The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-07-14
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, D UI.Y u, 1910
Articles Of Incorporation.

Know all men BY these presents,
that the persons whose names are
hereunder subscribed, have, for the
purpose of becoming a corporation
! under and pursuant to the laws of the
state OF Minnesota, become associated
and hereby adopt and sign the follow
ing articles Of Incorporation.
ARTICLE FIRST.
The name of this corporation shall
be The Mile Laos County Agricul-
tural Society,"" The general nature
of it's business shall be the exhibiting
annually under the management and
control of said society, the agricultur-
al, stock, breeding, horticultural,
mining, mechanical, industrial and
other products and resources of said
Mile Laos and adjoining counties.
The principal place OF business of
said corporation shall be the village
OF Princeton, county of Mile Laos
| and state of Minnesota.
ARTICLE SECOND.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the fourth
Monday in July, 1910, and the period
OF its duration shall be thirty 1907
years.
ARTICLE THIRD.
The names and place of residence
OF said corporators are as follows
Andrew Bryson, Ira G. Stanley and
Lemuel S. Briggs, of Princeton, Mile
Laos county, Minnesota.
| ARTICLE FOURTH.
The names of the first board of
directors of said corporation are
Andrew Bryson, Ira G. Stanley,
Lemuel S. Briggs, Frank Goulding,
George A. Eaton, Swan S. Peterson
and John J. Skahen. And the
government of said corporation and
the management Of its affairs shall be
vested in a board of not less than five
100 and not more than seven (7)
directors, from whom shall annually
be chosen the following officers: A
president, vice president, secretary.
and treasurer. Said directors shall
be elected annually hereafter on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in January of each and every year.
And until the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in January, 1911, the
persons above named as the first
board of directors shall act in that
capacity, and the said Andrew Bry-
son shall be president, the said Frank
Goulding vice president, the said Ira
G. Stanley, secretary, and the said
Lemuel S. Briggs, treasurer of said
corporation. And on the first Tues.
day after the first Monday in Janu.
airy, 1911, and annually thereafter, a
new board of directors shall be elected
by the members of said corporation,
and from the members said board oil
directors shall elect the officers OF
said corporation to act for the ensu.
| ing year; said election of directors
shall take place at said Princeton and
the election of said officers shall take
place as soon thereafter as may be
practical, at time and place to be
then and there designated by the
board of directors so elected.
| ARTICLE FIFTH.
Said corporation shall have nc
capital stock, but in lieu thereof shall
have a membership of not less thar
twenty-five u.s. members, who shall
be admitted to membership upon the
terms and conditions to be prescribed
by the laws of said corporation.
! ARTICLE SIXTH.
The Indebtedness of this corpora
ton shall not at any time exceed the
sum of twenty-five hundred (S2, 500,
dollars.
! Witness our hands and seals this 9Th
day of July, 1910.
ANDREW BRYSON (Seal)
IRA G. STANLEY (SeaD
LEMUEL S. BRIGGS (SeaD
In Presence of
| E. L. MCMILLAN
! FRANK S. WALKER