Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-03-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
"oesi's Lake Building and Loan Asso.
citation.

We, the undersigned residents of the City of Devils
Lake, Ramsey County, Da>ota, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose Of becoming q cor.
(3il, laws of 1855, of said Territory, and the Laws
amendatoryt thereof; and notice Is hereby given that
we intend to apply to the Secretary of the Territory Of
Devils Lake, Building and Liam Association;'' end we
hereby agree upon and adopt the following articles Of
interpretations:
ARTICLE I.
Tho name Of this corporation shall be Devils Lake
Building and Loan AssSSiasion|
rba oh,sct ., .h,. A osaE ! H. I, |: n .r,,, -.
bers an opportunity for . safe Investment Of their
savings; to ~f,cilitate the acquisition of q homestead
and to secure to them the advantages usually expected
from savings banks and like in.titutions., It will also
exercise such powers - are given by the legislative
act under which it i incorporated.
ARTICLE III.
poration shall be il the City Of Devils Lake, in the
County OF Ramsey, and Territory Of Dakota.
~ARTICLE.Iv.
This corporation shall exit for the term of twenty
ARTICLE v.
The number OF dir ctors of the above corpora
under,i ned residents Of the Cit. Of Devils Lake. Da.
kota Territory, shall cons, itute the hrt board Of d.
%rectors, to serve until their successors are elected and
qualified, and each of them have subscribed the mum.
her of shares set opposite their names respectively.
ARTICLE vi.
The capital stock Of this corporation shall DO
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ofone hundred dollars each, to be issued in such series.
ut such time and ut such intervals a. the corporation
or its directors may determine.
ARTICLE VII.
Tho premiums or bonuses bid for prior riglts to
loans shall be payable in one hundred equal monthly
installments.
[scal MILAN J CHRISTIE, Ten Shares.
ISral) WILLIAM A HAMILTON, Ten Shares.
!seal1 GLARE " KELLEY, Ten Shares.
Iseal1 TRUMAN G LAPHAM, Ten Shares.
Iseail JOIN 4 PERCIyAL, Ten shares.
l$eal1 JAMES f WATT, Ten Shares.
lseal1 WILLIAM E HIGBEE, Ten Sharez.
[Seall HENRY G h .NSB ,;OuGH, Ten Sharcs.
fseal1 Herbert D PERCIvAL. Ten Shares.
In witnrss whereof the persons hereinbsfore named
as incorporators have hereunto set their hands and
seals this 18th day Of March, 1883, in the presence of
". ". Wishsrt and J h. Eaton.
On the 18th day Of March, before NE, W. ". Wish.
art, q notary pub ic in aud for said county and territory,
aforesaid, personally appeared William. J. Christie,
" lillian a. Hamilton Clark W. Kelley. Truman c.
Janies 4. Watt, William. E, Higbee. Henry q. Hans.
.rough and Herbert d. Percival, known to me to 10
the persons who are d. scribsd in and who executed the
TO mo that they executed tho same as thsir free net and
deed.
[Notarial ssal.l ". ". WISnART,
Notary Public D T.
On the 18Th day # March, 1883, before me. W. ".
Wislmrt, o notary public in and for the comfy and
territory af'resa d personally came William ): Chris
tie, William A. Hamilton, Clark W. Kelley, Truman
James +. Watt, William E.. Higbee, Henry c. iian,.
brough and Herbert D. Percival who subscribed ,hciI
names to the alb We and foregoing articles Of incurpor'
alton, and eacl, Of said persons being duly sworn. on
Ills oath deposes aud says that tile statement therein
contained are true.
lp witness whereof I havo herean,o set my hand
[Notarial seal " W. wlsnART.
bi-2 Notary Public, q. I.