The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-11
Articles of incorporation of the
Cottonwood Ccal Company.
ARTICLE

The name Of this corporation shall be
COTTONWOOD COAL COMPANY"
Inc general nature of the business Of
TINS 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
ington 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
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
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-
unuance shall be thirty 800 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
Of One Hundred Dollars each, which
shall be paid in from time to time, as the
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
Association for the purposes of incor-
poration are James n Hill, Edward Saw
yer and Rober~I l. 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 a
Board of three Directors, who shall be
elected
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 a
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 Board of Directors
are James n. HILL Edward Sawyer and
Robert /. Harrington. James n. Hill
s 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 Di-
members thereof until the next annual
meeting of the stockholders
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have
hereunto signed our names this 31st day
of March, A. d. 1900.
EDWARD SAWYER,
ROBERT L 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 Incorpora ton, and severalIy
acknowledged that they executed tha
same as their free act and deed
G. G. McELWEE.
Notary Public. Ramsey County, Mime
sofa.
G0-cent revenue stamp canceled.)
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
ment of State.
l hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this Of
fee on the End day-of April. A. D. 1900.
at II 80 o'clock a. M, and was duIv
recorded in Book x Of Incorporations.
on page -.
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 recorded In Book I
OF interpretations, pages 112-14
EDWARD KRAEIMER,
Register of Deeds.