The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-11-19
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION ]:

To whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the ur
dersigned have associated themselve
together, under and by virtue of Chap
One 10, Title Nine 90 of the Cou
OF Iowa and the laws amendator.
thereto, as corporation and hav'
| adopted Articles of Incorporation
which provide as follows, towit:
| The name of this corporation il
The West End Coal Company, and 1T
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 anC
operate coal mines and to do al
things necessary in the conducting o.
said business, or that may aid or pro
mote the general purpose of this cor
poration in the successful transaction
of it's business. ~... a-
1t may sue and be sued in its cor
porate name. r. ..s p.
The corporation can commence
business on the 14th day of August
1908, or as soon thereafter as author
lied by the Secretary Of State and con
thu efor twenty years with the right
of renewal unless sooner dissolved
by a three-fourths vote of all corpor'
ate stock subscribed. ID. .
The place for the transacting OF
~ -h no Of nc.
kaloosa. Iowa.
The capital stock shall be Six
Thousand Dollars, divided into shares
of One Hundred Dollars each, which
shall be worcestershire and shall DE
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 (71),
Acts of the Thirty-Second General
Assembly of Iowa '"H,
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.
! It shall have power through us
officers TO 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 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 OIL
GERS elected shall hold Office for one
year. .,,.,.,.. / 4s,o 'a| ..., ,-..t.
The first meeting of the stockhold'
ers shall be: held May LIST, 1909, and
annually thereafter. Until the 1st OF
May, 1909. w. P. Shoemaken and w.
X. Nelson shall act as directors. The
Sudll ,UC a. oSSA>
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 Ave 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
be0amended at any regular or special
meeting, upon a three-fourths vote oi
the corporate stock.
49, w. p. Shoemaker.
16w4. w. r. Nelson.