The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02


FOR FINE CONDENSED MILK AID
dress Minnesota Condensing Co., Roch-
ester, MINI.
Articles of Incorporation Of the Mime
sofa and Great Northern Railway Com
pany
We, the undersigned do hereby asso-
clate ourselves together, for the purpose
OF forming corporation under Title l Of
OF 1894, and acts amendatOry thereof and
supplemental thereto, and to that end
do adopt these
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
The name Of the corporation shall be
the Minnesota and Great Northern Rail-
way Company. The general nature Of its
business shall be to acquire, lay out
build, equip, maintain and operate with
In the State of Minnesota, a line of rail-
purtenances thereto, commencing at
connection with the Great Northern Rail-
way Line at Thief River Falls, in the
county OF Red Lake, State of Minnesota,
ana extending therefrom in. a northerly
direction into and through the counties
or Red Lake, Marshall and Roseau, in
said State of Minnesota, to point at
or near the international boundary line
In said County of Roseau.
Also line Of railway with one or more
tracks and appurtenances thereto, com
Northern Railway Line at Pelican Rapids
in the County of Otter Tail, State of Min
nesota, and extending therefrom in
northerly direction into and through the
Folk, Red Lake, Marshall and Roseau in
SAID State of Minnesota. to a point at or
near the international boundary line in
said County of ROSeau
Also to acquire, lay out, build, equip,
maintain and operate within said State of
Minnesota, branch lines of railway with
M a01y-. \
thereto. from such points on the above
mentioned lines of railway, and from such
other points on the said Great Northern
Railway Line, and in such directions as
the Board of Directors of this Corpora
ton shall at any time determine
The principal place of business of the
corporation shall be st. Paul, Minnesota.
ARTICLE II.
The time of commencement of the cor
poration shall be April LIST, 1904, and the
same shall continue for the period of five
hundred years from. and after said date.
ARTICLE III
The amount of the capital stock of the
corporation shall be two million five hun
dred thousand ($2,500, 100000 dollars, and
shall be paid In at such times and in
or the corporation shall determine.
ARTICLE w.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which the corporation shall at
any time be subject shall be two million
five hundred thousand ($2,500, 000. 00) dol
lars.
ARTICLE v.
The names and places of residence of the
persons forming the association for in
corporation are: Louis w. Hill. st. Paul,
Minnesota; M. D: Grover, St. Paul, Min
nesota; r. I. Harrington, st. Paul, Mime
sofa, and Edward Sawyer, ST. Paul,
Minnesota.
ARTICLE VI
The first Board of Directors of the cor
sons, to-Wit: Louis w. Hill, M. d. Gro
yer R. A. Wilkinson, R. l. Harrington and
Edward Sawyer, who shall hold Office I'M
til their respective successors shall have
been duly elected and qualified.
The government of the corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be
vested in the Board of Directors, which
shall consist of five 90 stockholders, and
shall be elected by the stockholders on
the second Thursday in October, in each
year
following officers, to be chosen by it: A
president, a vice president, a secretary
a treasurer, and such other officers as
from time to time the Board may deter
mine upon.
The duties and powers of the officers of
the corporation shall be such as may from
time to time be conferred upon them by
the laws of the State of Minnesota and
by the bylaws of the corporation, or by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII.
The capital stock of the corporation
shall be divided into twenty-five thousand
(25, C00) shares of one hundred ($100.0O)
dollars each.
In testimony whereof. we have here
unto set our hands and affixed our seals
this Goth day of March, 1904
LOUIS w. HILL, (Seal)
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EDWARD SAWYER, (Seal)
In presence of:
w. L. Cliff.
A. r. Taylor.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
RamSey-ss.
On the 3Oth day of March. 1904. before
me, a notary public in and for said coun-
ty, personally appeared Louis w. Hill,
M. D. Grover, r. A. Wilkinson, R. l. Far
rington and Edward Sawyer, to me
known to be the persons described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged that they executed the
same as their free act and deed
(Notarial Seal) A. r. TAYLOR,
Notary Public. Ramsey County, Mime
sofa.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-SS.
Office of the Register of Deeds.
This is to certify that the within instru-