St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-23
Articles of Incorporation of the
lsROberts Architectural and

Articles of Incorporation of the
lsRoberts Architectural and
Ornamental Iron Company.1
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ents that we, the undersigned, do
hereby associate ourselves together for
the purpose Of forming a manufacture
ing corporation, under the statutes Of
the State Of Minnesota, relating to man
ufacturing companies, and do hereby
adopt the following Articles of Incor-
poration:
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall
be the Roberts Architectural and Or
namental Iron Company" The purpose
for which said corporation is estab-
lished, and the general nature of it's
business, is the manufacturing of ar
chitectural and ornamental metal work,
fixtures and furnishings for elevators,
banks, Offices and the like, the manu-
featuring of iron, brass and galvano-
plastic work. the owning and operating
of iron and brass foundries, and the
treatment of metals to prevent rust,
with full power and authority to ac-
quire, hold and own all property neces-
sary or convenient for the carrying on
of said manufacturing business, and to
sell and dispose of the product so
manufactured. The functions of this
corporation shall be strictly limited to
the business of manufacturing, and the
business essential thereto. The princi-
pal place of transacting the business
of said corporation shall be the City
of st. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota.
ARTICLE II.
The time of commencement of said
corporation shall be January l, 1896,
and it shall continue for the period of
{ thirty years.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the ca pital stock of said
I corpora ton shall be the sum of fifty
thousand dollars, and the same shall
be paid in at such times, and in such
manner, as the board of directors may
hereafter determine.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness
to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject shall be the sum of
fifty thousand dollars.
/ ARTICLE V.
/ The names and places of residence OF
the persons forming. this corporation
are as follows:
oils, and Charles H. Roberts and AL
fred o. Dunk, residing at St. Paul, Min
neSota.
ARTICLE VI.
The board Of directors shall consist
of not less than three persons, and the
following named persons, stockholders
in said corporation, shall constitute
it's first board of directors, viz:
Phil w. Herzog, Charles H. Roberts,
Alfred o. Dunk, and the board of di-
rectors shall be vested with the gov
ernment of said corporation, and the
management of it's affairs. The direc-
tors of the corporation shall be elected
by the stockholders at their annual
meeting, which shall be held at the
office of said company, st. Paul, Min
nesota, on the first Monday in Janu-
ary in each year after the year 1896,
at 10 o'clock a. M, and each board of
directors shall hold Office until
upon. their duties. There shall Jbe a
president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer of said corporation, and they
shall! respectively discharge the duties
usually performed by such officers
Such officers shall be elected at the
first meeting of the board of directors
for the current year, and each year
thereafter, at the first regular meeting
of the board of directors held after the
regular annual stockholders meeting,
and shall hold office until their success
sOrs are elected.
ARTICLE VII.
The capital stock of this corporati ton
shall be divided into five hundred
shares of one hundred dollars each.
In witness of our mutual assent to
and adoption of the foregoing articles
Of incorporate we have hereunto
subscribed our names and affixed our
seals this 18th day of December, 1885,
PHIL w. HERZOG {SeaD.
CHARLES H. ROBERTS (SeaD.
ALFRED o. DUNK (SeaD.
In presence of
HY. WONDER WEYER.
JOSEPH Jockey