The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
ii the Security state Bank Of keokuk
Iowa.

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Iowa.
Notice is hereby given Of the In
corporation OF the Security State
hank, banking corporation. whose
principal place of business shall be.
IN the city Of Keokuk, Lee county,
Iowa.
The object of said corporation and
the general nature Of the business to
be transacted by it shall be a gener-
al banking business, conducted and
carried on under the provisions Of
Chapters Il and 10 of Title TX OF the
Code Of Iowa, and the acts Of the
legislature amendatory thereto; and
10 that end it shall have power to
have perpetual succession: to sue and
be sued by its corporate name; to
have a common seal, which 1t may
alter at pleasure; to receive deposits:
to discount notes, bills and other
securities: to buy and sell exchange.
bonds, notes, mortgages, gold and
silver; to loan moneys to purchase,
hold and sell real and personal prop
er.y; to exercise all of the powers
conferred upon banking corporations
organized under the laws Of the state
Of Iowa and conducting business un-
der the provisions of Chapters II and
Il Of Title TX of the code.
The existence Of this corporation
shall commence on the da.e that the
secretary Of state issues a certificate
Of Incorporation to it, and shall termi-
nate twenty COY years thereafter,
with right of renewal as by law pro-
vided. Said corporation may com
inence business when the auditor OF
state shall have issued his certificate
authorizing I. to do So.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be One Hundred Thousand
Dollars, (s100,0000o), divided into
shares Of One Hundred Dollars
lslOO0O) each. and shall be fully paid
in before the corporation begins the
transaction of business. /.
The affairs Of this corporation are
TO be conducted and managed by a
board Of nine Coz directors, who shall
he elected from among the stock
holders at the annual meeting OF the
corporation, on the second Wednes-
day in January of each year, and
snal mold office for one year, and I'M
u their successors are elected and
qualified and have accepted office.
vacancies in the board Of directors
snail be filled by the remaining mem
fers CT the board. and the persons
se'ecfed shall hold office until the
nest annual meeting of the stockhold-
eTs At all stockholders meetings
sacn share Of stock represented by
'he holder thereof, or by his proxy
aaly authorized in writing. shall be
.ueltled to one vote. Immediately
lolloTins the annual meeting OF the
s'oskholders. the annual meeting OF
'ne BOARD of directors shall be held
q winch lime the said, board Of direc.
yrs shall elect from its members, a
president, first vice-president, a
sssohd vice-president, and shall also
e'sce from the stockholders cashier
VINO may or may not be member OF
me board Of directors, and who shall
ten.
uhal the annual meeting of the
s,'cckiiolders in the year 1914, the fol
owing persons shall be directors Of
me corporation: w. n. Seeley of Mt
cieasant, Iowa: J. 3. We'll, A. Weber
george s. Tucker. j. schouten. John
sosane, all Of Keoknk. Iowa; j. e. Pet
..sfson Ct New London. Iowa; D. Tnr
Ivy CT Fairfield. Iowa; and b. r. Ket
nam 81 Pennington, Iowa. Until the
annual meeting of the board Of direc
.ors IN the year 1914, the following
persons shall be officers Of the cor