Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-22
Notice Of Incorporat ion.

Company, with principal place Of bust
ness Z Ottumwa, Wapello county, iowa
The corporation shall have all the
powers conferred on corporationos loI
the pecuniary profits by the laws o.
| Iowa, together with all the powers
ne .essary and incidental to the conven'
II transaction Of its business, includ-
ing the power: .......
/! (a) To borrow money.
| (b) To issue it's negotiable notes.
| bonds or other evidences of indebted.
| ness, and to secure the repayment OF
| the same by liens upon all or any por-
| ton of its property, real or personal
by way of MORTGAGE or otherwise.
(c) To own, lease. buy and sell, en-
cumber and otherwise dispose OF prop
erty, real, personal affd~mixed, ncluu-
ing the stocks and bonds of other cor
porations.
The general nature of the business to
be transacted Is:
(a) To produce or in any manner &C
quire, and to sell and dispose OF, ana
distribute, artificial gas, and It's py-
products and residual products, ana TO
construct or in any manner acquire, 10
own, hold and operate. and to sell, ex-
Change, lease and cucumber, or IN any
manner dispose of works, bulldlnss'
pipe lines. mains, machinery, apparatus
appliances, facilities, rights, privileges,
franchises, ordinances and all such real
and personal property as may pc neces-
sary, useful or convenient to the pro-
duction, acquisition, storage ana uls-
tribution of the aforesaid products.
(b) To mine for, prospect for, drlii
for. produce, buy or in any manner &C.
quire, and to market, sell, transport
and distribute natural gas, to mine for'
produce, buy or in any manner acquire,
to refine, manufacture into its several
products, and to SELL market, dis
tribute and transport petroleum., ana
its PRODUCTS and by-products, ana 10
construct, lay, purchase or in any man
ner acquire, to maintain and operate
q, d to sell, lease, cucumber or IN any
manner dispose Of works. buildings,
appliances. facilities, rights, privileges,
franchises, ordinances, and all SUCH
real and personal property as may pc
necessary, useful or convenient to the
production, acquisition, storage, trans
po-tation and distribution Of natural
gas or petroleum. or both.
(c) To manufacture, buy sell, rent
and deal in stoves, engines, motors,
lamps and other apparatus and APP
pliances, calculated. directly or indi-
r, thy, to promote the consumption or
use Of natural or artificial gas or pc
troleum, or any of their products or
by-products.
ca To lease, buy or otherwise ac-
quire, to hold and operate. and to sell,
lease cucumber or otherwise dispose
of petroleum, oil and gas lands and
leases, and rights to explore for and
remove natural gas and petroleum and
to take contracts for the drilling OF OIL
and gas wells, and to carry out and ex-
ecute the same.
(e) To generate, produce. buy or In
any manner acquire, and to sell. dispose
90 t~%r a. 1iohf
heat, power and other purposes, and to
construct, erect or In any manner &C
quire, to own, hold and operate, and to
sell. exchange, lease, cucumber, or IN
any manner dispose Of works, water
powers, dams, poles, pole-lines, con-
Quits, sideways, cables, machinery,
apparatus, appliances, facilities, rights.
privileges, franchises, ordinances and
all such real and personal property as
may be necessary, useful or convenient
in the production, accumulation, sale,
and distribution of cleo
tricity, and to manufacture, buy, sell
and deal In fixtures, chandeliers, cleo
troliers, brackets, lamps. globes, mo-
tors, generators, meters, dynamoes.
batteries, and all other appliances, ap-
paratus and devices, capable of being
employed in connection with the gem
e ton, accumulation, distribution,
and use Of electricity.
(f) To vend, furnish or supply light,
heat and power by natural or artificial
gas, electricity, steam, water or other
means, and to acquire, operate and dis
pose of, all such patents, licenses, real
estate and personal property, and such |
rights, privileges and franchises of
every kind and character, as shall be
necessary, useful or convenient in the
operation of public utilities, including !
those hereinbefore enumerated.
The amount of capital stock is the
sum of six hundred thousand dollars
($6OO, OOO.00) divided into six thousand
(6,O0O) shares Of the par value Of one
scriptions for stock shall be payable IN
such installments and at such times as
the board Of directors may order
The corporation shall commence
business upon recording its articles Of
incorpation with the recorder of deeds
Of Wapello county. Iowa, and shall
continue for twenty (2o) years there !
after, with the right Of renewal as pro-
vided by law, and may be terminated
by vote of not less than two-thirds
(s-3) Of the stock then outstanding at
any regular or special meeting called
as by the bylaws provided.
The affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by board Of five 60 di-
rectors, who shall be elected at the
annual meeting which ~
to be held on the first Wednesday or
April 1918, and annually thereafter. |
The officers shall be president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer, as
sistant secretary and assistant treas |
urer.
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which the corporation shall at any
time subject itself shall not exceed
two thirds (2-3) of it's capital stock
then issued and outstanding.
Private property of the stockholders
shall not be liable for corporate debts.
Said articles Of incorporation have
been filed with the recorder Of Wapello
Iowa and with the secretary of
state of the state Of Iowa.
Dated February IS, 1913. .-
Joseph F. Porter,
H. E. Weeks, ..
Joe r, Lane, a.. ~