Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-12-25

in the Echo de pOuest newspaper
printed and published in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis this 18th da,
of December 1914.
By the Court:
IL JOHN A. DAHL
Judge of the Probate Court
Alex Lofgren, 261O Chicago Ave.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
vo1kS%4zGHERs FGSGf5a4aa ddMFzRY' Ra1F71Ha AND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS, that we the undersigned, have agreed
to and do hereby associate ourselves to
gether as body corporate for the purpose
hereinafter expressed, under and in accord.
| ance with the provisions of Chapter So O.
the Laws of 1905, and amendments there
to-, and do hereby adopt the following ar.
ticles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
Ihat the name of said corporation shall
pc the Volkswaechter Printing and Publish
ing Company, and that the principal place o.
business shall be in the city Of Minneapo
lis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
ARTICLE H.
The general nature of the business of the
said corporation shall be the publication Of
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and any
and all other printed matter, and the buying
of articles and the publication of same En-.
and other printing and binding, and such
other business connected Herewith as shall
be deemed expedient to the carrying on of
sad ane,;t business ines The buying and selling and
dealing in of all kinds of paper and paper
supplies, stationery and all stationery sup.
plies, and the carrying on of a general sta.
tlonery opy business; and to issue bonds, notes,
up to and within the amount hereinafter pre-
scrlbed and to secure payment of the same
oy mortgage, deed % OF trust or otherwise.
Time of commencement of this corporation
shall be the Second day of January 1915, and
shall continue for period of thirty years.
ARTICLE ".
The names and residences of the persons
forming this corporation are Henry Morris
Benjamin Shapiro, Abraham Shapiro and J.
P. Brown, all now residing in and being
residents of the city of Minneapolis state
ARTICLE V.
The business of said corporation and the
management OF its affairs shall be vested
in president, yice-president, secretary
who shall be elected by the stock holders at
their regular meeting or at any meeting
cal called by majority Of the stockholders for
Of directors shall Be filed BY vote vote Of 'the the
remaining directors to hold office until the
next annual meeting of the stockholders. At
all meetings of said board of directors a
majority shall constitute qurum and less
number may adjourn from time to time. The
names of those who shall hold their offices
unit until the next annual meeting Of said
ris, president, Abraham Shapiro, ,vice-presi-
Treasurer. The first board Of directors shall
be Henry Morris, A. Shapiro. Benjamin sha
number of persons comprising the board of
directors may be added to or reduced and
other officers may be added at any regular
called hv fho
~ ARTICLE VI.
The first me meeting Of said corporation shall
Minnesota, Wednesday the Second day Of
January A. D., 1918 at 500 P. M.
this corporation for the election Of officers
and other business shall be held at the
principal office Of said corporation in the
city Of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the first
year at $500 P. NJ. beginning with January
1915. All officers and directors shall hold
their offices until their successors are elect
ARTICLE VIII.
The amount of capital stock of this cor
poratiOn shall be $5O,OOO.OO divided into five
thousand shares of $1,000 each and shall be
paid for in such manner and at such time
as the board of directors may require. The
highest amount of Indebtedness or liability
which this corporation may at any time be
~ TESTIMONY WHEREOF THE PAR
TIES hereto have set their hands and seals
this Twenty fourth day of November A. D.
1914.
Henry Morris, Seal
Abraham Shapiro, Seal
BENJAMIN Shapiro, Seal .
j. P. Brown, Seal
j. N. Lowenthal,
G. A. Peterson.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
HENNEPIN COUNTY
A. D. 1914, before, me notary public ap-
peared Henry Morris, Benjamin Shapiro,
Abraham Shapiro and j. P. Brown, to me
known to be the persons named in and who
tion and acknowledge the same to be their
free act and deed.
Gustave A. Peterson,
Notary Public,
Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Ny commission expires the 18th day of
September 1919.
Office of Register of Deeds, State of
Minnesota, County of Hennepin.
l hereby certify that the within ms
trument was filed for record in this Of
fee and was duly recorded.
AUGUST w. SKOG, Register of Deeds
by D. G. GORHAM,
.s Deputy Register of Deeds
State of Minnesota, Department of State
hereby certify that the within ms
trument was filed for record in this Of
flee on the 25th day of November, 1914
at 2 o'clock p. M. and was duly recor-
ded in Book Z-3 of interpretations.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
IL Secretary of State