River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-09-22

any adjoining county to be a member
thereof ANY member failing TO attend
the annual meeting for two successive
years, such non-attendance may be
his place may be filled in the usual
manner The association may I'LL va
eaneies and add t e th ,5 n lumber from
Section g. They shall make, sign and
acknowledge in trIplicate, a certificate In
writing. in which shaH be stated the
the cornorators, with the residence of
each the name OF the city. village town
and county in which the operation of
such association is to be conducted. One
certificate shall be filed Ia the Office of
the register of deeds of the county in
TO be carried on, one shall be deposited
In the office of the secretary of state. and
one shall be deposited in the Office of the
bank commissioner.
Section 1. Such corporation shall have
the power TO enact bylaws not incon-
sistent with the laws Of this state or OF
the United States, for the government of
its affairs. and such bylaws may pre-
scribe the conditions on which deposits
shall be made and the terms on which
payments OF such deposits shall be made
to the depOSitOrS by such institution, and
the depositors shall be bound by the
regulations enacted in such bylaws.
which regulations shall be printed and
cOnspicuously posted in the office of such
corporation so as to be visible and ac-
cessible TO all persons visiting the bust
ness office of the association.
Section 3. The cOrporators shall, at
their first annual meeting. elect by ballot
from their own number. a board OF
trustees or directors which shall con-
sist of not less than nine who shall be
divided into three classes. as follows
One-third shall he elected for one year,
one third for two years. and one-third
for three years. After the election of the
first board of trustees or directors, all
subsequent trustees or directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting for the fun
term of three years, unless elected TO fill
a vacancy, when they shall be elected to
serve the unexpired portion of the term
they fill.
Section g. The trustees or directors.
within ten days after their election. shall
elect from the members of their own
board president, one or more vice.
presidents, a treasurer and a secretary;
the same person may act as secretary
and treasurer; they may also elect from
their own members committee on
finance; all said officers to hold their
offices till others are elected and qualified
to fill their places.
Section T. No more than one officer of
any savings association shall at the same
time be an officer of any bank or trust
company; and no stakeholder of bank
shall be treasurer of any savings associa-
ton.
Section s. The treasurer shall give a
bond for the faithful discharge of his
duties, with surety 10 the acceptance of
the directors or trustees, in not less than
ISOLATION, and shall give new bond,
with surety to the acceptance of the
directors or trustees, as often as once
in every period OF three years from the
date of giving the last bond. The said
bond shall forthwith be recorded at
length in the books Of said savings as
ISOLATION, which record shall at all times
be subject TO the inspection of the bank
commissioner of the state. 1t shall be the
duty of the president OF said savings as
sociation to safely keep the original bond
co civ n iu1 Of
the board of directors or trustees, or the
bank commissioner, 1t Is necessary for
the security of the deposltors, the
treasurer shall give new bond in such
amount as said board or the bank COM
missioner shall require, and with such
sureties as may be approved. No presi-
dent, director or trustee shall be surety
on the bond of such treasurer.
Section 3. No corporatOr, trustee,
director. manager nor any other officer,
except the treasurer, shall receive any
compensation for his services in the man
agement of such association, nor derive
any emolument therefrom; provided, how
ever, that the president may receive for
his services a sum not exceeding nVe
hundred dollars, when the deposits shall
exceed five thousand dollars.
Section 10. No trustee, director or man
ager of such corporation, shall be a
borrower, or surety for a borrower, OF
any of its funds, nor receive any money
or valuable thing for negotiating, procur-
ing or recommending any loan from
such association, nor for selling or aiding
in the sale Of any stocks, bonds or Sc
curities to or by such association, and
any such officer who shall violate any
provision of this section shall forfeit to
the state one thousand dollars.
Section II. Such corporation shall not
make and issue any bill or promissory
note to circulate as currency.
Section u. Such association may re-
ceiYe on deposit from any one person, in
his or her own name, or in the name OF
another, in any one year. sum not eX-
ceeding one thousand dollars.
Section 10. Any association organized
hereunder, may employ not exceeding
one-half of its deposits in making loans
on personal security, and in the purchase
of the public stock or bonds of the United
States or of the northwestern states, to-
wit: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, or Of
the authorized bonds of any incorporated
city, village, town or county, or school
district in the aforesaid northwestern
states. All other loans shall be secured
by mortgage on unincumbered real estate,
lying and being in the aforesaid north
western states. No association shall IN
vest any part of its deposits in the stock
of any railroad company, nor loan on,
nor invest in any mortgage on real estate,
except such real estate as lies in the
aforesaid northwestern states. No loan
shall be made upon real estate to an
aounf eXcfedlng siA5S Per Gee SI ane
less than L nlSJuf{ty of the members of
the finance committee. who shall duly
certify to the value of the premises to
be mortgaged, according TO the best of
their Judgment, and such report shall be
filed and preserved with the records of
the corporation.
Section IA. No such corporation shall
buy or loan any money upon any Obliga-
shall be holden, without additional Sc
Curity for the same, equivalent to the
guaranty or Endorsement of some other
responsible party.
Section IS. All applications for loans
shall be made in writing, through the
treasurer of the corporation, who shall
Oh. rfYrrr 10 ant
name of applicant; amount asked for
and security offered. and he shall cause
the same to be presented TO the finance
Section IS. The income or profits of
every such association, after a deduction
of all reasonable expenses incurred in the
reserved for a guaranty fund, shall be
divided among the depositors or their
legal representatives semi-annually at
the times fixed by its bylaws. Every
such association shall. before making any
semi-annual dividend, reserve as a
guaranty fund from the net profits which
have accumulated during the six months
then next preceding, a sum equal to not
less than one-fourth of one per cent nor
more than one per cent of the whole
amount of deposits until such fund
amounts to ten per cent of the whole
amount of deposits, which fund shall
be thereafter maintained and held in that
ratio to meet losses in its business from
depreciation of the securities or other
wise.
Section II. Ordinary dividends shall be
made every six months if the profits are
sufficient to warrant it, on all sums
which have been on deposit for less than
six months Immediately preceding the
date of dividend, dividends shall be paid
pro rata at the same rate as for the semi
annual period, except that no dividends
shall be paid for the fractional part of
month or of dollar
Section IS. Once in every term of three
years If the net profits accumulated over
and above said guaranty fund and ordl-
nary dividends amounts to one per cent
of the deposits which have remained in
such cOrporatiOn for one wear then next
preceding, such net profits may be divided
among the depositurs whose deposits re-
manned therein for one year at least
then next preceding, as an extra dividend.
Section ~. 1t shall be lawful for such
corporation TO purchase, hold and convey
such real estate as banks are authorized
by the law of this state to purchase, hold
and convey, except that such savings as
sociations may purchase or build build
ing in which to carry on its own bust
ness but shall not invest in the land ana
building q sum exceeding ten thousand
dollars except upon the consent and APP
prevail of the bank commissioner.
Section 20. Every association formed
hereinunder shall possess the powers and
be subject to the provisions Of the gener-
al laws, relating to corporations, 50 lar
as the same may be applicable and shall
be subject to all Of the provisions of this
act relating to reports, examinations,
liquidations. powers. Liabilities ana Tor
FIXTURES, 50 far as the same may be APP
plicabe Any corporation now organized
and doing business as such savings aSSo-
citation, shall continue business under
this act, and shall he subject to all its
section p. The directors, managers or
trustees shall annually appoint not less
than two auditors. who shall not be d.
rectors, managers or trustees of the cor
DOration who shall examine the books,
accounts and securities belonging 10 such
association, ana MAKE q sworn statss Ile .l.e