Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-29
COUNTY TEMP PERANCE
SOCIETY !! i ! J FORMED | : |: !: /
ARTICLES Or. INC coRPoRATloN
FILED With oUNTY RE
colRDER E ON N oNDAY }
INCORPORATE N n j E0R FIF7Y YEARS
Authorizes capitaI Stock Sis $500
One Hundred Six sian Artl,
/ ssS.: s5ts@s cles Of Incorporation. \.

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l5t.. cles Of Incorporation.
On Monday af fternoon Of this week
theTarllcies $Ot incOrporati ton OF the
EDelaWare county Temperance assoc
ration were filed in, the office Of
i county Kecorder A.. E. Dunlap. The
tincorporators* OF the associati lion num-
tberS one hundred and six citizens Of
EDelaWare County 653ig he organiza ton
Els capitalized at $4,000. The5s hares OF:
lstock are $40 each. fss5.
. AT a$meeting OF. the directors held
on Saturday evening Of last { week
1.-the organization was. perfected by
! the election of the following officers
President, John Cruise, jjr.; vice
president, r.. 7. Bixby;; secretary,
Hugh Clemans; and treasurer; " II. .,A..s
I tDittmer. The directors Of the as
lsociation are John Cruise, Jr.,s r. J !;
Bixby. F. E. Wi hanson, r. Il Durey,
s.. w. Klaus, H. IA IA A.i /, Dittmer and
Hugh Clemans. 5l3 /. 4:
At a. meeting of the dire ctors which
is being held to day. a mittee win
be appointed to make thorough
canvas of each township, and the list;
Of subscribers Of stock Is to be in
Ecreased to five hundred fzS 55$ 4
4 The articles Of incor tion, which
state the object Of the organization, 4
and the plans along which the as;
sociation intends to carry on its OPP
erations, are published herewith in
Efull En- $.t5ss III 4 .;s: 3:s s2s
Article i. n. I;
The name Of this corporation shall
be. Delaware County Temp perance AS
sociation and its principal place of
business shall be in the City OF. an
chester, County of II Delaware and
State Of Iowa i5 .s. s.,S sS:*3 W
I'D 5Ss Article 2. a \:
The principal object for which this
corporation is formed, shall be to sup.
Ipress, so far as posi- BILE, he sale;
and use Of. Intoxicating liquors as q
beverage. the sale and $uses Of cigar
cites, gambling and the violation Of
all laws enacted to safe guard the
morals Of the public, in the county OF
delaware and state of Iowa and In
lforder to- accomplish such purpose ii
shall have the power and 1t shall be-
Its duty as corporate body to- ems
gage actively and con tinuously in;
such measures, as bysS itss Board of
Directors, may be deemed best cal,
eulated to- promote the icaus e OF
Temperance and law observance g 81 In
said county; it. shall adopt and ex1
ecute such lawful easures as may:
be deemed necessary & or advisable
| from time to time to prevent the grant
iingsUts etttiohs resol iogs nisc com Y
Etraets OF consent 4 the ELECTORS,
property holders and municipal autho7,
rites in said county. for he sale of In.
Itoxicating liquors as Ia be everage. --un-
der what 1t commonly called the
Mulct Law OF the State of Iowa; II
shall also from time to time adopt
land execute such lawful measures n i as
may be deemed necessary or advis--y
strict inforcement Of all. the laws Of
| States which may be now in force OF
which nay hereafter from time to
! time be enacted for the sup preston
l.of, the sale and use of intoxic icating
liquors ASA beverage, the sale and
use Of Gig igarettes, gambling and the
violation Of all laws enacted to- safe
guard the morals Of the public, SO far
as they, apply to the county OF Del
aware and state of Iowa. It shall have
land exercise all such powers as may
| be best calculated to accomplish the
objects aforesaid, and to that end it
may acquire by gift, pure hase, equestt
| OF otherwise, real and personal pros
Eperty, tho same to be devoted by
use, sale or otherwise, to the ac-E
accomplishment Of the corporate pur-
poses.s 1t may sue and be sued, and
shall have all such other powers, as
may be incident Unnecessary to Its
corporate function. !. Y 's.3l ,5S
6 d s,33sS &, Article g. s.is 81
Eyy The authorized capital stock Of this,
ass ciation shall be Five Thousand
Dollars ts5,0 ,0O0,00) the same to be.
Issued when ordered by the Board Of
Directors and which shall be divided
in shares of Ten Dollars each and
shall be paid for by the holders there,
Of upon ASS essments made by the
as the funds to; be derived therefrom
of the / corporate business =; such
assessin ents Or any due and unpaid
portion thereof may be collected by
I the association in the same manner a
Eother debts but there shall be no as
}sessment upon said stock beyond the
actual par value thereof. The stock
! of this association shall he non trans
ferable except by authority Of the
Board of Directors duly enacted and
recorded; and every subscriber for or
owner OF such stock shall be a
member of the association and. shall
have the right in person or by proxy
at all stock holders. meetings to
east on a.. VOteS for aach@E share sub-.
scribed for or owned by him.
Article A. S. n Ess} N. jss t5t-
E& This association shall commence its
tcorporate existence on the sixth day
Eof May A.. I 8; 1914, and continue for
! the period Of fifty years unless soon
Ter dissolved by three-fourths vote
Of all members thereof Sor by opera
tion of lazy but sit shall not transact
Eany business except to receive sub
fscriptions for its capital stock and
| to perfect its organization until at
fleast 100 shares Of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed for. fs1
Il Article 5. q
| y. So long as this corporation con-
tinues to be. "a going concern the
members or stock holders thereof
shall have no peeuniary interest in the
corporate property, the same being
| held in trust only for the corporate
purposes aforesaid 4 but In the event
of dissolution of said corporation,
las hereinbefore provided for, and only
/ in that event, there shall! be a distri-
button of the assets of the corpor-
alton among the members thereof in
! proportion to the stock held by them.
/ 81 Article 6.s} 2+ys