The Irish standard., 1894-10-06
ARTICLES OF incorporation
-OF- f% h
THE PENNY PRESS COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned incorporators,
do hereby associate ourselves together as
Of Chapter 81 Of the General statates Of the
State of Minnesota. and do hereby adopt
the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
he PENNY fss Of K SEa 6NFnNY shall" be
Its principal place ct business a,s shall be at
Hennepin. and State of Minnesota.
The general nature of the business Of said
corporation shall be the Manufacture and
production of newspapers. the manufacture
kinds of iithographing, and the sale and
distribution of such products the purchase
of all material necessary therefor. and the
The time OF the comuencement Of said
eorporati,n shall ,a be the eleyenth Day Of
for period of thirty years from said date
ARTICLE III.
The amount Of capital stock Of said corpp-
ration shall be One "a h dd1[ req! and fifty
THOUSAND p1lars ls5o whiGh IS shall be
tors of said corporation.
ARTICLE w.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness
10 saa ha pc ne Handrs al
Thousand Dollars (S10O O00l.
ARTICLE V.
The names and places OF residence of the
persons forming said association for incor-
JOHN II. LEONARD, Of Minneapolis,
A J. BLETHEN. jR., of Minneapolis.
h SEoRGE cG W YBobDs OF Minneapolis
Hennepin County, Minnesota.
J. A. WERNER. Of Minneapolis. Henne-
p' = A. pH = y fJNfEfI;f NJ M;,ne,no1is
Hennep IN G191nty. Minnesota
ALDEN j. BLETHEN, of Minneapolis,
Hennepln County. Minnesota
ARTICLE vi.
The government Of said corporation and
the management OF it's affairs. shall be
vested in a Board of Directors, consisting of
five % members, which said board shall
elect a President. Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
ration shall consist Of the following per-
JOHN II: LEONARD, RALPH 2. L1sKF1Enp,
"A. j. BLETHEN, JR Z. &. BISHOP,
and ALDEN J. BLETHEN.
Said Board Of Directors shall hold office +.
until the first annual meeting of the stock
successors are duly elected and qualified:
The first Vice President shall be T. e.
The first Secretary shall be RALPH f.
The first Treasurer shall be 4. +. RLETH-
ARTICLE VII. :
The annual meeting Of the stock holders
Of said corporation shall be held at its office
in the City of Minneapolis, County of Hen
nepin and State of Minnesota. on the second
tuesday of January, 1895, and Of each sue
The officers of said corporation shall per-
form such duties as are customary to their
the Board Of Drectors. and to that end sn by
laws may be adopted by the Board Of Drec-
tors defining the duties Of the various Off,
GERS and agents OF said corporation and
providing for the administra ton of the de
tails of it's business.
ARTICLE VIII.
The amount Of the capital stock Of said
CORPORATION shall be Ihree soI Thousand (3ooo)
In testimony whereof, the above named
incorporators have hereu nto set their handi
and affixed the their seals this 1lth day of Au-
John r. i, LE1 On [ssea11l.
GEO. W. DODDS, [Sealj
kA i; HE :: EfSKg1EEp. E sSss5
e. THOMAS 2: BISHOP: [sie:al.l
in the presence Of:
BuRToN v. Mcr1<AoKEN.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, SO
County of Hennepin ss
before me a Notary Public within and for
said County and State. personally appeared
John FL. Leonard. A J. Blethen. Jr.. George
W. Dodds, j. A. Werner, Ralph p. Linkfeld,
n. z Bishop and Alden i. Blethen, to me
known to be the same persons described in
and who executed the foregoing articles of
incorporation. and they aclsnowl lodged that
they executed the same their free act and
deed. and for the uses and purposes therein
expressed. -..-
g. =. THURSTON.
Notary Public,
Hennepin County.
[Notarial Seal.l Minnesota.