Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-11-21
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Reach. North Dakota,

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that we, whose names are hereunto sub
scribed have this day united ourselves
together to form an association for carry
ing on the business OF banking under the
laws of the State of North Dakota. and
have adopted and executed Articles OF
Association, in duplicate, for that purpose,
and have duly forwarded copy of such
Articles to the Secretary of State of North
Dakota; that we do hereby under our hands
make and file the following as our Certif-
icate of Organization:
The name of said corporation is Farm
ers g. Merchants Bank, Beach, North Da-
kota.
The place where the business of discount
and deposit are to be carried on is Village
of Beach, North Dakota.
The amount of the capital stock and the
amount into which its shares are to be d.
vided is len thousand dollars, divided into
one hundred shares of one hundred dollars
each.
FOURTH.
The names and place of residence of the
shareholders and the number of shares
held by each of them are as follows:
Name No. of shares
H. c. Jensen Beach, N. D. 20
N. Nj. Jensen 80 20
/. w. Brinton % " go
c. H. Moulton - Z" :" 20
b. F. Livermore e ." 20
The period at which this corporation
shall commence business shall be Deem
Der 1st, 1907, and it shall terminate De-
cember 1st, 1882.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have
hereunto set our hands and seals, each for
himself, this 12th day of October, A. d.
| 1907.
| Signed
H. c. Jensen.
NJ. Jensen.
!. w. Brinton,
c. H. Moulton,
B. f. Livermore.
State of North Dakota,
County of Billings,
On this 12th day of October, 1907, be-
fore me personally appeared H. c. Jensen,
N. M. Jensen ]. w. Brinton, c. H. Moul-
ton and B. F. Livermore known to me to
be the persons who are described in and
who executed the foregoing certificate Of
organization, and they each of them &C
knowledged to me that they executed the
same.
George H. Purchase Notary Public.
STAE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Department of State Certificate of Corpor-
ate Existance,
WHEREAs-H. c. Jensen, N. NJ. Jensen,
". w. Brinton and others have filed in this
Office copy of their Articles of Association
and an Organization Certificate. as pro
vided in Sections 4636 and 4637. Chapter
FL, Revised Codes 1905, said chapter being
the law governing the organization ane
, management of State Banks. setting fortl
sections, and have in all respects complied
!, ing the OF anizaiion of State Banks as con
tanned in the chapter hereinbefore referre,
to:
Now, therefore, l. Alfred Blaisdell. Sec
> rotary of State of the State of North Dakota
; by virtue and authority of law, do hereb
certify that said parties, their associates an
> successors, have become body polotic an
j, corporate, under the corporate name c
! Farmers & Merchants Bank, Beach
North Dakota
:, and by that name are hereby authorized
commence the business of banking; TO adol
y and use corporate seal: to sue and +
sued; purchase, hold and convey real an
personal property, as provided by sal
chapter: to have succession for peric
of twenty-five years; to make contracts an
.e to have and enjoy all the rights and priv
leges granted to State Banks under II
= laws of this State, subject to their Articl
d of Incorporation. and all legal restriction
~ and liabilities in relation thereto.
I'll IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, ha'
?. hereunto set my hand and affixed the Gre
in Seal of the State OF North Dakota, at B
Of marck. this 10th day of October, A. D. 19c
or Signed.
ALFRED BLAIsDELL,
We [sEALl Secretary of Stat
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