The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-28

vaults, National German-American
Bank building, and receive reward.
Certificate as to Proceedings FIX
tending the Corporate Existence
of the ST. Paul Gas Light COM
pany.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT AT
the regular annual meeting of the share
holders of the st. Paul Gas Light Com
pany. "a corporation organized and exist
Ing under and by virtue of a special act
OF the Legislative Assembly of the Terri
tory OF Minnesota, approved March 1st,
1886, entitled AN Act to Incorporate the
st. Paul Gas Light Company, duly call
ed by the Board of Directors of said Com
pany in accordance with the provisions
of said act and of the Bylaws of said
Company in that respect and duly held at
the offices of said Company in the City of
st. Paul in the State of Minnesota on
the BIRD day of January, A. D. 1900, at ten
thirty o'clock, A. M. pursuant to notice
thereof duly published and given, wherein
1t was expressly stated that said meeting
would be held for the purpose of holding a
regular election of Board of Directors Of
said Company to serve during the ensuing
year and of taking the proceedings here
the regular annual election of a Board of
Directors of said Company for the ensu-
ing year was duly held, and also, at an
other and special meeting of the share
holders of said Company duly and regu--
larly called by the Board of Directors of
said Company and by the President there
of in accordance with the provisions of
said act above mentioned and the By
Laws of said Company and held at the
same place upon said 2Srd day Of January,
A. d. 1900, at three o'clock p. M, pursuant
to notice thereof duly published and given,
wherein it was expressly stated that said
meeting would be held for the sole pur-
pose Of taking the proceedings hereinaft-
er set forth at which said meeting no ac-
hQ
matter set forth was taken, the following
| resolution was duly adopted, to wit:
Whereas, In and by the terms Of the
Company, to wit, Chapter SO Of the Laws
of Minnesota, 1855, being an act of the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
ate the St. Paul Gas Light, COMPANY. ap-
proved March LIST, 1856, the term Of the
corporate existence of said st. Paul Gas
Light Company will expire upon the first
day of January, A. D. 1907; and
Whereas, 1t is now. and for long time
heretofore has been apparent to- the OFF,
GERS, directors and shareholders of said
ST, Paul Gas Light Company. that In the
pany, the corporate existence Of said
Company should be renewed and con-
tinued beyond said date; and
Whereas Said Company has heretofore
issued and sold large amounts Of it's
bonds secured by mortgage, one issue of
/ which said bonds will mature in the year
| 1919, one issue WleTeOI Will InatuTS III the
year 1918, and one issue whereof Will ma
| ture in the year 1914, and it Is desirable
that the corporate existence of the COM
pany shall be renewed and extended and
| continued to a date subsequent to a time
when all said bonds shall have matured,
without further delay;
NOW, THEREFORE,,
Resolved, That this. said corporation, the
st. Paul Gas Light Company, be, and the
same is hereby, renewed for a period. of
fifty years from and after the first day
of January, A. D. 1900, and that the cor
porate existence of this the st. Paul Gas
Light Company be- and the same is
hereby, renewed and extended for the
period aforesaid and that the same shall
continue until and including the first day
of January, A. d. 1850;
FURTHER RESOLVED that the char
ter of said Company be, and the same is
hereby amended as provided in and In
accordance with this resolution:
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Company be,
and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected to take such proceedings to evi,
the amendment of the Charter of said
ST. Paul Gas Light Company. thereby ac-
complished, whether by certifying or 9th
erwise authentcating, filing and publish
ing the same or otherwise. as may be re-
quired by law, or as they may be advised
are necessary or desirable.
1t Is further certified that the stock
books of said Company were duly closed
to transfers of the stock of said Company
on the 9Th day of January, a. d. 1900, and
were not re-opened until the oath day of
January A. D. 1900; that at all times dur
ing said 23rd day of January: A: d. 1900,
there were, as appears by the books Of
said Company, 1874 holders of shares in
said Company and $1,000 shares of the
Company's stock outstanding; that there
were present at said meetings and each Of
them in person or by proxy, ninety-flve
(95) of said shareholders; that said share
holders so present, as appears by the
books of the Company, then and there
owned and held thirteen thousand two
hundred and forty-six Q3246) shares of
stock in said Company; that said resolu-
ton was adopted at each of said meet
ings by the affirmative vote of all the
shareholders in said Company present in
person or by proxy as aforesaid and Of
all the shares. of stock represented as
aforesaid and by all the votes cast upon
any question arising or at any election
held at either of said meetings to-wit
by the affirmative vote of ninety-fve (95)
shareholders and of thirteen thousand
two hundred and forty-six Q3,246) shares
Of stock in said Company
A P. LATHROP,
President ST. Paul Gas Light Company.
corporate Seal.) ]. p. CROWLEY,
Secretary, St Paul Gas Light Company.
(Ten-cent u. 8. Rev. Stp. canceled.)
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss.
A. p. Lathrop. being duly sworn says;
That he is the President of the ST. Paul
Gas Light COMPANY the corporation