Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-04-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
Silver Creek Creamery Company.
ARTICLE 1.

Il
| Know all Men by These Presents
That we, H. 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 Farmers Mu-
tual Cooperative Creamery Com
| pany, hereby incorporate ourselves,
our associates, and all who may be-
come stockholders, within body
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 2.
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
leach, which shall be issued and
paid for in such sums and at such
times as the Board of Directors may
lrequire, providing the same is not
ISSUED or paid for in manner con-
Ftrary 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 ant
shall continue for period O.
Twenty GOD years.
ARTICLE s.
The highest amount of indebted
ness which the Corporation may a
any time subject itself shall not ex
coed two-thirds of the amount o
fcapital stock subscribed and pail
for, and the private property OF tn
stockholders shall not be liable TO
corporate debts.
1 ARTICLE 6.
4 Any person owning one or NOR
shares of stock shall be stockhold
er. but no stakeholder shall hav
more than one vote which shall b
cast by him, personally.
ARTICLE z.
~ The annual meeting of this Cor
poration shall be held on the Sec
i ond Monday in January Of each sue
ceeding year in Burr Oak, Winnie
shiek County, Iowa, and the of1
/ GERS shall consist of President
Vice-president, Secretary, Treasure
and Five CD Directors to be electe'
!. at the annual meeting and to hol
Office for a term of one Cd year
u The duties of all officers shall b
jset forth in the Bylaws regulating
the affairs of the Corporation.
! ARTICLE s.
The officers of the Corporation 70
the year ending in January 1912
shall be as follows: j. e. Briggs
President; A. A. Seelye, Vice-presi
dent; Arthur Smith, Secretary; +
Il e. Cratsenberg, Treasurer and II
/ N. Kelley, e. A. Headington, Garna
Il yillo Darling, w. III. Houck and +
i e. Nash, Directors.
i ARTICLE 8.
i These Articles OF incorporation
may be amended at any annua
meeting or at any special meeting
called for that purpose by major
ity vote of the stockholders.
Dated this 25th day OF Januar.
i A. D., 1911.
F. E. NASH,
w. H. HOUCK,
G.. DARLING,
f.. A. HEADINGTON
II. N. KELLEY.
STATE OF IOWA,)
)ss
Winneshiek County,
On this 25 day of January, 1911
before me a Notary Public in ant
for said County and State person
ally appeared III. N. Kelley, T.. A
Headington, Garnayillo Darling, W
i III. Houck, and F. e. Nash, all per
i sonally known to me to be the iden
tical persons whose names are al
fixed to the foregoing Articles OF In
corporation and acknowledged In
execution of the same to be thei
voluntary act and deed. for Tn
purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and notaria
seal on the day and year last abov
written.
Notary Public In and 70