The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-01-12
OF INCORPORATION OF THE
STANDARD BREWING COMPANY,
OF MANKATO

o.,
Hlmmelman Jr., Mic Petersen, s. Wilhartz, j.
A. Hielscher, Geo. Peter Hoerr, Chas. j. Mac
beth, Leo, 3, Lamm. do, by these presents, pur-
suant to ana in conform, ty with chapter eleven
I'D of the General Laws # the S, ate of Mime
sota for 1873, entitled, IAN act relating to man
ufacturlng companies, approved March 7th.
1873, being title of chapter 81 of the General
statutes of 1894 of the State of Minnesota and
all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary
thereto, associate themselves together and
hereby form body polite and corporate and
do hereby adopt articles of Incorporation as
follows:
ARTICLE l. The corporate name of this cor
poratIon shall be The STANDARD Brewing
Company, of M ankato. The object of this cor
poration and the general nature of its business
is the manufacture of fermented liquors, malt
and malt extracts and the vending of such
for transacting the business of this corpora
ton shall be at the City of Mankato, Blue Earth
County and State of Minnesota;
ART. 2 This corporation shall commence
business on the I'd OF January, 1900, and shall
continue for a period of thirty (3O) years.
ART. 3; The capital stock of this corpora,
Twenty-Five Thousand (Sl25,00O dollars and
shall be divided into shares of One Hundred
(S100) Dollars each. The capital stock may be
issued and sold at the times, in the manner and
to the amouht as may be d. termned upon and
directed by the board of directors. The high
est amour of Indebtedness to which said cor
poration shall be at any time subject, shall be
Fifty thousand GOO dollars.
Art. 4. The government of this corporation
| and the management of its affairs shall be vest
ed in a board of seven Cd directors who shall be
elected at the annual meeting of stockholders
The annual meeting for the election of direc
tors shall be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in January of each year. The
| first annual meeting for such purpose shall be
| held on the first Tuesday after the first M on
day of January in 1901 at which time there shall
| be elected seven CD directors for a term of one
| year and at each annual meeting thereafter,
| there shall be elected seven "a directors who
| shall serve for period of one a. year. The
board of directors is authorized to fill any va
cancies which may occur from any cause i'll any
offices herein provided Tor.
| Art 5, The officers OF this corporation shall
be president, vice-president, secretary and
| treasurer and shall be annually elected by the
| board of directors from among The stockhold-
| ers at meeting of such board to be held lmme-
diately following the annual meeting of stock
holders for the election of directors Until their
successors are elected and qualify, Henry Him
melman Jr shall be president, Mic Petersen
shall be vice-president. 5. Wilhartz shall be
secretary and Leo. S. Lamm shall be treasurer.
| corporation shall consist of the following nam
ed persons: Henry Himmelman Jr, Mic
Petersen, S. Wilhartz, j. A. Hielscher, Geo.
| AFR. 7. The names of the persons composing
| this corporation are as follows: Henry Him
melman Jr.,, Mic Petersen, S. Wilhartz; j. A.
| Hielscher, Geo. Peter Hoerr, has j. Mac.
beth and Leo S. Lamm, all of whom have their
residence at M ankato, Minnesota.
| We the undersigned do hereby adopt the
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| dard Brewing Company, of Mankato. for the
purpose of becoming body polite and cor
porate under said name.
In witness thereof we have hereunto SET
our hands and seals this 18th day of December,
A. ID. 1882
II ZIMMERMAN, JR, (sEAL.)
| MIC PETERSON, (sEALo
| GEORGE P. HOERR, SEAL
| S. WlLHARTZ, (sEAL)
| l.. S. LAMM, (sEAL)
ia. HIELSCHER. (sEAL)
| CHAS. J. MACBETH. (sEAL)
Signed and executed in the presence of
| ID. q. DAVIES,
| W.. GFRERER,
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
On this 18th day of December, A. d. 1899. be
fore me notary public in and for said county
personally appeared Henry Zimmerman n Jr
Peter Hoerr, Ches. j. Macbeth and Leo. S
Lamm to me well known to be the persons de
scribed in and who executed the foregoing arti
cles of association and being by me first dull.
sworn said parties say each for himself that hi
knows the contents of the foregoing instrument
and that the same is true and said parties die
then and there severally acknowledge that the.
| executed the same as their free act and dee'
and for the uses and purposes therein ex
pressed. "
Mo PETERSEN,
GEORGE P. HOERR,
s. WILHARTZ,
l.. S. LAMM.
j. "A. HIELSCHER,
CHAS. j. MACBETH,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this lot
day OF Defender, A. d.. 1885,
| (NoTARIAL SEAL.)
(REy. STAMPS CANCELLED ID. G. DAVIES,
Notary Public, Minnesota
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, Department c
~ State.
hereby certify that the within instrumen
was filed for record in this Office on the 23d da
of Dec A. ID. 1899, at 10 81 o'clock a. m. an
was duly recorded in book Nv z, OF lncorpors
lions on page 564. ALBEhT BERG,
Secretary of State.