New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-25
Articles of Incorporation
of New Ulm Gas Co.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That we, the undersigned, do hereby associate
ourselves together and agree upon the following
articles of incorporation, under the provisions
of Chapter So Revised Laws of 1905 of the State
of Minnesota. and acts amendatory thereof and
supplementary thereto, and do hereby adopt
the following articles.
ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be NEW
ULM GAS COMPANY.
ARTICLE H..
The general ratu:e of its business shall be
ta) To establish own, maintain and operate
a plant or plants for the manufacture, dlstrlbu-
ton and furnishing of gas. and to furnish gas
to towns, villages and Cities or any part there
of and to the residents of such towns, villages
or cities, and to any or all persons and corpora
tions in the State of Minnesota or elsewhere
for the purposes of heat, light or power, or either
of them
(b) To acquire and hold, bargain, convey and
cease property of all kinds. and do all other acts
and things necessary to the conduct and pro-
motion of such business enterprises
The place of the principal Office or headquarters
of this corporation shall be New Ulm, Brown
County, Minnesota.
ARTICLE III.
The Period of the duration OF this corporation
shall be Thirty (3O) years.
ARTICLE w.
The names and places OF residence of the persons
!, Forming this corporation as follows:
j. A. Kennedy, Virginia. Minnesota; u.
J. P Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
H. E. Oberg, Virginia, Minnesota.
ARTICLEV.
The government of this corporation and the
management of it's affairs shall be vested in the
following officers, to-wit: Board OF three
Directors, who shall be stockholders OF the cor
poration, and President, Vice President Score
tary and Treasurer. The Board OF Directors
shall be ected by the stockholders OF the cor
poration at their annual meeting; and the Presi-
dent, Vice-president, Secretary and Treasurer.
shall be chosen by the Directors at their first
meeting after each annual meeting of the stock
holders The Directors and Officers shall hold
their respective Offices for term of one year,
and until their respective successors are elected
and qualified. The annual meeting of the stock
holders shall be held on the first Tuesday ir August
of each year.. at such hour and place as shall be
fixed by the Bylaws of the corporation.
The names OF the first Board Of Directors OF
Hhis corporation shall be follows
]. A. Kennedy, Virginia, Minnesota;
JP. Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
H. f. Oberg, Virginia, Minnesota.
OF whom, J. A. Kennedy shall be President; j.
P Smith, Vice. president: and Treasurer; and H.
E. Oberg, Secretary.
$ss ARTICLE vi.
The amount of the capital stock of this cor
eoration shall be Fifty Thousand 1880 oo00O)
Dollars, divided into five hundred (5OO) shares
of the par value OF One Hundred ($1o0.Oo) Dollars
each; the sum to be paid in called for by the
Board of Directors
ARTICLES VII.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liability
to which this corporation shall be at any time
subject is the sum of Fifty Thousand 1850, 100000
Dollars.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have here
unto set our hands and seals this 28th day OF
May A. D. 1914. SIN. ...s...:. - 80.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of:
O. H. EIEGGS, GEO. F. SHEA, ]. A. KENNEDY,
J. P SMITH, H. E. OBERG.
I STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS IS.
BE 1T KNOWN That on this 2sth day of
May 1914, before me, the undersigned, Notary
Public, within and for ST. Louis County, personally
appeared J. A. Kennedy, J. P. Smith and H. E.
-Oberg, to me well known to be the persons named
in, and who executed the foregoing certificate
that they executed, signed and adopted the same
as their free act and deed.
n GEO. F. SHEA, .-
Notary Public, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
My Commission Expires July 1874.
{Notarial Seal}
| STATE OF MINNESOTA Department OF State.
(. l hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed for record in this office on the 18th day
of June A. D. 1914 at 8 o'clock A. NJ, and was
duly recorded in Book 3 of Interpretations on
page 625.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL.
Secretary of State.
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS, State Of
Minnesota, County Of st. Louis.-ss.
l hereby certify that the within Instrument was
filed in this Office for record June TO- 1914 at $3.50
4. NJ. and was duly recorded in Book II of Misc
page 100.
H.t CHAS. CALLIGAN -.
Register of Deeds
By C. L. LOFGREN
Deputy
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS County
of Brown, MINI.
I hereby certify that the within Instrument
filed in this Office for record on the 10th day
. of Nov. A. D. 1914, at o'clock P. NJ and was
duly recorded in Book 3 of Incorporation on
page etc
w. c. MILLER
Register OF Deeds
BY LOUISE SCHRODT
47-4S Deputy