St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-10

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
N ents that we, whose names are hereunto
subscribed, have agreed to aid do hereby as
s0ciate ourselves for incorporation under
Title Two ~ of Chapter Thirty-four CD of
the General Statutes of the State of Mime
sofa, 1878, and the various acts amend
atory thereof and supplementary thereto and
10 that end have adopted and signed the fol-
lowing Articles Of Incorporation, viz:
Article l. The name of this corporation
shall be ''St. Paul Dry Goods Company
The general nature OF its business shall be- to
deal III 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 II. The time of the commencement
Of this corporation shall he the twelfth day
of June, 1894 and the period OF its existence
shall be twenty years.
Article III. The amount of the capital
stock of this corporation shall be FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the same Shall
be,diyidsd into one thousand tl.09o) shares
be paid in as called for by the Board Of Di-
rectors: Provided. however, that said cor
poration may begin to transact business
whenever Ten Thousand Dollars of its stock
has been subscribed for and paid in.
Article ". 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.
Article Y. The names and places of resi-
denee of the persons forming this corpora
ton are as follows, viz: charles L. Durocher.
Matthias b. Hoffmanl Waiter A. Gillette and
John A. BazilIe, all residing at ST. Paul.
Minnesota.
Article VI. The government of this cor
porarion 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 and 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 stockhold-
ers for the election OF Directors and such
other business as may regularly come before
1t. shall take place on the first Monday of
June in each year. beginning with 1906. The
Directors of this corporation shall be elected
by the stockholders at their annual meeting
in 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 Board 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 flied by
the Board of Directors. The duties of the
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
Waller A. Gillette the first Vice President,
and said Matthias B. Hoffman, the first Sec
rotary and Treasurer. Each of said officers
and directors shall hold Office until the an
nual meeting in 1885, 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
at No 81 East Seventh Streetin the City of St.
Paul. Minnesota. on June 18th. 1894, at ten
O'Clock g. m. and the first Directors meeting
shall be held at the same place, on the same
day, at 10 30 o'clock a. m.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. The persons
hereinbefore named as incorporates have
hereunto subscribed their names and affixed
their seals this fourth day of June. a. D. 1894.
CHARLES L. DUROCHER, [Seal.1
MATTHIAS B. HOFFMAN,, fSeall
WALTER A. GILLETTE, fSeall
JOHN A. BAZILLE, fSeal.1
In presence Of
T. j. WHEELER,
E. C. CAMPBELL.