The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-09-29
ARTICLES Of INCORlP'ORl 1IOlI \
the PENNY PRESS COMPANY I

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: VS.
That we, the undersigned incorporators,
] do hereby associate ourselves together as q
| body corporate. pursuant to the provisions
Of Chapter 81 Of the General Statutes Of the
State OF Minnesota and do hereby adopt
| the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLEI
The PENNY o PK sea 9GRMPnNY shall
It's principal place Of business n shall be st
Hennepin, and State Of Minnesota
corporation shall be the manufact4re and
production Of newspapers the manufactnre
Of stereotype plates and 81 forms rms ana am,
stribution Of such products, the pure base
Of all material necessary therefor, and the
transaction Of all business pertaining
thereto.
The time of the commencement OF said
corporation shall be the eleventh day OF
September. A. D. 1894 and it shall continue
for period OF thirty years from saio oate.
ARTICLE I'LL
The amount of capital stock Of said c9 Of
Thousand Dollars ($l5o.0oo), which shall be
paid in as called Tor by the Board Of Direo-
tors of said corporation.
ARTICLE Nv.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which said corporation shall At
Thousand Dollars (Sl00 00ol.
ARTICLE V.
The names and places of residence of the
persons forming said association for lncor-
pGJFoeHEiSSp h. Il. LEONARD, of Minneapolis,
A j. BLETHEN:. JR., Of Minneapolis,
H SHSRGE ce W. bo a19es Of Minneapolis
J. A. pWERSER' Of Minneapolis, Henne-
PIX G Sff4HfYb Hlf S&ffELp of Minneapolis
S f. E: pBis SRei:' Of Minneapos Henneptn
oq H%DEN @'hnf BGErnEN. of Minneapolis,
Hennepin County. Minnesota.
ARTICLE VT.
The government of said corporation and
the management Of its affairs, shall be
FIVE (5) members, which said board shall
elect a President, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
The first Board of Directors of said corpo-
ration shall consist of the following per-
JOHN II: LEONARD, RALPH 2. LINxr1ELp.
and ALDEN ]. BLErHEN.
Said Board Of Directors shall hold Office
until the trst annual meeting Of the stock
successors are duly elected and qualified;
The first President shall be ALDEN J.
TIE first Vice President shall be T. E.
re first Secretary shall be RALPH E.
The first Treasurer shall be Al. BLETH-
ARTICLE VII.
The annual meeting Of the stock holders
of said corporation shall be held at it's office
ana Ea5 STATE ia Of the second
Tuesday Of January, 1895, and OF each sue
ceeding year.
form such duties rs are customary to their
several Offices and as may be prescrl Ded ny
the Board of Directors. and to that END. by
tors defining the duties of the various OFF,
GERS and agents of said corporation. aDd
providing for che administration OF the de
tails of it's business.
ARTICLE VIII.
The amount of the capital stock of said
corporation shall be Three thousand (3.0O0)
shares, Of Fifty Dollars $3.50 each.
In testimony whereof, the above named
seals sSs th day Of X%
s'S'' H. JOHN 3: LE9NAKD, [[sseall}
GEO. w. DODDS, [Seall.l
RAEPH T. lLiINKFIELD, seall
THOMAS 9. BISHOP. [seal1
in the presence Of:
BURTON W. MCCRACK EN-.
STATE or MINNESOTA, GO
County of Hennepin So
On this eleventh day Of August, A. d; 1884,
before me Notary Public within and for
said County and State. personally appeared.
John r. Leonard, A. r. Blethen, Jr.: George
W. Dodds, J. A. Werner, Ralph - Linlstield:
T. E Bishop and Alden j. Blethen. to me
known to be the same persons described In
and who executed the foregoing. articles OF
incorporation, and they acknowledged that
they executed the same as their free act and
nd fn1 no 1906 nd
expressed. -
r. b. TH,IRSTON.
Notary Public.
Hennepin County.
INotar;al Seal Minnesota.