The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Grand Marais Mercan-
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tile Company.

selves together to form Corporation for
the purposes hereinafter mentioned; un.
utes 1894 Of the State Of Nj nnesota and all
acts amendatory thereof and supple
mental thereto.
ARTICLE l..
/ The name of this corporation shall be
Grand Marais Mercantile Company"
The general nature of it's business shall
be to buy, sell, hold. dispose of, deal in
and deal with, either at wholesale or re-
mission, goods. wares and merchandise.
and other personal property of every
kind, nature and description whatso-
duce, hsrdwaFes. spertins goods, wood en-
ware. dry goods. millinery, clothing, fur
nishing goods, boots and shoes, jewelry,
meats. ISL, hay grain, FEED iumbsr menf :
equipments and supplies, logs, lumber,
and lumber products, ties, posts and poles,
harnesses: Carriages: wagons, sleighs;
to engage in I'LL lines of mercantile bust
ness, whether hereinbefore enumerated
or not, also to manufacture any or all
chandIse, and acquire, own, use and dis
pose of all such property as may be Incl
dent or convenient to the general pu1pos-
to acquire, own, hold, rent, incamber and
convey real estate or any interest there
business Of said corporation shall Be at
Grand Marais, in the County OF Cook and
State OF Minnesota, and said corpora on
may conduct stores, and engage in its bus
mess at such other place or places as
may be determined by its Board Of Di-
rectOrs.
ARTICLE H.
The time OF the commencement of said
corporation shall be April first, A. D. 1907,
and it shall continue for the period Of
ARTICLE III.
The amount of stock of said corporation
shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000)
and it shall be paid in from time to time
in cash or property when subscribed on
ors. Provided that said corporation may
transact business and carry out the pur-
poses OF its organization when thirty
thousand dollars of took shall have been
subscribed and paid in,
ARTICLE Nv.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
liability to which said corpora tion shall
at any time be subject shall be thirty
thousand, dollars (S30,000)
ARTICLE v.
The names and places Of residence Of the
Corporation are as follows: Clarence Il.
Taylor, Grand Marais. Mimi; Lever II.
Lien. Grand Marais, Mimi; james H.
Ginder, Duluth, MINI.
AhI1CLE vi.
The officers and. persons in. whom the
management Of it's affairs shall be vested
shall be a board of three directors,
members of which board shall be
from their own number, at their annual
meeting, which shall be held at
Grand Marais. on the second Tuesday in
afternoon. CONNIE neing With the Year 1867;
and q president. q Vice-president, q .Secre-
tary and treasurer who shall be elected
ngmb s at the drst nesting Of the Roa ara
in each year, to be held Immediately at
ter the annual meeting of the stockhold-
Each of the officers and directors of said
corporation shall hold their respective
Offices for the period of one year, or until
their successors have been duly. elected
except president and vice-president may
be held by the same person.
A,director may be removed from Office
and successor elected, and vacancies
eScaEns may On pa 1 hs bGara Of
provided by the bylaws.
The above named incorporators shall
constitute the first board of directors,
and until their successors have been duly
ed persons shall be the officers of said cor
poration: Clarence H. Taylor, president
and treasurer; James H. Ginder, vice.
pESSAucAU, duu xc VcC Al0u, S0CF0tdfy.
ARTICLE VII.
The capital stock of said corpora ion
shall be divided into FIVE hundred shares
OF par value of one hundred dollars
($100) each.
In witness whereof. the aboye-named
incOrpOrators have hereunto set their
hands and seals this 22nd day of February,
A. D, 1907.
CLARENCE H. TAYLOR. (seal.)
JAMES II. GINDER. (Seal.)
LEVER Il LIEN (Seal.)
Signed, sealed and delivered in
& &iszsnSe RICHARDSON StT
ANNA G. TAYLOR.
State of Minnesota, County Of St. Lou
ISIS.
On this 22nd day of February, A. d. 1907,
before me q notary public, Within and for
said county, personally appeared Clar-
ence II. Taylor, James H. Ginder and
Lever Fl. Lien, each being to me person
ally known to be the persons described in
and Who executed the foregoing articles
Of incorporation, and who severaily and
duly acknowledged that they executed
said articles freely and voluntarily, for
the uses and purposes therein expressed.
P. }. NEFF,
(Seal) Notary Public.
st. Louis County, Minnesota.
My commission expires Nov. IA, 1907.
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