The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-29
Articles Of Incorporation Of Middle
west Loan and Trust Company
Of Valley City, N. D.

week Loan ana ! rust company
Of Valley City. N. D.
Know All Men BY These Presents,
That, we, the undersigned, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves
together, and do hereby unite in the
following Articles Of Association for
the purpose Of incorporating as an An
nuity, Safe Deposit, Surety, and Trust
Company under the laws of the State
of North Dakota, and We do hereby
make and execute the Articles of AS.
ISOLATION and Incorporation as follows:
1. The name of this corporation
shall be MIDDLEWEST LOAN AND
TRUST COMPANY.
2. The objects and purposes for
WHICH this corporation is formed are:
To engage in and carry on business
generally as an Annuity, Safe Deposit,
Surety and Trust Company, agreeably
to the provisions Of Chapter %, of the
Civil Code of the Codes of 1905, Of the
State of North Dakota, and laws ap-
plicable thereto or amendatory there
of.
3. The principal Office and place Of
business of this corporation shall be
at the City of Valley City, in the
County Of Barnes, State of North Da-
kota.
4. This corporation shall have per-
petual succession from and after the
date Of its incorporation.
S. The number Of directors Of this
corporation, who shall manage its
business and prudential affairs, shall
be nine. The names and residences Of
the first board of directors, Of whom
the first named one-third shall serve
for period of three years, the second
one-third for a period of two years,
and the balance thereof for period of
one year from the date fixed for the
commencement of this corporation,
and until the election Of their success
sors, and their qualification, are as fol-
lows:
Names-Residences
Frank White-Valley City, North Da-
kota.
T. Melvin Lee, Valley City, North
Dakota.
E. A. Mickelsen, Kathryn, North Da-
kota.
C. F. Mudgett, Valley City, North
Dakota.
J. E. Jones, Valley City, North Da-
kota.
Ludwig Lee, Valley City, North Da-
kota.
Herman Winterer, Valley City, North
Dakota.
Sim Mason, Valley City, North Da-
kota.
Lee Cowell, Valley City, North Da.
kota.
6. The capital stock of this cor
poration shall be ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.O0),
divided into one thousand shares of
the par value Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS (s1oO.oo) each.
7. The annual election of directors
whose terms shall expire, shall be held
at the principal place of business of
this corporation, at Valley City, Barnes
County, North Dakota, on the first
Tuesday of June, in each year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
31st day Of Oct., A. D.. 1913.
Frank White (SeaD
T. Melvin Lee (SeaO
E. A. Mickelsen (SeaD
A. Mickelsen (SeaD
T. J. Lee (Seal)
Ludwig Lee (SeaD
J. E. Jones (SeaD
Chas. A. Jones (SeaD
C. F. Mudgett (SeaD
Signed and sealed in presence Of:
Theodore S. Lindland,
E. A, SchultZe.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Barnes-ss.
On this 31st day Of October, in the
year one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen, before me, Theodore s. Lind.
land, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, personally appeared
Frank White, r. Melvin Lee, E. A.
Mickelsen, A. Mickelsen, T. J. Lee, J.
E. Jones, Charles A. Jones and c. F.
Mudgett, and Ludwig Lee, known to
me to be the persons who are describ-
ed in and who executed the foregoing
Articles of Association and Incorpora.
ton, and severally acknowledged to me
that they executed the same.
THEODORE S. LINDLAND,
Notary Public,
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