The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-11
ARTICLES ri E OF INCORPORATION
The Ii M Mi Land Improvement
and Manufacturing Company.

We. the undersigned. do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose of form-
ing land becoming a CorporlttonSundcr the
| provisions Of Title 2, Chnprer "a. Of the Cen
eral< Statutes of 1924 Of the Stare IT Mime
sofa, and the several acts and laws amend
| atory thereof. and for that purpose do adopt
! and sign tho following Articles Of fncorpo-
ration. 1.--'eea~r { }}ss-:5
l%.-z e - ARTICLE I. >&@ ! y
The name of this corpora ton Shall be- The,
Missab be Lang improvement and ,ianufactur-
Ing Company. The general nature >or the
business OF said corporation shalt be he buys
| ing, owning, selling AMI dealing in lands, ten.
! ements and Entertainments and the cultivat-
ing and improving of farms and improving OF
garden lands and dealing in real mixed and
personal estate and property and the manu-
facture Of macaroMi or The doing OF ANYTHING
incidental thereto. The principal place o.
business of: SAID corporation shall he in the
City OF Virginia in the Cou tv OF St. Louis
and State Of Minnesota; ..- I.
- ARTICLE IT, 81. Z
The time of commencement OF this corpo.
ration shall be- the 10Th day of October A. d.
1903. and the period Of continuance shall be
thirty years y
ARTICLE III :,
The amount Of the capital stock of said COR
porat1on shall be Twenty Thousand $50 uOo 90,
Dollars divided into four thousand shares of
Five (s5O0) Dollars per share. and shall be
paid In and Issued In such manner and ut
| such times and in such amounts and upon
such terms and conditions as shall be ordered
by the board OF directors rs prescribed by
! the bylaws.
ARTICLE
The highest amount of indebted ness or liza
billty to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject shall he the sum of Fifteen
Thousand Dollars (s15,OOOOD.
ARTll LIE V.
The names OF the persons forming said cor
poration are as follows: David Forte. VAL
entlne Forte. William D Beslow, Jno. H.
Martin. Tho place of residence of each of
The said parties forming said corporation Is
the City of Virginia In the County OF st.
Louis State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI,
The government OF said corporation and
the encouragement Of i s affairs shall be vested
| in Board of-Directors which shall be con-
stttuted Of not less than three nor more than
i've members, who shall be elected annually
from the stockholders of said corporation,
which said annual meeting shall be held on
the drst Monday in January of each year, and
AZ such place as may be designated BY the
OOard or directors OF said corporation. The
nrst board OF directors of said CORPORATION
shall be composed Of David Forte. Valentine
forte. VIM. d. Beslow, Jno, NJ. Martin, who
shall hold their offices until their successors
are duly elected at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders on the first Monday in January.
l@4, and qualified. The officers of this corpo-
ration shall be president. a vice president
and treasurer and a general counsellor. The
ONCE OF president aud treasurer can be held
by one and the same person. Said David
Forte shall be president and treasurer; said
Valentine Forte shall be vice president; said
VIM. D. BesIow shall 10 secretary: said Jno.
M. Martin shall be general counsellor of said
corporation. and they shall hold their said
ohces until the annual election Of said Of
hcers. which shall be held on the first Monday
OF January In the year 1905, and until their
successors are duly elected md qualified.
vacancies In tho board of directors and
any of said offices may be filed BY the board
OF directors at any regular meeting called By
them. Tor the purpose. The odlcersof said
OF directors Of said corporation.
Special meetings Of the stockholders or the
board OF directors OF said corporation may be
held at such time aud in such manner as may
be prescribed by the bylaws Of said corpora
ton. The said corporation may commence
business when $1,000 Oh of the capital stock Of
said corporation has been subscribed for
In witness whereof we have hereuntu set
our hands and seals this 18th Gay of October,
A. D. 1903.
DAVID FORTE, tseal1.
~'~,-' WM. D. BEsIOW, [Seali.
JOHN N. MARTIN, tSeall.
VALEsT1HE FORTE, lSeail.
state of Minnesota, County Of St. Louis. S.
On the 18th day of October, a. D. 1903, be-
fore me. notary public IN and for said St.
Louis County. State Of Minnesota. personally
appeared David Forte, VIM. D. BesIow Jno.
nj. Martin, Valentine Forte, to me known to
be the persons described In and VINO executed
the foregoing articles Of incorpora ton, and
acknowledged that they executed the =sarnf.