Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-04-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
Silver Creek Creamery Company.

Know all Men by These Presents:
That we, HI. N. Kelley, E. A. Head
ington, Garnavillo Darling, w. H..
Houck and F. e. Nash, all residing
in Winneshiek County, Iowa, for the
purpose of forming a Farmers Mu-
tual Cooperative Creamery Com
pany, hereby incorporate ourselves,
our associates, and all who may be-
corporate under the name of "Silver
Greek Creamery Company" with all
the powers and privileges granted
by the laws of the State of Iowa and
these Articles.
ARTICLE q
The object of this Corporation
shall be to collect and buy milk and
cream and to manufacture the same
into butter, and the principal place
of business of the Corporation shall
be at Burr Oak, Winneshiek County,
Iowa.
ARTICLE 8.
The amount of capital stock au-
! thorized by this Corporation shall
be the sum of 100000 consisting
of 800 shares of stock at $1,000
each, which shall be issued and
lpaid for in such sums and at such
times as the Board of Directors may
require, providing the same is not
issued or paid for in manner con-
trary to the Statutes of the State
of Iowa, and the laws amendatOry
thereto. ~
ARTICLE A.
The Corporation shall begin bust
ness as soon as certificate is is
sued by the Secretary of State and
shall continue for period OF
Twenty GOO years.
ARTICLE 5.
. The highest amount of indebted
ness which the Corporation may at
any time subject itself shall not ex-
coed two-thirds of the amount of
, capital stock subscribed and paid
: for, and the private property of the
stockholders shall not be liable for
corporate debts.
ARTICLE 6.
Any person. owning one or more
shares of stock shall be a stoekhold-
er, but no stakeholder shall have
more than one vote which shall be
cast by him, personally.
ARTICLE 7.
The annual meeting of this Cor
poration shall be held on the Sec
ond Monday in January of each sue
ceeding year in Burr Oak, Winnea
shiek County, Iowa, and the Off
GERS shall consist Of President,
J Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer
and Five CD Directors to be elected
at the annual meeting and to hold
office for a term of one Cd year.
The duties of all officers shall be
set forth in the Bylaws regulating
the affairs of the Corporation.
ARTICLE s.
The officers of the Corporation for
the year ending in January 1912,
shall be as follows; j. E. Briggs,
President; A. A. Seelye, Vice-presi-
dent; Arthur Smith, Secretary; f..
.E. Cratsenberg, Treasurer and H..
in. Kelley, e. A. Headington, Garna-
villo Darling, w. III. Houck and F.
E. Nash, Directors.
/ ARTICLE 8.
These Articles of Incorporation
may be amended at any annual
meeting or at any special meeting
called for that purpose by major
ity vote of the stockholders.
Dated this 25th day of January
A. D., 1911.
| F. E.. NASH,
w. H. HOUCK,
G. DARLING,
E. A. HEADINGTON,
H. N. KELLEY.
STATE OF IOWA,)
)ss
/ Winneshiek County,
On this 20 day of January, 1911,
before me a Notary Public in and
for said County and State person
ally appeared III. N. Kelley, Il. A.
Headington, Garnayillo Darling, W.,
4 III. Houck, and II. Il. Nash, all per-
sonally known to me to be the iden-
\ teal persons whose names are af-
/ fixed to the foregoing Articles of In
corporation and acknowledged the
execution of the same to be their
voluntary act and deed, for the
purposes therein expressed.
i Witness my hand and notarial
seal on the day and year last above
written.
4 (SeaD z. p. LANDON,
i Notary Public in and for
81.