Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF the Dexter Farmers Co-Operatlve Az.
ISOLATION. .:.~ .st@ &s>

. @' ISOLATION. 'l@ w.,
Know all Men by these Presents, that we.
hereby form ourselves together as a bodv cor.
porate tor the purpose OF buying and sailing
wheat, oats, butter, eggs, cattle, hogs and al
kinds Of farm produce, and selling the same on
commission and doing a general mercha ndse
commission business: and tor that purpose do
hereby adopt and sign the following Articles
OF l inc Mtn n:ne ~ TIM a.,,
shall be the Dexter Farmers Cooperative AS
ISOLATION.
Art: :: The place within which the busi-
ness OF such association Is to be carried on ia
In Dexter, Mower County, State OF Minnesota.
ART. 3. The amount Of Capital Slock of
said association shall be Two Thousand Dol
lar "a and shall consist or Two Hundred Shares
ART. 4. The highest amount of indebted.
ness or liability to which said association shall
at any time be subject shall be the ann ~
Fifteen Hundred Dollars. 'AA -
ART. b. The time OF the commencement of
said corporation shall be on the fifteenth day
OF tt May; aSsS, ana the same shall continue for
ART. y. me names Of the persons forming
said corporation are as follows: w. X. Payne,
e. Pavne Gao w Wisms R. Bedford,
A; Fuller. D. Williams, T. L. Rothie NJ. B..
Williams, John RahiIly. A. G. Tanner, Frank
Watson Watson, J. +; Miller, Frank Wood, Peter Van
c; H. Williams, H. Thompson, g. H. Smith and
VIM. Feenendall. ''" "'''
ART. I. Inc affairs and business of this as.
ISOLATION shall De managed and conducted nv
the president and treasurer Of such associa-
ton, and a board of seven directors who shall
De styled a board of managers.
AIT. g.. A majority OF the bona flde share
nolders or such association may, at the an
nual or any legally notified meeting of the
members thereof called for that purpose, al
ter or amend the bylaws OF such association.
certificates Of shares of stock in said associa-
ton to those entitled thereto, when the
amount OF such stock shall have been
paid for by them to the treasurer Of such as
ISOLATION; the certificates of shares of stock
to be signed by the president and counter
s sSa11 6y the seoretary and the treasurer
the same was paid for and the amount paid.
In witness thereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 18th day Of May, A. b.
1899.
[SEALl E. f. PAYNE, President.
ASEAL' DANIEL WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
lSEALl JOHN RAH1LLY,
SEAL S. FULLER
[SEAL r. ECKFORD.
CSEALl c. VANDENOEvER
lSEAL] VIM K PAYNE,
lSEAL NJ. D. WILLIAMS,
lSEALl A. G. TANNER,
,, Directors.
z. p. WILLIAMS,
FIN. WATSON.
State of Minnesota,
County Of Mower. 49,
On this 18th day Of May, A. d. 1889, before
me personally appeared E. f. Payne. Daniel
Williams, John Rahily, S. Fuller, II. Eckford,
z. Vandenoevers VIM. X. Payne, Nj. D. Will
ilams and "A. G. Tanner, to me personally
known to be the persons who executed the
foregoing articles of association, and they
severally acknowledged the execution there
OF to be their free act and deed for the uses
| and purposes therein expressed.
lSEALI G. A. BUCK,
Notary Public.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. !
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. {
hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed for record in this Office on the l4th
day OF June, A. D. 1889, at II 80 ocock a. m,
| and was duly recorded in book X of incorpo-
rat1OnS, on page 1873. H. MATTSON,
Secretary of State.