Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
Articles Of Incorporation Of the West
Lake Creamery Association.

hnOW all men by these presents That we, the
undersigned hereunto, have agreed to, and do
hereby associate ourselves together as q body
corporate for the purposes hereinafter ex-
pressed, and do hereby, under and pursuant to
the provisions Of Chapter thrty-four, of the
General Statutes of the State OF Minnesota of
the year of our Lord 1878, and the acts amend
atory thereof and supplementary thereto, in
corporate ourselves and therefore, and to
that end, we do hereby adopt, agree to and
sign the following Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE
The name of this Corporation shall be West
Lake Creamery Association and the place
where its business is to be carried on is at the
creamery building on Section nineteen U9),
Township one hundred and twenty-one (12D,
Range thirty-six (36), County of Kandiyohi
State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE H.
The general nature of the business of this
corporation shall be to receive and purchase
milk and cream and the manufacture aud sale
OF butter and cheese.
ARTICLE III
The time of the commencement of this cor
poration shall be the first Monday in March,
A. D. 1901, and the period of the continuance
thereof shall be twenty coy years from said
date.
ARTICLE ".
The amount of capital stock of this Corpora
ton shall be two thousand four hundred and
sxty-hve ($2,460 dollars divided into four hun
dred and ninety-three shares of the par value,
each of five dollars (s5OO).
ARTICLEV V.
| The Board of Directors have no right to
make Indebtedness or liabilities, except for a
moderate amount for running expenses, with
| out the consent OF a majority of the stock
| holders voting for it at an annual meeting or a
special meeting called for that purpose
ARTICLE vi.
There shall be held an annual meeting of the
Stockholders of this corporation on the frs,
| Monday of February Of each year at the
creamery building owned by this Corporation
on said Section nineteen U0), Township one
hundred and twenty-one Q2D, Range thirty.slx
Coy, said County and State.
| ARTICLE VII.
The government of this Corporation and thu
management Of it's affairs shall be vested in :
President, a Vice President, a Treasurer,
Secretary, all of whom shall be stockholders
in this Corporation. Also to elect thre,
Trustees, all OF whom shall be stockholders O
this Corporation, and the above mentione,
officers and the three Trustees to constitute .
Board Of Directors. The four (4) above men
toned officers and the three ca Trustees, ex
cept the one hereinafter named, shall b
elected from and by the stockholders at tn
annual meeting of said Corporation for tn
term of one year and shall hold Office unit
their SUCCESSORS shall have been elected an
have qualified. With the exception OF tina
, the above mentioned Trustees shall be eecte
, for three years and on the first election of tn
, Stockholders for this Corporation to elect tn
Trustees one for one year. one for two yea
} and one for three years. and after the fir:
election to be elected for three years A
: the first meeting of said Board of Director
after such annual election, or at an adjourne
meeting thereof, said newly elected boar
shall organize and select chairman from the
own number.
ARTICLE VIII
J 1t shall be the duty of the Board of Director
to make recommendation to any annual
special meeting of the Stockholders for sue
Bylaws as is necessary for the managemel
Of this Corporation
ARTICLE VIII.
Whenever vacancy shall occur in the sa
|
such vacancy or vacancies by appointing al
= Stakeholder from this corporation, when
:, majority of the existing members of the Boa
. of Directors is present and the person or pc
= sons so by said Board of Directors appoint'
> shall hold Office, unless sooner disqualified, u
= til the next succeeding annual meeting
Stockholders.
. ARTICLEX,
The first president of this corporation sh
= be: liver I. Dale.
The first vice president of this corporate
shall be: August Lndgren.
= The first treasurer of this corporation sh
be: RIO. Stat.
The first secretary of this corporation sh
be: Ole S. Reigstad.
-, The first trustee of this corporation for o
- year shall be: Nils Helgeson.
- The first trustee of this corporation for t,
years shall be: Edward H. Hauge.
The first trustee OF this corporation for th1
years shall be: P. j. Peterson.
All of whom shall hold their respecti
Offices until the first annual meeting OF t
&c Stockholders of this Corporation and vi
81 their SUCCESSORS shall have been elected 8
l. shall have qualified. The election of trustt
at to be in accordance with Article VII of I
g. Corporation.
Sealed with our seals and dated this 23rd {
of February, A. D. 1901.
re (IvER I. DALE, Use;
8, Signed sealed and AUG. LINDGREN, Use
et delivered in pres R. o. STAI, Use
Wv ence of JULIUS IA OLE S. REIGSTAD, Use
st COBSON and ALBERT NILS HELGESON, Sc
l HEDLUND. EDW. H. HAUGE [Se
Ill P.J. Peterson, Use
IT, Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of February, A. D. 1901.
IN LEONARD BERGSTROM,
ot Justice OF the Peace,
var Town of Hayes, Swift Co, Mini