The Irish standard., 1914-03-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF the
MERCANTILE
ROND COMPANY.

| uENCANvlLE ~
BOND COMPANY.
~, Know All Men by These Presents:
aeEs tbs lbs
Eether for the purpose of forming a
Cooperation under the laws OF the State
That the name 81 said Corporation ration
! shall be International Mercantile and
pinned the p es'sss Sr xsse
tain and conduct general mercantile
agency; to carry on every branch Of
ton Herewith, including the obtaiRing
and acquiring by purchase or in any
other lawful manner. information. sta
lating, to, or Erecting the business.
btlity, and commercial condition and
firms. associations and corporations en-. n:
| gagged in or connected with any bust
ness. occupation. industry or employ
and particularly in and throughout the
United States and Canada. and to dis
pose of. sell, loan, pledge, hire and use
nation. statistics, facts and circum-
stances so obtained and acquired; also
to establish. maintain and conduct
covery. enforcement and collection Of
| accounts. bills debts, dues. demands
and obligations and claims of all kinds;
business Of making and issuing con. n.
tracts to secure the faithful Perform
ance Of any mercantile or commercial
prompt payment Of any debt btu or 'o oblig sae
ton due under or arising from or out
| of any mercantile or commercial trans
aso aa no as to BIZ
and conduct a general printing, pub
fishing. bookbinding and advertising
business. and to prepare and distribute
tories. catalogues, reports. ratings. d.
Eests, lists, and other printed matter Of
interest Int to or use Of merchants. trad
TO buy or otherwise acquire. to hold.
own. mortgage. pledge sell. assign and
transfer ;sfea.. or otherwise dispose Of. and
goods. ware, merchandise and property
Of every class and description, includ-
Ing policies patents and
shares or rights in corporations. real
property of every description, includ-
mortgages. securities of any kind or
description or other evidences Of in
debtedness. and investments or invest
ton whatever. or to act as the agent
for the sale or purchase of any Of the
same, or for any other purpose con-
scribed powers.
To promote corporations or enter.
6gr,stesi OF any ch1aracter including in
real estate, companies. and all bust.
nesses or enterprises of any character
and to own and operate or finance the
poration or enterprise in which the
company is Interested: to endorse. un.
derwrite or guarantee the stock. Sc
curities or undertaking of any corpor-
alton or persons.
To hold, purchase or otherwise ac-
quire. to sell, assign, transfer, mort
shares Of the capital stock and Bonds.
debentures or other evidences Of in
debtedness created by any other cor
holder thereof to exercise all rights
the right to vote thereon.
hold any ana loan money to reeeive
exchange. mortgages and all evidences
of Indebtedness of all kinds; to borrow
money, to make and issue Ipromissory
Of Indebtedness of all kinds, without
| limit as to amount and to secure the
same by mortgage. pledge or other
wise.
To carry on any other business which
may seem to the company capable of
being conveniently carried on in con-
directly or indirectly to enhance the
value of the company's property or
rig En s.va ana ~ ,,or. oa,oa. ~, =, .r,,
on all or any part of Its operations and
business unlimitedly and without re-
tse oed states st snd Or
the laws thereof.
Third, That the. place where the
to be transacted is the City of Mime
apo!is and County of Hennepin, State
Fourth. That the term for which the
said corporation is to exist is thirty
900. years from and after the date of
it's z, ineorp %rat m , ,,.--
Of the said corporation shall be five
60 and that the names and residences
of the directors who are appointed to
and until the election and qualification
of their Md ,,,a successors are as follows:
s. L. Fright. San Francisco " California
John Lee, Jr: San Francisco. California
r. 9. KNIGHT. san Francisco, California
Sixth. That the amount of capital
Tt1fk Of the said Hno shall be
and the number Of shares into Which
1t is divided shall he five hundred (5OO)
81 Of, It The no> par pay, value of One Hundred
IN in o seh manner mann wn aea at to sue es
time as the Directors may order.
Seventh. The highest amount of in
corporation shall a any time s be liable bic
Is the sum of Fifty Thousand ESQ.,
Eighth. The date of the annual
meeting of the corporation at which
the directors and officers shall he elect
ed and at which other business shall
nesday in December of each year.
S. L. BRIGHT.
n., sPAuI \; cAssER af;''''
JOHN LEE, JR.. A
Residence, San Francisco, California.
State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin-ss.
on this seventeenth day of Novem-
fore me, a Notary Public, Within and
for the County of Hennepin and State
Of Minnesota. s. L. Bright, Paul NJ
Casserly and John Lee, DR.. to me per-
to sf the parties who
ton and acknowledged that they signed
the same as their free act and deed.
F. II. BOARDMAN,
Notary Public. Hennepin County. Mimi.
My cSm TamM On, eXrirns APr1! 49, 1914
Department OF State.
! hereby certify that the within In
strument was filed for record in this
office on the oath day of November, A.
D. 1913, at o'clock n. M, and was duly
recorded in Book X-% of interpretations
JULIUS A. SCHMAHLE,
| Secretary Of State.
Office of Register of Deeds. State of
Minnesota. County or Hennepin.
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this Of
1914, at 1855 o'clock p. M, and was
duly recorded in book $50 of Miscellan-