St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-19
& RTICLEs OF TNCORP0RATT0N on

\ RTlCLES OF INCORPORATION OF
II the &C. G. Lewis Coal Company.n "
Know all men by these presents, that we,
whose names are hereto subscribed, have
agreed to associate ourselves together for the
purpose Of incorporation under the laws and
statutes of the State of Minnesota. and do
hereby adopt and sign the following articles
or incorporation:
Article 1.-The corporate name of this cor
poration shall be and is the &c. G. Lewis
Coal Company"
The general nature of the business of this
corporation shall be and is the buying sell
Ing and dealing in coal, COKE wood and all
Kinds Of fuel and the undertaking Of anv
operations and the purchase and holding of
any property that may be necessary in the
aforesaid business and any part thereof
The principal place of the transaction of
the business OF this corporation shall be in
the City of ST. Paul. in the County of Ram
sey, and State of Minnesota.
Article 1.-THE time of the commence
ment of this corporation is the 1st day OF
June, A. d. 1891, and the time of its eontinu-
ance is twenty COY years.
- Article III.-The amount of the capital
stock OF this corporation shall be twenty-five
thousand (S25,00W dollars, and said capital
stock shall be divided into five hundred 5000
shares OF fifty (50) dollars each.
No stock, nor any certificate of stock, shall
at any time be issued until the full par value
thereof has been actually paid in in money!
Said corporation may purchase and buy in its
own stock, and the stock so purchased and
extingufsh or hold the same without merger
or extinguishment or may reissue the same
rs the board of directors may determine and
elect.
or have the same transferred, he shall first
offer the same TO said corporation for sale
ten days before, and the said corporation
shall have the first privilege of buying the
same for the same price the said stoekholder
offers to sell said stock and can sell the same
to any other person.
Article Iv.-The highest amount of indept-
edness or liability to which said corporation
shall at any time be subject is nfty thousand
(S500C0) dollars.
Article V.-The name and places of resi-
denee Of the persons forming this corpora
enare as follows, to-wit:
Curtis G.. Lewis st. Paul, Minnesota;
Charles R. Heneage. st. Paul, Minnesota;
George Dinwoodie St. Paul, Minnesota.
Article VI-The government and manage
ment OF said corporation shall be vested in a
nually by the stockholders from among their
number at the annual meeting in each year
TO be held OH the second Monday
iu May, provided the board Of d.
as such until their successors are elected and
qualified. The names of the persons who
shall constitute the first board of directors of
said corporation are the aforesaid Curtis g.
Lewis, Charles K. Heneage and George Din
woodie.
The directors. after the first herein named,
shall be elected annually as aforesaid and
shall hold meeting of directors for the cleo
ton of officers from their own number for
the corporation, who shall consist of
A President,
A Vice President
A Secretary, and
A Treasurer
upon the organization Of the first board. and
thereafter each year as soon as convenient
after the adjournment of the stockholders
annual meeting
The offices of President and Treasurer may
be held by the same person. and the offices of
Vice President and Secretary may be held by
the same person.
Such general and special meetings. of the
stockholders. and also of the directors NAV
be called and held as the interests Of the bus
mess of the CORPORATION may require
The directors shall have power to fill every
vacancy in the offices or in the board of df-
rectors
In witness whereof, we. the persons here
inbefore named as inoorporators, have here
unto subscribed our names and affixed our
seals, each for himself, this 29th day of May,
A. d. 1891.
CURTIS G. LEWIS, lSeaL1
CHARLES r. HENEAGE, fSeaL1
GEO. DTNWOODIE, fSeaI.1
In presence Of
GEO HUGHES MEAD,
C. MAcNAMARA.
". " 2. a. fNAsss Kzssspr. AS to Geo. Dinwoodie