The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
Articles of Incorporation of Great
Northern Land and Stock sCOm-
pan

der and by virtue of the laws OF the
State of Minnesota, in such case made
and provided. and for that purpose do
hereby adopt and sign these articles of
incorporation. as follows:
ARTICLE ONE.
Section 1.-The name of this corporation
shall be Great Northern Land and Stock
Company
Section 2-The general nature of the
business of said corporation shall be the
buying, owning, holding, possessing, SELL
ing and dealing in lands and real estate
of every. description, as well as in tene-
ments and hereditaments. real, personal
and mixed estate and property; the
building upon, cultivating and improv-
ing of lands; the selling, conveying
leasing, letting, demsing, charging,
mortgaging or otherwise encumbering
lands. tenements. and Entertainments,
real. mixed and personal property; the
raising, holding. buying. selling leasing,
feeding and dealing in live stock of every
DESCRIPTION: the making, purchasing,
selling, indorsing and negotiating of COM
merclal paper in connection with said
Section 3.-The principal place of bust
ness of said corporation shall be the City
of ST. Paul, in the County of Ramsey and
State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE TWO.
The time of commencement of this cor
poration shall be September %, 1901, and
the period of it's existence shall be thirty
900 years.
ARTICLE THREE.
The amount of the capital stock of said
corporation shall be three hundred thon-
sand dollars (s300,09O which shall be di-
hundred dollars each, and shall be paid
In as the Board of Directors shall de-
termine.
ARTICLE FOUR.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which said corporation shall at
G1Ih hol hn fho nj
six hundred thousand dollars ($6O0, O00.
ARTICLE FIVE.
The names and places of residence of
the persons forming such corporation are
as follows, to-wit: Warren w. Hurd. of
st. Paul, Minnesota; Henry Austin, of
Austinville. Iowa; and Ellsworth r.
Moon. of Burdette. Iowa.
ARTICLE SIX.
Section 1.-The officers of this corpora
ton shall be president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer. The office of
secretary and treasurer may be held by
the same person.
Section 1.-THE government of this cor
poration and the management of its af-
fairs shall be vested in a Board of Di-
rectors consisting of three members.
Section 3-The Board of Directors shall
be elected annually by the stockholders
at their annual meeting, and said Board
of Directors shall, in case of vacancy,
elect directors to fill unexpired terms.
at twelve o'clock. noon, and annually
thereafter stockholders meeting shall
be held, at which said meeting, or an
adjournment thereof, said Board of Di-
rectorS shall be elected The Board of
Directors shall. Immediately after the
final adjournment of the meeting of
stockholders, hold a regular meeting at
which meeting the said Board of Direct
ors shall elect the officers of the cor
poration. and shall elect from their own
NUMBER a president and vice president
OF said corporation. At all stockholders
meetings. each share of stock represented
snail be entitled to one vote. The direct
ors may provide for and fix the COM
pensation to be paid to the directors and
off1cers of the Incorporation, and shall
provide for and fix the salaries of en-
ployes of the corporation. The Board of
directors shall have power and author
lty to enact bylaws not inconsistent
with law and with these articles of in
corporation.
Section 4.-The names of the persons
constituting the first Board of Directors,
and who shall serve until the meeting
OF the Board of Directors after the an
nual stockholders meeting to be held
on the first Monday of September 1902
are Warren W. Hurd, of ST. Paul Min
nesota: Henry Austin, of Austinville.
Iowa. and Ellsworth R. Moon, of Bur-
dette. Iowa
Section 5:-The following named persons
shall be the officers Of said corporation
until. the first meeting of the Board of
DieCtoIS dILer the annual meeting of
stockholders the first Monday of Sep
TEMPER: 1902. viz. Henry Austin, paesi-
dent: Warren w. Hurd, vice president
and Ellsworth r. Moon, secretary and
treasurer.
All directors and officers shall hold
their respective offices until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
IN witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this 18th day
of September, A. D. 1901
WARREN w HURD (SeaIA
HENRY AUSTIN. (SeaI2
ELLSWORTH R. MOON, (Seal.)
In presence of
E. G. Stringer.
M. McGinn.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss
On this 18th day of September. A. D.
1901. personally appeared before me
Warren w. Hurd. Henry Austin and
ellsworth R. Moon. to me personally
Rrs9"n TO be the persons described in
ana who executed the foregoing instru-
ment. and they acknowledged that thew
executed the same as their free act and
deed.
EDWARD c. STRINGER,
(Notar1al Seal) Notary Public.
Ramsey County, Minnesota.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY on
Ramsey-ss. Office 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 18th day of September
a "A. u. ISol. at 2O5 o'clock p. M, and that
the same was duly recorded in Book T
OF interpretations, pages -.
M. W. FITZGERALD.
Register of Deeds.