St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-09
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
~ ents, that we, whose names are hereunto

HNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
IA ents, that we, whose names are hereunto
subscribed, have agreed to and do hereby as
socIate ourselves for INCORPORATION under.
Title Two<C.l of Chapter Thirty four t341 Of
the General Statutes of the State ct Mime;
sofa, 1878, and the various acts amend.
atory thereof and supplementary thereto, aid
10 that end have adopted and signed the fGt-i
lowing Articles of Incorporation, viz. ~ !
Article l. The name of this corporation
shall be st. Paul Dry Goods Company;
deal i'll dry goods, and such other articles as
are incident to retail dry goods business
lis principal place of business shall be st.
Paul. Minnesota. ~
of this corporation shall tie the twelfth day
of June. 1894, and the period of its existence
shall be twenty years.
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 l.00O) shares
of Fir TY DOLLARS each Said stock shall
be paid in as called for by the Board of Dr.
rectors: Provided. however, that said cor
poration- may begin to transact business
whenever Ten Thousand Dollars of its stock
has been subscribed Tor and paid iu.
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
ArtcieV. The names and places OF resi-
dence OF the persons forming this corpora
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 a President Vice
President, Secretary. Treasurer and Board
Of three Directors. One person may hold the
offices Of 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 stockhold-
ers Tor the election OF Directors, and such
other business as may regularly come before
1t. 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
in each year, and the President, cePresident,
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 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 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,
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 officers
and 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 Com pany's office
at No.31 East Seventh Street, in the City of ST.
Paul. Minnesota. on June 10Th. 1894, at tan
o'clock a. inland the first Directors meeting
shall be held at the same place, on the saniie
day, at 10 80 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. 1888.
CHARLES L. DUROCHER, TSeal.f
MATTHIAS B. HOFFMAN,, fSeal.f
WALTER A. GILLETTE, fSeai. II
JOHN A. BAZILLE, seal r.
In presence Of
T. J. WHEELER,