Holbrook argus., 1902-11-15

IHlhD, Ine plu'e or DluVeS where tHe business of said corporation Is to be tran sacted are the city of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee, in the state of Kansas, and such other places and cities upon the line of saih railway, or any of it's branches or leased, operated or controlled lines as may from time to time be deemed desirable and at such other points or places where any bus ness may be legally done by it in the exercise privileges.
 FOURTH. The term for which this cor porution Is to exist is nine hundred and ninety (9gg) years.
 FIFTH, The number of it's directors shall be fifteen, and the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year Edward P. Ripley, Chicago, Ir.; Aldace F. Walker, Chicago, IT,; Benjnmin P. Cheney, Dover. Mass; Edward N;, Gibbs, New York, C. Haven, New York, \. Y ;R. Somers Hayes, New York, N. Y. Cyrus K. Holiday Topeka, Kan; Victor Morawetz New York, N; Rotch, Boston, Mass; Edward Wilder, Tone John Luden. Amsterdam. Holland, and Her man kobbe. New York, N. Y:
 of such corporation shall be two hundred and thirty three million, four hundred and e'gh- ty- six thonsand SlSS' is6OOO) dollars, and the same shall be divided into two million three hundred and thirty-fo thousand eight hundred and sixty (2,33i, ,siO) shares Of the par value of one hundre ElOO) dollars each.
 Of snch capital stock one million three hundred and fourteen thousand eight hun dred and sixty u,3li.Sj0l shares. amounting in the aggregate to one hundred and thirty million, four hundred and eighty six thoms- and (Sl3l ,iS6OJOl dollars, shall be five per cent non-cumulative preferred stock and
 One million, twenty thousand Q,0200OO) shares, amounting in the aggregate to one hundred and two million (Sl02, ,000, ,0OOl dollars, shall be common stack.
 The holders of the preferred stock shall be I and every fiscal year beginning after the Both day of June, ls'6 at such rate, not exceeding live per centuin per annum, as shall hc de- clared by the Board of Directors of such cor poration in preference and priority to any payment n or for such fiscal year ofany divi- dend on the common stock or on any other stock of said company. but only from undivi- ded net profits wen and us determined by the said board; and in ease of dissolution or liquidation of said corporation. the holders of the preferred stock shall be entitled io re- ceive the par amount Of their stock out of the assets of such corporation in priority to the common stock.
 Nomortgage, other than Il mortgage to se- cure and issue of seventeen million q )llars of Four Per Cent. rhirty-Hegr Prior Lien Gold Bonds and an issue of one hundred and six ty-five million four hundred and ninety thousand i've hundred dollars of General Mortgage Four Per Cent. One Hundred Year Gold Bonds, and another mortgage to secure an issue of not to exceed seventy-one million seven hundred and tuenty eight thousand dollars of Four Per Cent. One Hundred Year Adjustment Bonds Clearing interest payable only out of surplus net earnings if earned). shall be eXecutel by the corporation hereby formed nor shall the amount ofthePreferred stock or said corporation be increased, un- less the execution of such mortgage or such increase of the Preferred Stock shall have received the consent of tn hDlders of ma jority of the whole amount of the Preferred Stock which shall at the time be outstanding. given at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose and the consent of the hold CTS of majority of such part of the common stock aS shall be represented at such meeting.
 IN TIES riMONY WHEREOF We have here unto subscribed our names this l2th day of Debember, 1895.