Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-02-22
Articles Of. Incorporation
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Lite Fails Water Works Co,

We the undersigned. for the purpose Of or.
ganizing. and becoming a body corporate under
and by virtue Of the laws of toe State of Minnie
sofa, in such case made AMI provided. have
adopted and signed the following Articles Of In
corporation:
ARTICLE /: ~:
The name Of this corporation shall be the slit.
tie Falls Water Works Company" -. .
The general nature Of its business shall! be to
contruct! buy. own. opera te and m,sintatn sys.
.amc, for public end private nse. Said corpora.
tton shall have power to buy. sell, ownand lsase
such land, water power, franchises, rights pat
cnts. machinery and all other appliances and
appurtenances as may from time to time appear
to the Board OF Directors necessary in and about
such business. .st.
The principal place Of tsansacting the bns..
ness of said corporation shall be in Little Falls
III the State OF Minnesota.
ARTIrLEII
Sail corporation shall commence on the FIJI
teenth day OF March A. D.. 1889. and shall con.
tinue for the term of thirty years.
ARTICLE ILL.,
The amount Of capital stock Of said corpora
ton shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars
and shnlf be paid III q. such times and IN such
vi Directors Of said corporation shall determine
and Said corporation may commence business
whenever Twenty Thousand Dollars of the CAPT.
tai stock shall have been subscribed for.
ARTICLE ~.
SAID corporation shall have power to borrow
or liability. exclusive of bonded debt, that said
corporation shall at any time be subject Ia Fifty
Thousand Dollars and said corporation may is.
sue and negotiate its bonds Ut such times. in
such amounts and secured by such collateral or
other security as the Board of Directors may
deem best, but not TO exceed in the aggregate
the sum Of Fiily Thousand Dollars.
ARTICLE v.
The names ana places Of residence OF the per.
sons forming this association for Incorporation,
Of Little Falls, Minnesota, andhJ. A. Rerkey Of
Saint Paul. Minnesota, and ". II. S. Wright, OF
st. Paul, Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI.
The government of this corporation and the
management Of its affairs shall be vested in q
= stock holder. ana in the following officers 70
be elected from the Board Of DIRECTORS. viz: a
president. vice: president secretary apd treas
ure m The Office iii , Of secretary and
Ths neg Of Direeorn s shsi, h RsF
the power to elect a general maHuger and
<ach othes agents as to the Board OF Director.
may ~ seem Necessary ne, a ~. :,
be held on the Third Wednesday in August In
each year and the Directors shall be elected at
the annual meeting.
The officers Of this corporation shall be elect.
ed annually by the Board Of Directors at their
annual injecting to be held Immediately after the
annual Meeting Of the stock holders On the
Third Thursday in August In each year. The
term OF othce OF the directors aud officers of this
corporation shall be one year and until their
SUCCESSORS are duty elected ard qualified. The
Board OF Directors shall have power to I'LL va.
eancy III case Of death or resignation of any OF
its members.
Tie names of the first Board Of Directors are,
S. Soil. ". NJ. Fuller, T. s. Gordon, Ia Ber-
key: and ". II. 8. Wright.
The first Officers Of snid corporation shall DO as
follows: president. W. NJ. Fuller, Vice Presi-
dent, J. A. Berkey: Secretary. T. C.. Gordon !;
Treasurer, T. c. Gordon. = =.
- - ARTiCLEVn.
The number ii shares in the capital stock OF
said corporation shall be One Thousand aud the
amount Of each share shall be One Hundred
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the persons here
Mbefore II med as the incorporators have here
unto subscribed their names and affixed their
seals this 9th day, Of February, 4. D. 1889. y,
WIN FULLER, {sEAL.l
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. !. T. c. GORDON, IsEAl1
JNO. 4 BERKEY, fsEAL.1 ,
". II. g. WRIGHT tsEALl =
Signed and sealed in presence Of
! CA. LlNDBERGfi,
CHARLES DAWSON,