St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-06

INOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
N elts, thatwe, whose names are hereuhto
subscribed, ve:agreed, to aid DO hereby as.
socIate ourselves for INCORPORATION under
Title Two (2i of Chapter fhirty-four I'D or
the General SLtates of the State of Mime
sofa. 1878, and the various acts amend
atory thereof ana supplementary thereto and
TO that end have adopied and signed the fol-
lowing Articles of Incorporation, viz:
Article |. The name of this corporation
shall be st. Paul Dry Goods Company
the general nature OF its business shall he to
deal In dry goods, and such other articles as
are incident TO retail dry goods business.
Its principal place of business shall be St.
Paul. MINNESOTA. -
Article IL The time of the commencement
of this Corporation shall te the twelfth day
of June, 1894, and the period of its existence
shallDe twenty years. 80. -
article Ill The amount of the capital
stock of this corporation shall be FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS. and the same shall
be divided into one thousand u.0U) shares
of FIFTY DOLLARS each Said stock shall
lbe paid mas called for ty the Board of Di-
rectors: aPrpyided, however. that said cor
-poratlnn may begin to transact business
whenever Ten Thousand Dollars Of its stock
has been subscribed for and paid in.
Article W.: The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability to which said corpora
ton shall be at any time subject shall be
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Ar.es Ts mses ad paseg resi-
alton are as FELLOWSHIP: Charles L. Durocher.
Matthias b. Hoffman,, Walter A. Gillette and
Jei1H A. Bazille, ALI residing at st. Paul.
Minnesota -
Article VI The government of this cor
poraIion shall be vested in President, Vice
President Secretary. Treasurer and a Board
of three Directors One person may hold the
offices Of Secretary and Treasurer. Each
off cef aud director OF said corporation shall
Eontlpuainp Aice for the term of one year
and until his sHcc essor is elected and quail
fed The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ere for the election of Directors, and such
other business as may regularly come before
it, shall take place on the first Monday of
June in each year, beginning with 1885,. The
Directors of this corporation shall be elected
by the stockholders at their annual meeting
in each year. and the President, VicePresident
Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected by
the Directors from among their own number
at their annual meeting in each year. The
annual meeting of the said BOaro OF Directors
shall be held OH the first Monday in June Of
each year, Immediately after the close of the
stockholders meeting. All vacancies in said
Board or among the officers may be filed by
the Board of Directors. The duties of the
officers and Directors shall be prescribed by
the bylaws. The bylaws OF this corporation
shall be amended only by the stockholders.
| The names of the first Board of Directors are
Charles l.. Durocher. Matthias B. Hoffman,
| and Walter A. Gillette; and said Charles L.
Durocher shall be the first President said
Walter A. Gillette the first Vice President,
and said Matthias B. Hoffman, the first Sec
rotary and Treasurer. Each of said ofiicefs
aud directors shall hold Office until the an :
nual meeting in 1895, and until his successor
is elected and qualified.
Article VII. The first meeting of said cor
poration shall be held at the Company's ofi3e
at 81 East Seventh Street. in the City Of s..
Paul. Minnesota. on June 18th. 1894 at tdn
o'clock a. Inland the first Directors meeting
shall be held at the same place. on the SAME
day, at 1880 O'Clock q. m.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. The persons
herefnbefore named as incorporates have
hereunto subscribed their names and affixed
their seals this fourth day Of June, A. D. 1894,
CHARLES L. DUROCHER, sTSeal.l.
MATTHIAS B. HOFFMAN,, sfSeaLf,
WALTER A. GILLETTE, fSeaI.ts
JOHN A. BAZILLE, fSeal.1I
In presence Of
r. J.. WHEELER
E. @. CAMPBELL. 20