs or INCORPORATION OF

IN
"A the Star Mercantile Companv.-Know
all men by these presents that we, whose
names are hereto subscribed, have and do
hereby adopt and sign the following written
articles of incorporation with the intent and
for the purpose of being incorporated, and
constituted and created a corporation under
and by virtue of Title two (2), Chapter
thirty four (34), of the General Statutes of
the State of Minnesota and the laws of said
state amendatory thereof and supplementary
thereto.
Article 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be The Star Mercantile Company
The general nature OF the business of this
corporation shall be buying selling and
trading in all lines. and classes OF goods,
wares, merchandise, and personal property
whatsoever at wholesale and retail, and in
barter and exchange, and also for others as
agent and on commission, ana as incident
to the business aforesaid, to buy, own, hold,
control. lease, mortgage, and sell all such
real estate and property as may be necessary
or convenient in the prosecution of said
business or to the interest of the corporation
in that behalf.
That the principal place of transacting the
business of this corporation shall be in the
city OF ST. Paul. Ramsey county, Minnesota.
Art. lI.-This corporation shall commence
on the first GsO day of June, A. d. 1888,
and continue thirty (3O) years.
Art. llI.-The amount of the capital stock
of this corporation shall be fifty thousand
dollars, and shall be fully paid when issued.
AT least onefourth of the capital stock shall
be subscribed for and paid in at the COM
mencement of business by the corporation.
Merchandise and personal property, other
than money, may be taken by the corporation
in payment for its stock, the value of such
merchandise and property having been first
fixed and determined by resolution of the
board of directors, entered on the records of
the corporation.
Art. IV.-The highest amount of indebted
ness or liability to which this corporation
hal of iDon hn 11ah1 Ia acIo Ir,t IL;
thousand dollars.
Art. Y.-The names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this corpora
ton are Mcintosh Howes. James r. Cooper
Henry E. Hullsiek, Edward Il. B. Bird and
Richard +. Nachtrieb, all residing i'll said
city of St Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota
Art. VI.-The above-named incorporat ors,
Mcintosh Howes, james r. Cooper, Henry f.
Hullsiek. Edward r. b. Bird and Richard f.
Nachtrieb shall constitute the first board of
directors of this corporation.
The officers of this corporation shall consist
OF president, vice president secretary,
treasurer and general manager, and any two
Howes shall be the first president and gen.
eral manager, and the said Henry E. Hullsiek
the first vice president and secre-
tary and said James II. Cooper
directors hereinbefore named shall hold their
offices and exercise and discharge the duties
thereof until their successors are elected
and qualified. The board of directors of
constituted of five 90 members, in
Guiding said officers The term of Office
of said officers and directors. after the
first herein named, shall be one year.
and until their successors are elected
and qualified. The government of this cor
poration and the management of its affairs
shall be vested in its officers and board of
directors: The directors, after the first here
In named, shall be elected annually by the
stockholders at a stockholders meeting,
which shall be held at said principal Office of
the corporation at said city of ST. Paul. at
three 81 O'Clock in the afternoon of the
second ed Wednesday in February in
each and every year, and shall be so elected
for the year then next ensuing after their
election. The president, vice president
secretary. treasurer and general manager,
after the first herein named, shall be elected
annually at meeting of the directors, which
shall be held at said principal Office of the
corporation at said st. Paul on the second
CD Wednesday of February in each year,
and Immediately after the stockholders
meeting and election of directors on that
day, by the directors on that day elected,
and from their own members. The first
meeting of the directors herein named shall
be at said principal Office of the corporation
at said st. Paul, on the 5th day of June
1888, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon The
board of directors shall have the power and
they may call such special and general meet
ings of the stockholders and directors as in
their judgment the interests or business of
the corporation may require, and
may at any such special or general meet
ing of the board of directors fill any
vacancies i'll any of the offices herein named
of officers or directors, and may make ard
enact bylaws for the corporation, and the
same alter or amend at any such special or
general meeting of the board of directors.
No person shall be an officer or director i'll
this corporation who is not a stockholder
therein.
Article VII.-The capital stock of this
corporation shall be divided into one thou
sand q ,O00) shares of Fifty Dollars each.
In witness whereof, we, the persons herein
before named as incorporators, have here
unto subscribed our names and affixed our
seals this 10th of May, A. ID. 1888.
MCINTOSH HOWES, lSeal1
JAMES X COOPER, TSeali
HENRY E. HULLSIEK, ISealf
EDWARD r. b. BIRD. Seal
RICHARD F. NACHTRIEB, fSeal.1
Signed and sealed in presence Of
C.. F. DIETz
W. COLLINS, JR.