St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-11

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iI@NQWr ALI MEN BE THESE PRES
, IN .ents that we, " hose uames are. herenntp
subscribed, have agreed TO aid do hereby as
Ysociate ourselves, for INCORPORATION under
Title Two q of Chapter -Thitty.feur l34) of
the General Statutes of the State Of Mime
sofa, 1878, aud the various acts amend
atory thereof ana supplementary thereto, and
to that end have adopted and signed the fol-
lowing Articles of Incorporation, viz:
- Article /. The name of this CORPORATION
shall be st. Paul Dry Goods C0mp any."
The general nature OF its business shall be to
deal i'll dry goods, and such other articles as
: are incident TO retail dry goods business.
Its principal place of business shall be ST.
Paul. Minnesota. :H=$
Article II. The time of the commencement
of this corporation shall be the twelfth day
of June. 1891, and the period of its existence
shall be twenty years.
stock of this corporation shall be FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the same shall
be divided into one thousand u,090) shares
of FIFTY DOLLARS each. SAID stock shall
be paidin as called for By the Board Of Di-
reetors: Provided, however, that said cor
pofation 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 snail be at any time subject shall be
TWENTY-F1vE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
= Article V. The nalncs and places of resi-
oSHcS OL tAe pefSOHS 1OrIiiluX THIS COfpOrA-
ton are as follows viz; Charles l.. Durocher.
Matthias b. Hoffman,, Walter A. Gillette and
John A. Bazille, all residing at St. Paul.
Minnesota.
Article VI. The government Of this cor
poration shall be vested in President, Vice
President, Secretary. Treasurer and Board
of three Directors One person may hold the
offices IF Secretary and Treasurer. Each
officer aud director of said corporation shall
continue in office for the term of one year
and until his successor is elected and quail
fed, The annual meeting of the Stoekhold-
ers for the election of Directors, and such
other business as may regularly come before
it. shall take place Oh the first Monday of
June in each year, beginning with 1895. The
directors of this corporation shall be elected
by the stockholders at their annual meeting
i'll each year, and the President Vice PRESIDENT
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 BUaru of Directors
shall be held on 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 filled 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; ami 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
Efetary and Treasurer Each of said officers
Tand directors shall hold Office until the an
nual meeting i'll 1875, and until his successor
} is elected and qualified
) Article VII. The first meeting of said cor
.poration shall be held at the Company's Office
Eat No.37 East Seventh Stree, in the City of St.
Paul. Minnesota. on June 18th. 1893. at ten
90 clock a. inland the first Directors meeting
;1shall be held at the same place, on the same
,iday, at 10 80 o'clock a.. m. =.
y, IN WITNESS WHEREOF. The persons
'hereinbefore named as incorporates have
hereun,o subscribed their names and affixed
their seals this fourth day of June, A. D. 1894.
CHARLES L. DUROCHER, [Seal.l
MATTHIAS B. HOFFMAN,, tSeal1
u WALTER A. GILLETTE, [SeaLl
- JOHN A. BAZILLE, fSeal.1 (
Il In presence Of t55ss.
- T. j. WHEELER, zrs..e5 f4G,r