The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-24
cERr1r1cArE OF INCORPORATION
SMITH-ROBINSON LUMBER
3 s COMPANY, i#

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COMPANY.
For the purpose Of forming corpora,
ton under the provisions Of Chapcer %
of the REVISED Laws OF 1903 or Mlnnee
sofia ana all acts amendatOry Thereon
ana supplementary thereto, we, the IN IN
dersigned, hereby associate ourselves
and nave adopted, subscribed ana &C
knowledged the following Certlflcate OF
The name ofthis corporation shall be
Snithkoolnson Lumber company
The general nature of the business OF
this corporation shall be to BUY, own
sell and otherwise deal IN, at Wholesale
or retail, logs, lumber, building material,
hardware and fuel all of every KIND, sort
md description, and all other articles
nertainins 10 the buying, owning, selling
and otherwise dealing in, at wholesale or
retail of such logs, lumber, building ma
terial hardware and fuel; to make, con-
struct, build and manufacture LUMBER
building material, articles of hardware
and fuel, all of every kind, sort and de-
operate and otherwise deal in mills and
factories, and all buildings accessory
thereto and machinery and tools OF
every kind, sort and description for the
making. constructing, building and man
ufacturing of such lumber, building ma
terial, articles of hardware and fuel;
and generally, to engage IN the log, lum,
business, at wholesale or retail, IN all
the branches thereof, and in the MAX
ing, constructing, building and manu-
Featuring of lumber, building material,
articles of hardware and fuel as afore-
said in the State of Minnesota, and else
where ito buy, own, acquire, use ana dls,
pose Of all fixtures, merchandise and
convenient for the transaction of any or
all of the business as aforesaid, in any
and all of the branches thereof; and to
buy, own, lease, mortgage, transfer, con-
vey and otherwise deal in real estate and
interests therein, and leases and liens
thereon. and Of other personal and mixed
elsewhere, and do all acts and things
usual, necessary and convenient in con-
Quoting any of the business aforesaid
This corporation shall have the power to
its capital stock.
The principal place of transacting the
business of this corporation shall be at
the City OF Bemidji in the County of Bel
tr;.ni, Minnesota.
rhe period of the duration of this cor
poration shall be thirty years.
The names and places of residence of
the lncorporators are as follows:
Name Residence.
Matthias E. Smith .Bemidji, Minnesota
Anna B. Smith. .Bemidji, Minnesota
William z. Robinson: Bemidji, Minnesota
vi.
corporation shall be vested in a board
Of three directors. which board shall be
elected s5, at the annual an l., meeting OF the
the second Tuesday in January
Of each year, at 10 o'clock 4;
M, the first annual meeting to be held
on the 14th day Of January, 1913, at 10
o'clock A. M. on said day. The board OF
directors shall have power to elect new
members to fill the vacancies caused by
1 Il, ,ifrVO nt g
Until the first election, at the first an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
corporation, the board shall be composed
Of the following:
Name. ReSlueIce.
Matthias e. Smith. Bemidji, Minnesota
Anna 3. Smith: .... Bemidji, minnesota
william T. Robinson Bem no Mlnn o9Sor
Of the corporation.
The officers of this corporation and
their duties shall be prescribed by the
Board of Directors, and such officers
shall be elected annually at the annual
meeting Of the Board Of Directors, which
shall be held Immediately upon the ad-
Stockholders, or as soon thereafter as
practicable Any two offices, except
those of president and vice-president.
may be held by the same person The
officers and directors of this corporation
shall hold their respective offices until
their successors have been duly elected
and qualified.
The amount of. the capital stock Of
ms Corporation shall be Fifty thousand
50.O00.00O) Dollars, which shall be
divided into five hundred shares of the
par value of One hundred ($1OO.OO) Dol
lars each. Such stock shall be paid in
with money or property, or both, in such
manner, at such times, and in such
amount, as may be ordered by the Board
The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which this corporation
sum Of Twenty thousand ($20,OOV.Ou)
Dollars.
hereunto set our hands and seals this
9Th day Of December 1912 In the pres
NJ J. BROWN
WILLIAM c.. KLEIN.
ANNA B. SMITH, tSeaD
WILLIAM z. ROBINSON (seaD
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY or
On this 9Th day of December. 1912, be-
fore me, a notary public in and for said
county and state personally appeared
Matthias f. Smith, Anna B. Smith and
to be the persons described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument and
they and each Of them acknowledged
that they executed the same as their
WILLIAM G.. KLEIN,
Notary Public, Beltrani County, Mimi
My Commission expires Nov. 10, 1917.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
MENT OF STATE.
l hereby certify that the within in
Strument was filed for record in this Of
fee on the 18th day of December 1912,
at o'clock P. NJ, and was duly recorded
in Book w. 5 Of Interpretations on page
226
JULIUS y. SCHMAHL,
Secretary of State
OFFICE OF REGISTER 81 DEEDs.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Beltrami. SIS.
thereby certify that the within in
stument was filed in this office for rec
ord Dec. the 14th, 1912, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, and was duly recorded in Misc Blk.
7, page 443.
<Seal) ]. O. HARRIS,
Register of Deeds.