The Winslow mail., 1912-08-24
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE PULL
MANS PALACE CAR COMPANY

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
People OF the State of Illinois, repre-.
sented in the General Assembly, that
George NJ. Pullman, John Crerar, and
Norman Williams, Jr., and their asso-
ciates, successors, and assigns be and
are hereby created body polite and
corporate under the name and style Of
"Pullman's Palace Car Company
with all powers, rights, privileges, and
immunities incident to corporations
and necessary or useful for the pur-
poses of this act.
PROVIDED. That if the corporate
created by this act shall not organize
within one year after the passage here
of, then this act shall be null and void
SECTION 2. The capital stock of the
said company shall be one hundred
thousand dollars and be devided into
shares of one hundred dollars each
and it may be increased from time to
time as majority of the stockholders
may direct, and shall be issued and
transferred in such manner and under
such conditions as the directors of said
company by the bylaws thereof pre-
scribe.
SECTION 8. The corporate powers
of said company shall be vested in and
exercised by the board of directors,
consisting of such number of persons,
not less than three nor more than
seven, as the stockholders of the said
company may from time to time direct
The said directors shall be chosen by
the stockholders at such time and place
as may be fixed by the bylaws of said
company, and shall hold their offices
for one year and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Tehy shall
elect one of their number president of
said company, and may fill any vacan-
cy in the said board occasioned by
death, resignation or otherwise, for the
unexpired portion of the term of office
so becoming vacant, and may make
such rules, bylaws, and regulations and
appoint such officers and servants as
they may from time to time deem expe-
dient. Until an election of directors
as herein provided, the persons named
as corporators in the first section of
this act shall constitute board of di-
rectors, and shall have and may exer-
else all the powers of such board.
SECTION 4. The said corporation
shall have power to manufacture, con-
struct, and purchase railway cars, with
all convenient appendages and supplies
for persons travelling therein, and the
same may sell or use, or permit to be
used, in such manner and upon such
terms as the said company may think
fit and proper.
SECTION 5. This said corporation
shall have power to borrow money, and
may secure the payment of the same by
deed of trust, mortgage, or other So.
curity.
SECTION 6. It may be lawful for
the, company hereby Incorporated to
purchase. acquire, and hold such real
estate as may be deemed necessary for
the successful prosecution of their
business, and may have power to sci
and convey the same.
SECTION Z. This act shall be deem
ed public act and shall take effect
from and after this passage.
JG F. CORWIN,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
ge6 y WIN. BROSS,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved Feb. %. 1867.
R.J. OGLESBY.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF ILLINOIS
OFFIcF OF The SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, @. j. Doyle, Secretary of State of
the State of Illinois, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is true copy of an
act entitled, Gan Act to Incorporate
Pullmsn's Palace Car Company, ap.
proved and in force February 22nd,
1867, the original of which is now on
file in my office; and do further certi-
fy that in accordance with the laws of