New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-01-26
CERTIFICATE OF Incorporation
of the
NEW ULm GAS COMPANY.

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OF forming corporation, under and
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
Fifty eight IN the Revised Laws of Min
nesota for 1905, and any amendments
thereof, do hereby associate ourselves as
body corporate, and do hereby adopt
the following Certificate of Incorpor-
alton.
ARTICLE /
The name of this corporation shall be
THE NEW ULM GAS COMPANY.
The general nature of it's business shall
be the man ufacturing of gas for light,
heat and power, to be made from any
and all substances or a combina ton
thereof from which gas can be obtained,
and for the purpose of selling and dis
posing of the same in the City of New
Ulm and elsewhere, with full power to
lay pipes and conductors therefor
through the avenues, streets, alleys and
lanes thereof and any such other place
as may be necessary or convenient to-
supply said avenues, streets, lanes and
alleys and any manufactures, public
places, buildings, houses or any other
place or building Whatsoever with gas
for light, heat and power, together with
the power to hold, occupy and employ
such real and personal estate and to do
such other things as may be necessary
or convenient to carry out the objects of
this corporation and to manufacture
and sell coke and all other products or
manufacture gas.
The principal place of transacting the
business of this corporation shall be in
the City Of New Ulm, County of Brown,
Minnesota,
ARTICLE II.
The time for the commencement of
this corporation shall be January 1st,
A. D. 1910, and the period of its dura-
ton shall be thirty (30) years.
ARTICLE III.
The names and places of residence of
the persons forming this corporation
are E. b. SouthWick, of Cleveland, Ohio,
III. NJ. Booth, Mentor, Ohio, and E. A.
Scherer, Cleveland, Ohio.
ARTICLE ~.
The management of this corporation
shall be vested in Board of Directors,
composed Of not less than three and not
more than seven members. The names
and addresses of the first Board of Di-
rectors are: E. b. Southwick, Cleve-
land, Ohio, Fl. NJ. Booth, Mentor, Ohio,
and E. A. Scherer, Cleveland, Ohio.
The first officers of this corporation
shall be- President, E. B. Southwick;
Vice President, FL. M. Booth, and Sec.
rotary and Treasurer, E. A. Scherer.
All of the above named officers or direc-
tors shall hold their respective offices
aforesaid until the next annual meeting
of the corporation to be held Tues. Jan
uary IL, 1911, at which time and annu-
ally thereafter, Board of Directors
shall be elected from and by the stock
holders Of this corporation.
The annual meeting of this corpora
ton shall be held at its principal place
of business, on the first Tuesday in
January of each year.
Immediately after the election of
Directors or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, the Directors shall meet and
elect, from their number. a President,
Vice President, and from their number
of from the stockholders, a Secretary
and Treasurer. Any Office except that
of President aud Vice President may be
held by one person. The Directors and
officers of this corporation shall hold
their respective Offices until their sue
cessors have been duly elected and en-
ter upon the discharge of their duties.
The first meetings of the stockholders
and of the Board of Directors shall be
held at 1906 Williamson Bldg. Cleve-
land, Ohio, on the Goth day of January,
A. D. 1910, at ten and eleven O'Clock,
respectively.
ARTICLE Y.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (Sl00,000.00) which
shall be paid in money or property of
both, in such manner, at such time and
in such amounts as the Board of Direc-
tors shall! order. The capital stock
shall be divided into one thousand
10000 shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars $4,000 each.
ARTICLE vi
At the election of Directors, each
stakeholder shall be entitled to as
many votes as shall equal the number
of his shares of stock, multiplied by
the number of Directors to be elected
and he may cast all of such votes for a
among the number to be voted for, Or
for any two or more of them, as he may
see fit.
ARTICLE VII.
The highest amount of indebtness or
liability to which this corporation shall,
at any time, be subject shall be the sum
of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
800, ooO.00.)
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we
] (haye hereunto set our hands this 4th
| day of January, A. D, 1910.
In the presence of; E. B. SoUTHwICK
/ CHARLES K. AFTER Fl. M. BOOTH
T.. A. WILLIAMS e. A. SCHERER
State of Ohio, :.
Cuyahoga County. %
On this 4th day of January, A. D.
1910, personally appeared before me b
/ b. Southwick, II. M. Booth and b. A.
/ Scherer, to me known to be the persons
/ :, m OIL IN on6 who aynpufnd fha fore