Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-02-28
Articles Of Incorporation
of the Milford and Cottonwood
Cooperative Dairy AssO-
ciatiOn.

WE, 1uc uHucIS1SHeu, IcSlucHLS OI CHe
State of Minnesota, do by these articles
of incorporation associate ourselves to-
gether, under and by virtue of the pro-
visions of the General Statutes 1878,
and the laws amendatory thereto, and
for that purpose do agree to and adopt
the following Articles Of Incorporation.
@. ARTICLE l.
! The name of this Association shall be
the Milford and Cottonwood Co-opera-
tive Dairy Association, and the principal
place of business of this Association shall
be in the City of New Ulm, County of
Brown, and State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE II.
The purpose for which this Association
is formed shall be to buy, receive and
handle milk and cream, and to manufac-
ture and sell butter, cheese and other
dairy products, and to distribute the
profits thereof among the proper share
holders in such manner as the bylaws of
such Association shall direct.
ARTICLE III.
The time of the commencement of this
Association shall be the 2Sth day of
March, 1895, and shall continue twenty
years.
#" ARTICLE ".
The amount of the Capital stock of
this Association shall be Seven Thousand
Dollars, divided into one hundred and
forty shares of Fifty ($50) Dollars, but
the amount of capital stock and the
number of shares may be increased or
diminished at any meeting of the share
holders called especially for that purpose,
after the second annual meeting.
ARTICLE v.
! The highest amount of indebtedness to
which this corporation shall at any time
be subject shall be Five Thousand Dol
lars.
ARTICLE vi.
MEETINGS.
The regular annual meetings of this
Association shall be held at its principle
place of business in the City of New
Ulm at one o'clock p NJ, on the first
Saturday in April of each year; and at
such annual meetings the officers of the
Association shall be elected>by ballot for
the ensuing year; the bylaws shall pro-
vide for calling and holding all other
meetings.
ARTICLES VII.
The government of the Association,
and the management of it's affairs, shall
be vested in the following officers: A
President, Vice-President and Secretary,
a Board of not less than three Directors,
and a Treasurer, said officers shall be
styled the Board of Managers, and shall
hold their Offices for one year and until
their successors shall be elected and qua
lifted. The Board of Managers shall ap-
point one of the directors as General
Manager, and no person shall be quail
fed to hold an Office in said Association
unless he shall at the time of his election
be subrcriber to it's capital stock.
The first Board of Managers of this
to hold their respective Off
ces until their successors are elected and
qualified shall be as follows:
President, H. L. Runck.
Vice-P President, Isidor Haas.
Treasurer, Henry A. Fortwengler.
Secretary, F. w. Haubrich.
Directors, FIR Aufderheide, Theo. Rein,
Ed, Hensel.
In witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and affixed our seals this
% day of February 1895.
FIR. AUFDERHEIDE. (sEAL)
JOHN STURM. (sEAL)
Is1DoR HAAS. (sEAL)
THEO. REIN. (SEAL)
HENRY A. FoRTwENGLER. (sEAL)
ED. HENsEL. (sEAL)
J. NJ. HAUBR1cH. (sEAL)
LOUIS SpELBR1NK. (sEALl
H. L. RUNcK. (sEAL)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the pres
cnce of, Fred Rolloff.
Vim. Pfander.