The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-22

Company of Minnesota"
Be It known, That the undersigned, with
tne intention or associating themselves to-
gether and forming corporation for the
operating railroad for public use In the
conveyance of persons and property, un-
oer and by. virtue of the laws Of Mime
STTifaf, Tiffs, G GeSpecleliX e under and by virtue Of
statutes of 1894 Of said State, and the acts
amendatory thereto, have adopted and do
a9ereoy adopt Articles Of Incorporation, as
ARTICLE FIRST.
The corporate name of this corporation
shall be: Gulf & Manitoba Railway
Company of Minnesota
The general nature of the business of
the corporation shall be to survey, locate,
construct. own, maintain and operate q
rrailroad and telegraph line in the State OF
NJ Ss144nesota, 4, from a point on the State line
9t 4 Iowa, south Of the Village of Jackson,
{he counties Of Jackson, Cottonwood,
BroWn, Redwood, Renville, Kandiyohi
and Stearns to q point at or near Sank
center, being about 1877 miles
The principal place of transacting the
business tbs oes Of this corporation shall be in
company shall by it's Bylaws establish
at some point on Its line an office, to be
st0 6nown as . It's general office within the
or agent shall be kept upon whom SER
vice OF all legal process against this com
pany may be made.
ARTICLE SECOND.
This corporation shall commence on the
ioU0 (22nd) day Of June, A. D.
1899, and shall continue for a period of
one hundred years.
ARTICLE THIRD.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars, divided
INTO INTO shares of One Hundred Dollars each.
Board Of Directors.
ARTICLE FOURTH.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which this corporation shall
at any time be subject, including bonded
debt, shall be Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($2,500 100000.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
the persons composing this corporation
are as follows:
Hans Gronnerud, Beaver Falls. MINI.
Mason w. Spicer Willmar, Mimi.
J. <. Brown, Jackson, MINI.
p. p. Carpenter, Canton, South Dakota.
f. 7. Campbell, Des Moines, Iowa.
J. J. Bell, Des Moines, Iowa
j. A. Carpenter, Alvin, Illinois.
ARTICLE SIXTH.
The first Board of Directors Of this cor
poratton shall consist of the following
named persons: Hans Gronnerud, Mason
". Spicer. J. K. Brown, e. E; Carpenter,
u. -. y. "A.
penter. who shall hold their offices as such
until their successors are elected.
The officers Of said corporation shall be
a President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer, who shall be annually elected
by the Board Of Directors. An Executive
Committee of three may also be elected.
The government of the corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be
vested in board of seven directors, who
shall be elected by the stockholders an
nually on the fourth Thursday in June.
Until their successors are elected E. E.
Carpenter shall be President, Hans Gron-
nerud shall be Vice President, J. ]. Bell
shall be Secretary and F. T. Campbell
shall be Treasurer.
ARTICLE SEVENTH.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be divided into five hundred shares
of one hundred dollars each.
In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto
set our hands this twenty-second day of
June, A. D. 1899.
HANS GRONNERUD,
MASON W. SPICER,
E. E. CARPENTER,
FRANK T. CAMPBELL,
]. ]. BELL.
Witness as to the signatures of Mason
W. Spicer, e. E. Carpenter, Frank I.
Campbell and ]. J. Bell:
RUSSELL SPICER,
CARLETON L. WALLACE.
Witness to the signature of Hans Gron-
nerud: JOHN KELLY,
E. E. COOK.
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