Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-06
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
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Wlllmar Machine ana Foundry Company

We. the undersigned, for the purpose
suant to the provisions of Chapter Fiji
tgess ar S S Revised ahs Lsws Of Mime
thereof, do hereby associate ourselves
as body corporate, and do hereby adopt
the following Certificate Of Incorpora-
ton.
Article I.
The name Of this corporation shall be
'Willmar Machine and Foundry Com
pa myy. .oo, o.
shall be to manufacture all kinds Of and
struments and machines, and any and
all processes and products, but the func-
tons of this corporation shall be con-
essentials thereto. The principal place
Of business of this corporation shall be
in the City of Willmar, Minnesota.
Article II.
The time for the commencement of
this corporation shall be November Is.
1912. and the period Of it's duration shall
be thirty years.
Article III.
The names and places of residence of
are: Gilbert Amonsen Of Minneapolis,
Minnesota: Henry Amonsen of Mime
apol1s. Minnesota and j. Emil Nelson of
Wtllmar, Minnesota.
ATt1C4o ~.
The, management Of this corporation
shall be vested in q Board of Directors,
composed of not less than three nor
more than nine members, The names
and addresses of the first Board of Dr.
rectors are: Gilbert -Amonsen Of Min
Minneapolis, Minnesota and j. Emil Mel
son of Willmar, Minnesota.
The first officers of this corporation
shah s1sd be; PRESIDENT, Gilbert Amensen;
retary-treasurer, Henry Amonsen. All
Of the above named officers and direc-
tors shall hold their respective Offices
tha until the next f@ anpua meeting
second Thursday in January, 1913, at
which time and annually thereafter, a
Board Of Directors shall be elected from
alton. The annual meeting Of this cor
pOrat1on shall be held at it's principal
place Of business on the second Thurs
Day in January In each year: 1mmed-
as soon thereafter as. practicable, the
directors shall meet and elect from their
number president and a vice presi-
dent, and from their number or from
urer. Any Office, except that Of presi-
dent or vice president, may be held by
one person. The directors and officers
pective offices until their successors
shall have been duly elected and en-
tered upon the discharge of their du-
ties. The first meeting of the stock
holders and of the Board of Directors
shall be held at Willmar Kandiyohi
County, Minnesota, on notice thereof
given by the secretary not later than
twenty days after the completion of the
Incorporation and upon eight days not
ice.
Article v.
The amount Of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be Fifty Thou
sand ($50,O0O.00) Dollars, which shall be
paid in in money or property, or 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 Five Thousand shares
of Ten $4,000 each, all of which stock
shall be common stock Each stock
holder shall have a number Of votes at
each stockholders meeting equal to the
number Of shares held or one vote for
each share.
Article vi.
The highest amount of Indebtedness
Of liability to which this corporation
shall at any time be subject shall be
twenty-five Thousand Dollars.
In Testimony whereof we have here
unto set our hands this 29th day of o.
tober, 1912.
Andrew NORDLOEF,
J. F. MAIN,
GILBERT AMONSEN,
HENRY AMONSEN,
J. EMIL NELSON.