St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-23

A RT1CLES 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 thirty-four GA of the
| General Statutes of the State of Minnesota
! that purpose do hereby adopt and sign these
Articles OF incorporation, as follows, to wit
ARTICLE l.
The name of this Corporation shall 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 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
| poratlon shall be IN the GitSHof 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 TRANSFER business thereat.
ARTICLE IT,
The time of the commencement of this
Corporation shall be tile 18th day OF January,
A. D. 1892 aud the period of its Continuance
shall be the term of thirty (30) years. -.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of Capital Stock of this Cor
poration shall be five hundred thousand dol
lars (S5O0. G009l, divided into shares of one
hundred dollars (Si00.00) each, and such
Capital Stock shall be issued and, paid IN
such lnstalIments and at suefl- Hfne as the
Board of Directors shall by resolution direct
ARTICLE W. & -s- =
The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability to which this Corporation shall at
anT time be subjected shall not exceed five
hundred thousand dollars $500 000GO).
ARTICLE W
The names of the persons forming this
association for incorporation are:
Bruno Beaupre, Frank Keosh.f James NJ
DAVIS and Thomas B. Arnold, ali having
their places Of residence in the City of st.
Paul, minnesota.
ARTICLE VI
/ The government of the Corporation and
the management Of its 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 shah consist of Bruno
Beaupre. Frank Keogh, James NJ. Davis and
Thomas b Arnold. who shall hold their
offices until the annual meeting of this Cor
poration i'll the year 1873 and until their sue
ceSSors 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
ldent, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and Manager, and said officers shall hold
their Offices until the next annual meeting of
the Corporation and until their sue
SSoSoiS daS eIecteu anu qudIlneu. 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 (5090) shares
of one hundred dollars (S10OG0) esch, and
said CORPORATION is authorized to go into
operation and transact business whenever
two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars
(S250,0J00O 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,
4. D., 1892.
BRUNO BEAUPRE. [SeaLl
FRANK KEOGH. ISeaLl
JAMES II. DAVIS. fSeal1
THOS. B. ARNOLD. [SeaL1
Executed in presence Of
G.. WELLINGTON,
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