The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-09-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EXCELs1oR GAS coMpANy


EXCELSIOR GAS COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That we, the undersigned, hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose Of form
ing u Corporation under Title Two (2),
Chapter Thirty-four (34), General Statutes
of Minnesota, 1894, and the Acts amenda-
tory thereof, and hereby adopt and sign the
following Articles of Incorporation:
1.
The name of this Corporation shall be
the Excelsior Gas Company"
II.
The general nature of the business of
this Corporation shall be the manufacture
of gas for heating and lighting, and for
the purpose of manufacturing, gas and for
that purpose only. To purchase, build,
equip and establish a gas works and gas
plant in the village of Excelsior, and to
do such things and only such things as
are incidental to the manufacturing of gas
III.
The principal place of transacting the
business of the said Corporation and its
head office shall be in the Village of Excel
sior, County of Hennepn, State Of Mime
sofa.
The time of the commencement of the said
Corporation shall be the 18th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1904, and it shall continue to exist
for thirty years thereafter.
"
The amount of capital stock of said Cor
poration shall be $4,000, and the same
shall be paid in as the Board of Directors
shall from time to time determine and di-
rect
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The number of shares of the capital stock
shall be $50 and the amount of each share
shall be 500.
VII.
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liability to which the said corporation shall
at any time be subject shall be the sum of
$4,000.
VIII.
The names and places of residence of the
persons forming this Corporation are: Ed
ward &. Kosko and John Kosko, of the City
of Minneapolis, County of Hennepin and
key and Frederick J. Behm of the Village
of Excelsior, County of Hennepin and State
of Minnesota.
The government of the Corporation and
the management Of its affairs shall be vest
ed in a Board Of Directors consisting of
not less than three and not more than five
members, who shall have the power of
making all bylaws and all needful rules
and regulations for the government of the
said Corporation and for the conducting of
its business, and who shall be elected by
the stockholders of said Corporation at
their annual meeting, which shall be held
ut the principal Office Of said Corporation,
on the second Monday in January of each
and every year. beginning with the year
1905, and shall hold Office for the term
of one year or until their successors are
elected and qualified
The officers of said Corporation shall be
President, vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer. The office Of Secretary and
erN-.- H.
same person. The said officers shall be
elected by the Board of Directors at the
first regular meeting of the said Board
after the annual election of directors from
among their own number. The said Board
of Directors shall have power to create and
fiji such other offices as they shall deem
necessary and proper for the purposes and
the carrying on Of the business Of the said
Corporation. The said officers shall hold
office for one year, or until their successors
are elected and qualified. Any vacancy oc-
curing in said Board of Directors or in any
of the said offices of the Corporation may be
filled by the Board of Directors or the re-
naming members thereof
The first Board Of Directors shall be
Edward g. Kosio, Frederick J. Benin, Fred
erick W. mickey and John Kosko, Of whom
Edward G. Kosko shall be President Fred
erick ]. Benin, vice-President, and Fred
erick W. mickey, Secretary and Treasurer
Of such Corporation, and they, shall hold
office until the first annual meeting Of stock
holders or until their successors are elected
and qualified.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. The undersigned
have hereunto set their hands and seals
this 18th day Of September, 1904.
EDWARD G. KOSKO. (sEAL)
FREDERICK ]. BENIN. (sEAL)
FREDERICK W. MICKEY. (sEAL)
JOHN KOSKO. (sRAL)
Signed. sealed and delivered
In the presence of
JAMES r. OBRIEN.
l.. A. GROSSKOPF.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
(ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEp1N
On this 18th day Of September, 1904, be-
fore me, the undersigned notary public in
and for the County of Hennepin, State of
Minnesota. personally came Edward G.
Kosko, Frederick W. mickey, Frederick j.
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