The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-12-03
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
To whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned have associated themselves
together, under and by virtue of Chap
One ~, Title Nine (9) of the Goue
of Iowa and the laws amendatory
thereto, as corporation and have
adopted Articles of Incorporation
which provide as follows, towit:
The name of this corporation Is
The West End Coal Company, and its
principal place of business Is Oska-
loosa, Iowa.
The business to be conducted by the
Corporation shall be to buy, sell, lease
and operate coal lands and coal mines;
mine, buy and sell coal, open and
operate coal mines and to do all
things necessary in the conducting of
said business, or that may aid or pro-
mote the general purpose of this cor
poration in the successful transaction
of its business. g..
1t may sue and be sued in its cor
porate name.
The corporation can commence
business on the 14th day of August,
| 1908, or as soon thereafter as author
| ICED by the Secretary of State and con-
| thu efor twenty years with the right
i of renewal, unless sooner dissolved
by three-fourths vote of all corpor-
ate stock subscribed.
The place for the transacting of
the corporate business SHAH be at Os-
kaloosa, Iowa.
| The capital stock shall be Six
| Thousand Dollars, divided into shares
of One Hundred Dollars each. which
shall be worcestershire and shall DC
| paid for when issued in cash or per-
sonal propert at the value fixed by
the Executive Council under the pro-
visions of Chapter Seventy-One (7l),
Acts of the Thirty-Second General
Assembly of Iowa.
Private property of stockholders
shall be exempt from liability for
debts of the corporation. The indebt-
edness shall at no time exceed two
thirds of the capital stock of the cor
poration.
1t shall have power through us
officers 10 make contracts. mort
cages, leases, borrow money, acquire
coal lands, control. lease and dispose
of the same, to operate coal mines,
buy, mine and sell coal. and shall
have and exercise all powers given to
such corporations in Chapter One, al
tie Nine of the Code of Iowa and
laws amendatory thereto.
| The business of the Corporation
shall be conducted by a board of two
directors, to be elected by the stock
holders at their annual meeting.
Each share of stock emitting the
holder to one vote. Vacancies in the
board of directors shall be filled by
the remaining directors and the off,
| GERS elected shall hold Office for one
year.
| The first meeting of the stockhold
ers shall be held May list, 1909, and
annually thereafter. Until the list OF
| May, 1909, w. P. Shoemaker and w.
r. Nelson shall act as directors. The
officers shall be a president, secre-
tary and treasurer and such other Off
GERS as the board of directors may de-
termine, to be chosen by the board
of directors. The business conducted
by the officers subject to the approval
of the board of directors.
Special meetings may be called by
the president, or majority of the
stockholders by giving five days writ
ten notice.
Stock when issued shall be trans
ferred on the books of the corpora
ton, upon presentation OF the certifi-
cate of stock properly signed on the
| back thereof.
The Articles of Incorporation, ex-
cept Article Five, exempting private
property from corporate debts, may
be amended at any regular or special
meeting, upon a three-fourths vote OF
| the corporate stock.
w. P. Shoemaker.
16w4. w. K. Nelson.