The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-29
Organization Certificate OF the n.orch.
ants Bank or Pembina. state Rank

NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS.
sso.;, lnat ina, we whose names are hereuntO sub
10 ior nave this day united ourselves together
of banInp ndS ,h for carrying on business
a,as skoa, on ana have adopted and executed Arti.
Hose "a anS Assocaatlon; In d9picue. for that pur
to ,s hsys dny fo1wsrded copy Of such
Iva; a ~, mat We do hereby undrr our hands make
ana ME the following as our Certificate of organ
fzttion; ' W. '~'s' '' "'s"n-
The name of said corporation is The Merch.
ants Bank Of Pemhna
The place where the ssG"SG h%si.es. ~ d.co,n, .,
depnsit are to be carried on is lie Civ of Penn.
lG'na, in the County of Pembina and state Of
n rth Dak ola. ~ va
The amount of capiial Stock and the ,moun,
, tlo Wn,ch Its shares are to he divided is ten
thousand dollars. to I've divided INTO shares of
one hundred dollars each.
The names and piacc Of resideuce
Of a'a me e shareholders and the number Of shares
hern ~ W each Of them are as follows:
NJ, ~, mas L. Price, residing at Pembina, North
Dakota, twenty shares. 7''-
ns:, John N. Chisholm, residing at Pembina,
Ng5sn H.n.s IaIkota, IT, twenty shares
Dakota, sixty shares
,i. line period at which !nis corporation shall
Selnoer "A D. 1893 and shall erminu te on the 5th
day o: december A. b. 1923. ~ ~ ~ '@'~ ''''
IN testimony whereof, we hnye hereunto set
THOMAS L. PRICE, [seal.l
john NJ. CmIsH In. seal.
HENRY l.. CKANDELL, lseal.]
! STATE OF NORTH JAKOTA,
County OF Pemhina. ss'
| On this 25lh day of November 1sas, before me
personally appeared Ilenr. L. Crundell Thomas
L. rr'ce and John NJ Chisholm. known to me to
be the persons VINO are described III aud who
exscuted the foregoing and with n certificate of
otgnnlzat on and they and each ofthem acknow-
ledged to me that the execu,.d the srme.
lseal.] A.G. SHORT,
! Notary public
Certificate of Corporate Existence.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
Department of Stare.
| |MTHEREAS. Thomas L Price, John NJ. Chis.
w holm and Henry L.. Crandel have filed In
l .nis oiiice copy OF their Articles of Association
Sections 3226, 327 and 1928 Chapter 20 Of the Re-
vised Codes Of 1895, said chapter being the law
governing the organization and management of
he ssassd setting forth m the facts required
spects complied with the requirements of the
law governing The organization OF State Banks,
red to.
Now the refore, /. Fred Falley, Secretary of
State of the State of North Dakota. in virtue and
by authority oflaw, do hereby certify that said
parties. their asociates and successors have be-
|coTe body polite and corporate under the
corporate name of Merchants Bank of pembns
and BY tEat name are hereby authorized to com.
mence the busi.ess of banking; to adopt and
use corporate &c. l; to sue and be sued pur
chase, ho,d and convey real and personal proper
~, as provided by said chapter to have success
contracts and to have and ENJOY all the rights
and privileges Granted to Slate Banks under the
laws Of this state. subject to their Articles OF In
corporaton and all legal restrictions and lIabili
ties in relation thereto.
In Testimony Whereof. 1have herennto set my
hand and affixed the great seat OF the State Of
North Dakota, ut Bismarck this 2Sth day OF
November A. ID. 1898.
Great Seal of FRED FALLEY,
4 The State of Secretary of State
North DakOta. BY FRANK LAWRENCE.
/ 0-S Deputy