The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
ARTICLES 0F INCORPORATION

|AkIltlEO U UKPOkATION.
Be 1t known that We, the undersigned, do
hereby 9n1asgss t9gsthr
81 IF the General statntes5of the State Of Min
nesota, and the acts amentlatory thereof, and
supplemental. the, eto. and for that purpose do
hereby make. subscribe and adopt the following
articles OF lncorporation,. to:wit: ,,ss%-t~ .. ~
N*,G]3E &~-5% sb> ARTICLE i. 49, -..5 ~~>'
p The name of said corporation shall be tho
Gunfint and Lake Superior: Railroad Company
The general nature Of it's business shall he to
locate, construct. equip, maintain and Operate
a railroad, with one or more tracks or lines of
road. beginning at point on or near the Cam
nolth of range two(2) west, in Cook COUNTY Min.
nesota, and running thence in a southerly direc-
tion ntoLake Superior, on such route as may here
by the board of directors Of said cornoratinn
and such branch line or lines us may be deemed
e1pedient hy said d directors, together with such
by said directors; said lines or branches shall be
located and constructed upon the most practjca-
bic routes to be determined by the said directors
also to lease OF purchase, construct, maintain
and operate the equipment necessary for said
railway, and to acquire right offway. BY pur-
chase or condemnation proceedings, and to ac-
qulre, own own ana operate carshops. machine
shops warehouses, elevators, depots wharves
docks. bridges or other property. that may be
necessary useful or convenient for the opera
ton OF SAID q railway company, as shall be deter
ton; also to lease purchase all lands that NAV
be deemed necessary bv the board OF directors in
the conduct OF the business Of said corporation;
the said corporation shall also have the power
to construct. maintain and operate one or more
telegraph and telephone lines along and near
the lines OF said railway and it's branches, with
the necessary offices and stations as the same
NAV be deemed necessary or expedient by the
board of directors, and shall have power to lease
pa rchase. maintainand operate any other line
of railway, constructed or partially CONSTRUCTED,
and to enter into running connections with I1ny
other railway company as may be deemed expe-
dent by said board of directors.
The principal place of business of said corpo
ration shall beat Duluth. Minnesota : ~
>2=Ii ARTICLE 2.
The time Of the commencement of said corpo-
ration shall be January LIST, 1903, and it shall
continue for period. of fifty years,
ARTICLE 3.
The amount of the capital stock of said corpo-
ration shall be Fifty Thousand ($50,O00.0O). DOL
installments as the board of directors shall
determine.
ARTICLE T.
The highest amount of indebtedness or liabili-
ty to which the said corporation shall at any
time, be subject, shall be Fifty Thousand ESQ.,
oo0.0u) Dollars, to be incurred at such times and
in such amounts and secured in such manner as
the board OF directors shall determine
ARTICLE S. ~
The names and places of residence of the Der
soDs forming this corporation are as follows:
!. Arpin' Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
William Scott, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.
Frank T. Hlxon,.. ..... La Crosse. Wisconsin,
Herman timer n!nger' Port Arthur, Ontario.
Fred Il. Miller. ......... Port Arthur Ontario.
ARTICLE &.
The names of the first board of directors of
said corporate n are as follows: D, !, Aprin.
William Scott. Frank P. Hixon, Herman Finer
and Fred H. Miller, who shall hold thei re-
6a Their are elected
board of five directors. The annual me meetin til g
Of said corporation for the election of directors
shall be held on the second Tuesday of July in
each year. and any vacancy occurring in the
board of directors shall be filled by the remain
ing members Of said board until the next ensu-
election of said board of directors at said annual
meeting, the said board of directors shall meet
ana elect president, vice president, secretary
and h"h sGGh oher officers
respective offices for one year and until their
successors are elected and qualified. Any va
S SSahcy o, occurring in any Of said offices may py
meeting, which appointments shall hold until
the next annual nleeting, and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
The directors, president, vice president secre-
tary and treasurer, shall be elected from the
stockholders in said corp 'ration. but the office
of secretary and treasurer may be held by the
saDlG person.
The president or secretary may call special
meetings of the said board Of directors
Until the hrst annual meeting of said corpo-
Finger vice president, and William Scott secre-
| tary and treasurer of said corporation.
ARTICLE T.
The number of shares of the capital stock of
said corporation shall te five hundred and the
par value Thereof shall be one hundred lsl0O,O0)
Dollars each.
In Testimony Whereof We have hereunto set
nI q rod nnp 10
of March, A. d. 1903.
In presence of:
ATT r >ts1Hie. Harkins FRANK P. HIXON(Seal)
HERMAN FING Err (sear
ffl1s f. T. HBsosFtf' Bses1 b Rn sFH gFFs sss2 sssI
L. N. Ticknor FRED II. MILLER(se eal)
q. A. Murray
As to II. Finger and F. H. Miller.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, 60
COUNTY OF WooD, ]ss'
On this 1st day Of April, A. D. 1903, before me,
notary public, within and for said county,
personally appeared Q. }. Arpin and William
Scott, to me personally known to be the persons
who are described IN and who executed the
severally acknowledge to me that they executed
the same freely and voluntarily and for the uses
and purposes therein expressed.
(seaD H. B. BEVER,
Notary Public,
Wood County Wisconsin
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, (ss'
On this fourth day of March. A. D, 1908,
before me notary public, within and for said
county. personally appeared R rank P. Hixon, to
me personally known to be the person who is
described in and who executed the foregoing
articles of incorporation, and he acknowledged
to me that he executed the same freely and
voluntarily and for the uses and purposes there
in expressed.
lSeaU CHARLES E. STRAND.