St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-21
STORE AND BAR FIXTURES
A RTICLEs OF INCORPORATION OF

A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
n the Beaupre Mercantile Company. =
We, the undersigned, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose of becom-
ing corporation, under the provisions OF
Title two (2) Chapter thirtyfour GA of the
General Statutes of the State of Minnesota
and the laws anlepdatory thereof and for
that purpose do hereby adopt and sign these
Articles OF Incorporation, as follows, to wit
ARTICLE l.
The name of tins Corporation sha II be
Beaupre Mercantile Company. The general
nature of the business of this Corporation
shall be to buy, sell and deal in merchandise,
and to do a general mercantile business and
, to perform whatever acts may be incidental
to- necessary. desirable or convenient for the
prosecution of such business. The principal
place of transacting the business of this Cor
Doration shall be in the City of ST. Paul. in
the State of Minnesota but the Directors of
this Corporation shall have the power to es-
tablish one Or more, subordinate offices with
out the State and transact business thereat.
= ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of this
Corporation shall be the 18th day of January,
A. D. 1892 and the period of its continuance
shall be the term of thirty (30) years. .
ARTICLE III. T.
The amount of Capital Stock of this Cor
poration shall be five hundred thousand dol
lars (S500,00G 00), divided into shares of one
Capital Stock shall be issued and paid in
such installments and at such time as the
Board of Directors shall by resolution direct.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which this Corporation shall at
any time be subjected shall not exceed five
hundred thousand dollars $500, 100000.
ARTICLE V.
The names of the persons forming this
association for incorporation are:
Bruno Beaupre, Frank Keogh. James NJ.
DAVIS and Thomas B. Arnold, all having
their places of residence in the City of st.
Paul, Minnesota.
The government of the Corporation and
the management Of it's affairs shall be vested
in Board of Directors. who shall be stock
holders. and who shall be elected annually
except as herein provided) by the stock
holders at the annual meeting of this Cor
poration, which shall be on the third Tues
day in January in each year. The first
Board of Directors shall consist of Bruno
Beaupre, Frank Keogh, James M. Davis and
Thomas b. Arnold. who shall hold their
Offices until the annual meeting of this Cor
poration in the year 1893 and until their sue
cess0rs are elected and qualified. The Board
OF Directors shall, Immediately after their
election, organize, and shall at their first
meeting and at the first meeting in each year
after the annual meeting of the Corporation,
elect from their own number the officers of
the Corporation, who shall consist of Pres
ident Vice President Secretary. Treasurer
and Manager, and said officers shall hold
their offices until the next annual meeting OF
Inc corporation and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified. Any two
of said offices excepting that of President
may be held by the same person. Such OFF,
GERS shall have such powers aud perform
such duties respectively as the Bylaws of
the Corporation may prescribe.
ARTICLE VII.
The Capital Stock of said Corporation shall
be divided into five thousand (5.090) shares
of one hundred dollars $4,000 esch, and
said Corporation is authorized to go into
operation and transact business whenever
two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars
(S250,000.00) of said stock shall have been
subscribed for and fully paid up.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this 18th day of JANUARY
A. D., 1892. z
BRUNO BEAUPRE. [Seal.1 )
FRANK KEOGR. Seal1 1
JAMES NJ. DAVIS. Seall
THOS. B. ARNOLD. lSeaL1 -
Executed i'll presence Of
G. WELLINGTON,
FRANK A. ELDREDGE.