The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-03
Articles of Incorporation of the In
dependencia Mining and SmeIt-
ing COmDauy

dependenc1a Mining and SIN eli
ing Company.
WE. THE UNDERSIGNED. DO HERE
by associate ourselves together and
agree upon these articles of incorpora-
tion for the purpose of forming a cor
poration under the provisions of the
General Laws of 1876, Chapter Is, the
amendments thereof and all other laws
of the state of Minnesota applicable
thereto.
First-The name of this corporation
shall be the Independence Mining and
Smelling Company The general nature
of it's business shall be the mining
smelling, reducing, refining or working
of ores and minerals bearing copper,
and marketing the product or products
thereof. It's principal Office shall be at
the city of ST Paul in the county Of
Ramsey III the state of Minnesota.
ment shall be the 22nd day of March,
1901, and its period of continuance thir-
ty 800 years.
Third-The amount of it's capital stock
to be paid in on delivery of the certif-
icates therefor, or in such installments
as the Board of Directors may direct.
Fourth-The highest amount of indebt-
edness or liability to which it shall at
any time be subject shall be fifty thou
sand dollars.
Fifth-The names and places of resi-
dence of the persons forming this as
ISOLATION are as follows: Christopher D.
O'Brien. st. Paul. Minnesota Christopher
D. O,Brien, Jr., State of Jalisco, Mex
ia; Byron j. Mosier, Saltwater, Mime
sofa; Leonard A. Rosing, St. Paul, Min
nesota; Frederick w. Foot, ST. Paul,
Minnesota.
Sixth-The government of this corpor-
alton and management of its affairs
shall be vested in President, Vice Pres
ident, Secretary and Treasurer, and
Board of Directors to be composed of
five persons all stockholders, and to be
elected at the annual meeting of stock
holders
seventh-The capital stock shall be
divided into twenty thousand shares Of
the par value of ten dollars a share.
Witness our hands and seals this ed
day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and one.
CHRISTOPHER D. O'BRIEN, (Seal.)
CHRISTOPHER D. O'BRIEN JR., (Seal)
PATRICK CONLEY. (Seal.)
BYRON ]. MOSIER, (SeaL)
LEONARD A. ROSING, (SeaI)
FREDERICK w. FOOT, tSeaL)
In presence of
Sharlie M. Soule,
Price Wickerstein.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
of Ramsey-ss.
Be it known, that before me, a no
tary public in and for the county and
state aforesaid, on the 22d day of March,
A. d. 1901, at the city of st. Paul, in
said county and state, personally came
SIlIlSIOpllSI u. " CHRISTOPHER ~.
OBrien, Jr., Patrick Conley, Byron J.
Mosier. Leonard A. Rosing and Fred
ericl1 w. Foot, each to me we'll known
to be person of that name mentioned in
and who executed the foregoing Articles
of Incorporation of the Independence
Mining and Smelling Company and each
acknowledged that he executed the same
as his free and voluntary act and deed
for the purposes therein expressed
(Seal.) SHARLEY M. SOULE,
Notary Public,
Ramsey County, Minnesota
STATE OF MINNESOTA = DEPART
ment of State.
I hereby certify that the within In
strument was filed for record in this Of
fee on the 2Sth day of March, A ID.
1901, at 2:45 o'clock p. M, and was duly
recorded in Book z of interpretations,
on page
P. E. HANSON,
Secretary of State.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
of 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 March, A. D.
1901, at 2:55 o'clock p. M, and that the
was duly recorded in ROOk 7 of