The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-19


Of organizing a corporation, under title q
chapter "a, Of the General Statutes 1866, Of
State of Minnesota, as now amended, do
hereby associate themselves for that pur-
pose, and do make, sign and declare the
following certificate of Incorporation:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
THOMPSON RUBBER COMPANY.
Article l. The name of this corporation shall
be the THOMPSON RUBBER COMPANY"
and the general nature of its business shall
kinds of rubber goods and other articles of
merchandise, buy and sell real estate and
other kinds of property of every kind and
description which may be deemed necessary
in the prosecution of the said business. The
principal place for the transaction of the
business Of this corporation shall be in the
City of st. Paul, Minnesota. 5.taey q. - -
ARTICLE 2. The time of the commencement
of this corporation; shall be the 22nd day of
tinuance shay besebtrt3s:(80,: years. :.
poration shalfsbe the,%sqm eof ten thousand
dollars $4,000, to be paid In at such times
and in such amounts as the board of drec-
tors may from time to time direct
Article 4. The highest amount of indebted
ness or liability to which said corporation
shall at any time be subject shall be the
sum of ten thousand dollars 100000.
Article 5. The names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this associa-
ton Of incorporation shall be as follows:
R. R. THOMPSON,
lie
THEO. F. SMITH,
st. Paul MINI.
HERBERT NJ. TEMPLE.
st. Paul, MINI.
ton and the management of its affairs shall
be vested in board Of five 90 directors who
shall elect from their board a president, vice
president, a secretary and a treasurer, eX-
cepting that the office of secretary and
treasurer may be filled by one person. Every
officer of said corporation shall continue in
office for the term of one a. year, and until
his successor shall have been elected and
qualified. Meetings of the stockholders of
said corporation for the election of directors
and transaction of other business shall be
held at the office of said corporation at St
Paul, Minnesota, annually on the 18th day of
July. The directors of said corporation shall
be elected by the stockholders at their annual
meeting, and the president, vice president
a secretary and a treasurer shall be elected
by the board of directors, and any vacancies
in any of said offices Or in said board oc-
casioned by death, resignation or otherwise
shall be filled by the said board for the un-
expired term. The duties and compensation
of the officers and directors of said corpora
ton shall be prescribed by the bylaws. The
bylaws Of said corporation shall be adopted
by the stockholders at their first annual
meeting and the same shall be changed and
modified only by the stockholders at the
annual meeting thereof and the first board
Of directors may adopt bylaws which shall
continue in force until the annual meeting
of the stockholders and until others have
of directors are:
R. R. THOMPSON,
H. NJ. TEMPLE.
THEO. F. SMITH
G. l.. F. KELLOGG.
c. w. TEMPLE
and they shall hold a meeting on the 22nd
day Of July, A. D., 1897 at 10 o'clock a. M,
and elect from their board the first officers
of said corporation
Article 7. The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be divided into one hundred
600 shares of the par value of one hundred
dollars ($100) each.
In witness whereof, the persons hereInbe-
fore named as incorporators have hereunto
this 14th day of July, A. D., 1897.
r. R. THOMPSON (seaD
THEO. F. SMITH iseaI)
HERBERT M. TEMPLE (seaI).
In presence Of ~, -e-H
M. STANLEY,
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