Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Articles of
Incorporation
OF THE
Winnesheik Cooperative
Telephone Company.
KNOW AM Men Ry These Prasants

MOTTlSOu, ID. d. VhChdy, Will I6dCOCk
and Charles W. Glover, residents of
Winnesheik county, Iowa., do hereby
organize ourselves into a corporation
under and by virtue Of the laws of the
State of Iowa. which corporation shall
bear the name and style of "The Win
nesheik Cooperative Telephone Com
pany."
Sec. g. That the said Corporation
shall commence on the day of the date
of the certificate by the Secretary of
State and continue for period of
twenty years provided, however, that
| it may be sooper dissolved by a two
thirds vote of the stockholders at any
regular or special meeting and upon
published notice of such dissolution
in pursuance of tie law. And such
corporation shall have the general
pow ers conferred by Section No. 1909
of the Code of Iowa.
Sec. 3. The principal place of bust
ness of said corporation shall be at
the City of DEBORAH, Iowa.
Sec. 4. The business of said corpor-
| alton shall be owning. building. buy
ing and selling telephone lines, tele-
phone stock and telephone business
and managing of telephone lines and
telephone business, including all the
incidental transactions necessary to
such owning, building, buying and
selling and managing.
Sec. 8. The capital stock o. this
corporation shall amount to $4,000,
in shares of $1S each. and each share
evidenced by written certificate to
have one vote, but no shareholder
shall own more than three shares at
one time and the transfer of such shares
shall be by due notation upon the
books of the company, subject to the
approval of the Board of Directors.
Sec. 6. The said capital stock shall
| be sold to the shareholders and paid
! for in cash or telephone material as
the discretion of the directors and
shall be paid for at the time of the
sale.
Sec. Z. The private property of the
stock holders shall be exempt from
liability for the debts of the corpora
tion.
Sec. s. The Indebtedness of this
| corporation shall not at any time ex-
coed % per cent of the par value OF
the capital stock sold.
Sec. 9. The affairs of this corpora
| tion are to be conducted by Board OF
Directors consisting of seven members,
to be elected by the shareholders by
ballot at the annual meeting, and of
| whom there shall be President. Vice
President. Secretary and Treasurer,
and the first meeting shall be on the
| 1st day of December. 1904. and
the first Board of Directors are l.. l..
Iverson, George Smith. Frank Morri-
son. B. j. Mckay, q. R. Cove. Will
Peacock and Charles W. Glover, of
whom l.. L. Iverson is president.
| George Smith, president, Frank
| Morrison, secretary, and Ben Mckay
is treasurer.
Sec. 10. The said Board Of Direc-
tors. together with its genera and IN
cidental powers, to have the special
power of making rules and bylaws
| mot inconsistent with these articles, J
to enable it to better execute the pur
| poses of this Corporation and protect
and further it's interests.
Sec. II. This Corporation makes
the special rule that all written con-
tracts. agreements. bonds, deeds, con-
veyances, certificates of stock and
orders to pay money must be authorized
by majority of the number of direc-
tors. and signed land acknowledged
| when legally necessary by the presi-
to be paid excepting on q written
order. And it is further provided.
| that If in pursuance of law changes
are made in these articles of inoorpor-
alton, the president and secretary are
desig grated as the proper officers to
sign and acknowledge such changes.
O. r. Cove,
Chas. w. Glover,
Will Peacock.
l.. l.. Iverson,
George Smith,
Frank Morrison,
B. j. Mckay.
0iA Winn mes Exc" County. IS.
On this 2nd day of September, A.
D.. 1904, before me, Notary Public
within and for said county,
personally appeared l.. ]. Iverson
George Smith, B. j. Mckay, @. r.
Cove. Chas. W. Glover, will Peacock.
to me personally known to be the
Identical persons whose names are
affixed to the above Articles of Incor-
poration of the Winnesheik Co-opera-
tive Telephone Company. and acknow-
lodged the said instrument to be their
voluntary act and deed.
Witness my hand
(Seal.) E. l.. Amundsen,
Notary Public within and for Winnie
sheik county, Iowa.
Executed in triplicate.
STATE OF IOWA, GO
Winnesheik County. '''
On this 9Th day of September, 1904,
before me Notary Public within and
for said County, personally appeared
Frank Morrison to me personally
| known to be the identical person
whose name is affixed to the above
Articles of Incorporation of the Win
nesheik Cooperative Telephone Com
pany and acknow lodged the said in
strument to be his voluntary act and
deed.
Witness my hand and seal.
Seal Peter Pfeiffer,
Notary Public for Winnesheik coun-
ty, Iowa. Ala
KILL THE COUCH