The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-05-04

Or
Kameshkeo River Boom and
Improvement Company.
w.. Know all men by these presents; thai, we
have associated ourselves together and
Under the proVisiors OF the
and the General laws of the State of Min
nesoGa, as a corporation under the name
and. to that end do hereby adopt the fol.
lowing articles Of Interpretations:
ARTICLE I.
sHRS Of k fS SS6M Ans h BE
nature OF it's business shall be the i'm
Provement OF 9 ntn-navigable stream in
the county of Cook, in the state of Mime
sofa, known as Kameshkeo river, by clean
Ing and straig tening the channels there
Or, closing slou9hs, erecting. sluiceways,
bo9ms Of all kinds, side-rolling, sluicing
f fion from said river for the purpose Of
iaGi ;ltati4g the running, driving and
bers thereon from the rise of said river
out OF Tom Lake, in Town sixty-three
Range Rang three east, Cook county, Minnesota,
said river crosses the township line be-
tween township sixty-,hree, range three
a an1r TO township sixty.three, range
towns sixty- three and sixty-four, range
four east to the outlet of said river In
Pigeon River, for the purpose of mai ntain-
SAID kameshkeo river and the said
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tain, and to engage in the business of
CRYING logs and other tim Der thereon and
OF ho!dlng handling and boomin" logs
and collect therefor reasonable tolls upon
me logs, lumber and timber driven and
bo9med, 'sluiced OF, floated on the same,
incident to the advantageous conduct Of
said business, with all the rights and
prlyeleges insured to such corporations
said state. the said river not having been
improved or taken prior possession of bY
any person., company or corporal ion, and
the same being unfit for the running,
driving or -sluicing OF logs, lumber or
tim Der, and the principal place OF trans
shal! be ii, the county Of Cook, in the sta te
81 Mlnnesota. at or near the course of said
river, but said corpora tion may have an
OF ofh ne land and place of business elsewhere n
ARTICLE II.
The time of the CONNIE ncement of this
corpora ion shall be the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1907 and the period of its continu-
ance snail be thirty years.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of capital stock Of this COR
Ro nr shall be fifty thousand dol
lars, which amount shall be subscribed
end shall be Rafd in as calied for BY @s the
BOARD or directors.
ARTICLE CIV.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness
or liability to which said corporation
shalat "a an ~ time be subject shall be the
ARTICLE "
The names and places of residence of
the persons forming this association for
incorporation are as follows:
p: G: Underwood. Marquette, Michigan.
william G. Sherwood. Duluth, Mimi,
s. l.. Smith, Duluth, Mimi.
ARTICLE vi.
shall al be divided into five thousand shares
ARTICLE VII.
Inc management of this corporati ton,
shall be vested in board of not less than
three directors who shall be
hrst annual meeting, which shall be held
on the first Monday OF March in each year
fSe afse neladimg the year 1897 Until
named persons shall act as officers Of said
G0rrporation: E. c. Underwood, president;
Si C. Sherwood, vice president; S. t.
nresses are as ; t3ilowS; E. c. Underwood
and s. L. Smith. Duluth, Mimi.
The persons named above shall also act
as directors until said first annual meet
Ing, at which time officers and directors
shall be elected by the stockholders and
s $; .th byiaTTs shall be adopted not incon-
be deemed most expedient for the further
government Of said corporation.
In testimony whereof, we. the under
slhned' have hereunto set our hands and
affixed our seals this 26th day Of Decem
Der, A. D. 1906.
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Signed. sealed and delivered in presence
GEO. P: BROWN, Gas to Underwood3
+. ". SPENCER las to Dnderwood.)
Il " COFFIN " IT, n e. s s5arr sad
State of Michigan, County of Mar
On this 26th day of December, 1906, be-
and for Marquette county, Michigan, per-
sonally appeared Edward c. Underwood,
10 me well known, to be the same person
ing articles of Incorporation, and &C
his 5e free act and deed.
Circuit Court Commissioner in and
for Marquette County, Michigan
NY commission expires Dec. 3Ist 1906
State OF Minnesota. County Of St, Louis
IS.
On this 5th day Of January. 1907, person.
ally appeared before the Undersigned, a
notary public within and for the County
OF st. Louis and State OF Minnesota s. L..
smith and William q. Sherwood, to me
we'll known to be the persons described
In and who executed the foregoing arti-
c!es OF incorporation and they acknowl-
edged thai they executed the same as
Lnelr free act and deed.
lSeal) Fl. W. COFFIN
Notary Public, st. Louis County, Mimi,
MY commission expires Feb 2, 1905
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Department of State
l hereby certify that the wi thin instru-
ment was fled for record in this office on
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