The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-30
Articles of Incorporation of the
Shields Sorghum Com1on

Articles OF incorporation of the
Shields Sorghum COMPANY.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY .AssO-
crate themselves together for the pltr-
pose OF organizing and becoming a cor
pofatlon under the provisions of section
Z6oo, chapter 81 of the General Statutes of
Minnesota for the year 1894, and the other
provisions OF said chapter "a applica BILE
thereto, and to that end accent and sign
the following articles of incorporation
al. Inc name of the corporation shall be
Inc Shields Sorghum Company"
ana the general nature of its business
shall be the manufacture and refining Of
syrups and the manufacture of jellies
and preserves, and the functions of said
corporation shall be limited to the bust
ness of manufacturing and to business
essential thereto
The principal place of transacting said
business shall be st. Paul, Minnesota.
The time of the commencement of said
corporation shall be September Bird 1901
and it shall continue fof period of thir-
ty 800 years thereafter.
".
The amount of the capital stock of said
corporation shall be fifty thousand (S5O-
oUU,VOl collars, and it shall be paid in as
called Tor by the board of directors.
Y.
The highest amount of ebtedne:s or
Inability to which said corporation shall
at any time be subject shall be twenty
I'VE thousand ($25, coo. COZ dollars
Inc names and places of residence of
the persons forming such association for
incorporation are:
Michael B. Shields residing in Dakota
County, Minnesota; John Shields. resif~
ing in Dakota County Minnesota. and
Martin Burke, residing in st. Paul,
Minnesota.
The names of the first board of d.
rectors shall be:
Michael B. Shields, residing in Dakota
County, Minnesota; John Shields, resid-
ing in Dakota County, Minnesota, and
Martin Burke, residing in ST. Paul, Min
neSota.
The management of the affairs of the
corporation shall be vested in a presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer and a board
OF three directors. The offices of secre-
tary and treasurer may be held by one
person Any of said directors shall be
eligible to likewise hold the office of pres
ldent, secretary or treasurer. Said Of
hcerS and directors shall be elected at the
hrst meeting of said corporation to be
held upon the 3rd day of Septembey
1901, and upon the first Tuesday in Au-
gust Of each succeeding year, and shall
ed and qualified.
The capital stock of said corporation
snail be divided into five hundred (5OO
shares of one hundred 600 dollars each.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands this 2Sth day of August
A. D. 1901
MICHAEL B. SHIELDS, (seaI)
JOHN SHIELDS, (Seai1
MARTIN BURKE, (SeaIl
In presence of:
7. E. Shields,
Thomas P Mcnamara.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
DakOta-SS.
On this 18th day of August. A. D 1901
9et9 ore me me personally appeared Michael
Burke, to me personally known to be the
same persons described in and who eye
cuted the foregoing instrument and they
duly acknowledged that thew eXecTt Cd
the same as their free act and deed.
CSeal.) THOMAS P. MCNAMARA,
Notary Public
Minnesota
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. Office of the Register of
Deeds.
This is to certify that the within instrn.
ment was filed for record in this office
at ST. Paul, on the 2Sth day Of August
A. D. 1901, at 3:25 o'clock p. m land that
the same was duly recorded in Roolx 7
of interpretations, pages =
NJ. w. FITZGERALD
Register Of Deeds.
STATE OF MINNEsOTA-DEP
ment of State.
I hereby certify that the within instru-
ment was filed for record in this Office
on the 29th day of August, A. D. 1901.
at 5:l9 o'clock p. m.,. and was duly re-
corded in Book A of Interpretations. on
page =. "a
P E. HANSON.
Secretary of State.