The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-07
Articles of Incorporation of the
Cottonwood Coal Company.
ARTICLE


The name of this corporation shall be
COTTONWOOD COAL COMPANY
The general nature Of the business of
this corporation shall be that OF mining,
buying and selling coal, and manufacture
Ing, buying and selling coke within the
State Of Minnesota and elsewhere, more
particularly within the States of Wash
tngton, 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.
The principal place of business of said
corporation shall be in the City Of Saint
Paul, Ramsey County, State of Mime
ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the first day Of
tinuance shall be thirty 800 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 Dollars EACH which
shall be paid in from time to time, as the
Board of Directors of this corporation
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability of this corporation shall not at
any time exceed One Hundred Thousand
ARTICLE v.
The names of the persons forming this
Association for the purposes of incor-
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
of Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI.
The management and government Of
this corporation shall be vested In q
lQnn, ~
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
fcers 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
of such Board after the annual election.
The names of the first Board of Directors
are James N. Hill, Edward Sawyer and
Robert l. harrington. James N. Hill
Secretary and Treasurer, this first day
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 S1st day
Of March, "A. ID. 1900.
JAMES N HILL,
EDWARD SAWYER,
ROBERT 1. 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.
Q0-cent revenue stamp canceled.)
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
ment of State.
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was flied 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 2 of interpretations.
ALBERT BERG,
Secretary of State.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. Office of the Register of
Deeds.
This Is to certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this Of
flee at st. Paul, on the End day of April,
A. D. 1900, at 3 o'clock p. M, and that
the same was duly Arecorded in Book /
EDWARD 2SRAETMER,
Register OF Deeds.