The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-02
Articles of Incorporation of the
Skagit Coal and Coke Company.
ARTICLE I

ARTICLE I.
THE NAME OF THIS CORPORATION
co small be tRs s sksgt Coal c4b Pike
business of this, corporation shall be that
Of mining buying and selling coal and
tt buying ~ and selling coke
States Of washington, idaho and Mon
tana; also acquiring. by purchase or 9TH
such land. timber 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 bust
ness.
The principal place Of business of said
corporation shall be in the City of ST.
Paul. Ramsey County. State Of Mime
sofa.
ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the first day of jan
uary, 1900, and the period Of its contin-
uance shall be thirty years from that
date.
ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be five hundred thousand dollars, to
be divided into five thousand shares of
one hundred q0O) dollars each, which shall
Board of Directors of this corporation
shall direct.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
any time exceed one hundred thousand
Q00, 000) dollars.
ARTICLE v.
The names Of the persons forming this
association for the purposes of incorpora-
ton are: James N HILL Edward Sawyer
and Robert l. Harrington. the residence
Of each of whom is the City Of Saint Paul,
County of Ramsey and State of Minne-
sofa.
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 18th day Of October each
year. from and after the first day Of
January. 1900 The officers of this cor
poration shall be President, Secretary
and Treasurer, WHO shall be elected by
the Board of Directors of this corporation
at the first meeting Of such Board after
first Board of Directors are: James NJ
Hill, Edward Sawyer and Robert l. Far
rington. James ~. Hill shall be Presi-
Treasurer, this first day of January, 1900
and until their successors shall be duly
chosen and qualify. Any vacancy which
be Allied by the remaining members there
of until the next annual meeting of the
stockholders.
In witness whereof we have hereunto
i'eee'' JAMES N. HILL,
EDWARD SAWYER,
ROBERT ]. FARRINGTON
In presence Of:
Edward II. Payte.
VIM r. Begg.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss.
On this 18th day OF December, A. D.
1899, before me personally appeared James
Ne Hill, Edward Sawyer and Robert L
harrington. to me known to be the per-
sons described In and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and they seyerally
acknowledged that they executed said In
strument as their free act and deed
c.. c. McELWEE,
Notary Public. Ramsey County Mime
sofa.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
ment of State.
/ hereby certify that the within instru-
ment was filed for record in this office
on the 18th day of December A. D. 1892
at o'clock 9. m. and was duly recorded
51A.
ALBERT BERG,
Secretary of State.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey-Offlce of the Register of Deeds
This Is to certify that the within instru-
ment was filed for record In this office at
st. Paul. on the 9th day of December,
A. d. 1899, at O'Clock p. M, and that the
same was duly recorded in Book Of
Incorpations, pages 663-5.
EDWARD G. KRAMER
Register of Deeds.