The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-16
CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATION OF
The Great Northern Timber Company.


We the undersigned. for the, purpose OF
the provisions Of hapter ffty-elght (5S)
Revised Laws of Minnesota for 1905, and any
amendments thereof do hereby associate
adopt the following Certificate OF 1ncorpora-
Article I. ID ,...s, .- q
The name of this corporation shall be The
Great Northern, Timber Company. The
sell. lease. let. improve or deal ia lands, tin,
Der. logs and forest products. The principal
place Of tranSactiing the business Of this c9E
county of Beltrami. Minnesota.
Article II.
The time for the commencement Of this cor
poration shall be AN. 1st. 1909 and the period
OF it's duration shall be thirty years.
.. Article III.
The names and places of residence Of the
Gould Of Bemidji. q. A. WE Of Bemidji ". b.
WE of Bemidu -,. .'
Article ". ..e..
The man agement of this corporation shall
be vested in a Board OF Directors. composed
members. The name and addresses Of the
first Board of Directors are w. A. Gould
R Bemia &jani & A. WE Bemidji' and W. H.
The first officers Of this CORPORATION shall be
President w. A. Gould. Vice President 6: A.
WYE, Secretary and Treasurer W II. WE.
shall hold their respective Offices aforesaid
until the next annua al meeting OF the corpora
tion to be held June 8. 1909 at which time and
| ers shall be elected from and by the stock
holders Of this corporation. The annual
meeting Of this corporation shall be held at
! it's principal place of business on the second
! after the election of directors or as soon
thereafter as practicable the directors shall
meet and elect from their number. presi-
number nun e or from the Stockholders secretary
and treasurer. Any Office except that OF
president and vice president may be held by
corporation shall hold their respective offices
until their successors have been duly elected
and entered upon the discharge OF their dut-
and Of the board OF directors shall be held at
Bemidji on the 18th az OF lam. 1909. at 10 and
II o'clock respectively.
Artic1eV.
! The amount OF the capital stock OF this COR
be paid in. in money or property or both in
| such manner at such times. and in such
amounts as the Board Of Directors order 81:
| The capital stock shall be divided into 300
shares OF the par value of 500 each.
Article VI.
/ The highest amount Of Indebtedness or
liability to which this corporation shall at
any It time be subject shall be the sum Of $780,
| UUVUU
| In Testimony Whereof. we have hereunto
set our hands this 9Th day Of January; 1909.
| w. A. Gould
s. & 4 Il. W. W..
In presence Of: 5F@
1 r. III. Schumacher.
/ M. r. Villeman.ss
/ STATE OF MINNESOTA. ss
County of Beltrami 90
on this 18th day Of j anuary 1909 personally
appeared before me w. A. Gould. G. A. Wye
and w. H. WYE to me known to be the persons
named in and who executed the foregoing
! Certificate of incorporation and each ac-
! knowledged that he executed the same as his
free act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein expressed.
r. 81. Schumacher
4 Notary Public.
/ Beltrami County. Minnesota.
/ Ny Commission Expires, April 24th 1912.
/ State of Minnesota,
Department Of State. s.
hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed for record in this office on the 9tf
day Of Ian. A. D. 1909. at II o'clock a. M, an6
S was duly recorded in Book Q3 OF IncorpOra
4 lions on page 1893, Julius A. Schmahl.
Il Secretary OF State.
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