The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-13
Judge w. |. McNamara and Members
of Committee Have Finished
their Work and Meeting
Will be Held Monday.
CAPITALIZATION $4,000
They Will be Adopted Monday, But
it is Possible that Few Changes
May be Made-Rre
Interesting.

Attorneys having in charge prepa
arations of the articles of incorpora
ton OF the Keokuk Baseball Grounds
Association have completed theil
work and turned the same over tc
the board of directors, who desire q
full attendance of the stockholders
at meeting to be held AT 7::30 o'clock
Monday evening at the superior court
room 1t is important that each
stakeholder be present as the articles
of incorporation are TO be passed up
or.
Judge w l.. Mcnamara and his as.
sistants drafted the articles of in
corporation which will be adopted,
possibly with one or two changes.
The articles are as follows:
We, the undersigned for ourselves
and all others who may desire to as
soclate with us, do for the purpose of
assuming the obligations and enjoying
the power conferred by chapter one
~ of title nine (9) of the Code Of
iowa and the acts amendatory there
TO. adopt the following articles of in
corporation:
Article I.
The name of this corporation shall
be 'keokuk Baseball Grounds Asso.
cation sand its principal place OF
business at keokuk, Lee county,
Iowa.
Article 2.
The capital stock of the corpora
tion shall be ten thousand (s1O,0OO)
dollars divided into one hundred (1Oo)
shares of the value of one hundred
lS100.00l dollars each, and shall be
fully paid up at time of issue of said
shares.
Article 8.
The objec: and purpose of this cor.
poratlon shall be to acquire. own and
operate grounds to be used for the
purpose of promoting and encouraging
baseball and other sports, and such
other forms of amusement as the ma
1ority of the stockholders or their
board of directors may from time to
tilHG uSlSrll1lG.
Article d.
This corporation shall commence
business when its certificate of in
corporation is issued by the secretary
Of state, and shall continue in bust
ness for twenty COO years, unless
sooner dissolved by the unanimous
vote of the stockholders.
Article 5.
This corporation shall have power
to sue and be sued and to make cou.
tracts in its corporate name, to buy
and sell shares of its own capital
stock; to acquire, hold and transfer
both real and personal property.
Article 6.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by a board of five (5)
directors, who shall be elected at the
annual meeting Of the stockholders
and shall hold office for one "a year,
or until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Article 4
Said board of directors shall select
a president, vice president. secretary
ana treasurer. no two of said offices
snail be held by one person except the
office of secretary and treasurer,
The president and secretary are
empowered to execute, acknowledge
and deliver deeds conveying real
estate on behalf of the corporation,
except that no grounds used by the
corporation for amusement purposes
shall be so conveyed except upon a
majority vote of the stockholders.
Article 8.
n case of vacancy in the board of
directors the remaining members may
appoint some, person to serve during
SAID nnexDjred term, or they may call
special meeting of stockholders for
the purpose of filing said vacancy.
Article 9.
Three members of the board of di-
reetors shall be a quorum for the
uansacting of business. but a less
number may adjourn from time to
unle until quorum is present,
Article TO-
The board of directors shall have
HoWer to enact bylaws fer the gov
eminent Of the corporation
Article II.
on the first Tuesday in ---.