The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-10
Articles of incorporation of the
Cottonwood Coal Company.
ARTTcT H

The name of this corporation shall be
COTTONWOOD COAL COMPANY"
this corporation shall be that of mining,
buying and selling coal, and manufactur-
ing, buying and selling coke within the
state St at Of Minnesota and elsewhere, more
1ngton, Idaho and Montana; also acQuir-
Ing. by purchase or otherwise and own
ing, holding and leasing such land and
real estate as may be found convenient
or desirable for the purpose of mining
coal and for the purpose of such coal
and coke business.
corporation shall be in the City of Saint
Paul, Ramsey County, State Of Mime
sofa.
ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the first day of
May, 1900, and the period of its con-
tinuance shall be thirty 500 years from
that date.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
snail be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
to be divided into five thousand shares
or One Hundred Dollars EACH which
Board of Directors of this corporation
shall direct.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability of this corporation shall not at
any time exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars each.
ARTICLE V.
The names of the persons forming this
poration are James N Hill, Edward saw
yer and Robert /. Harrington, the resi-
dence of each of whom is the City Of
Saint Paul. County of Ramsey and State
ARTICLE VI.
The management and government Of
this corporation shall be vested in
Board of three Directors, who shall be
elected from the stockholders from
among their number on the second Thurs
day of October each year from and after
the first, day. of January, 1900. The Of
ficers, Of this corporation shall be
President, Secretary and Treasurer. who
shall be elected by the Board of Directors
OF this corporation at the first meeting
The names of the first Beard of Directors
are James N. Hill. Edward Sawyer and
Robert /. Harrington. James N Hill
shall be President and Edward Sawyer
of May, and until their successors shall
be duly chosen and qualify. Any vacancy
which may occur in the Board of Dr.
rectors may be filled by the remaining
members thereof until the next annual
meeting of the stockholders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have
hereunto signed our names this 31st daV
Of March, A D. 1900
JAMES N HILL
EDWARD SAWYER,
ROBERT I. HARRINGTON.
In presence of:
Macy Nicholson,
Edward Tenner
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-Ss.
On this Thirty-first day of March, A.
D. 1900 before me personally appeared
James N. Hill, Edward Sawyer and Rob-
ert l. Harrington, to me personally
known to be the same persons describ-
ed in and who executed the foregoing
Articles of Incorporation, and seVerallY
acknowledged that they executed the
same as their free act and deed
c. c. McELWEE,
Notary Public, Ramsey County. Mime
sofa.
(Notarial SeaL)
Decent revenue stamp canceled)
STATE OF MINNESOTA. DEPART
ment of State.
I hereby certify that the within In
strument was filed for record in this Of
flee on the End day of April, A. D. 1900.
at 1880 o'clock-a. M, and was duly
recorded in Book x of interpretations.
on page -.
ALBERT BERG,
Secretary of State
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OFF
Ramsey-ss. Office of the Register Of
Deeds.
This is to certify that the within IN
strument was filed for record in this Of
fee at ST., Paul, on the End day of April.
A d. 1900, at o'clock p. M, and that
the same was duly recorded In Book ]
of interpretations, pages 112-14
EDWARD KRAMER
Register of Doodo