The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-22
Articles of INCORPORATION
The Peoples Drygoods
and Clothing Company

Know all men by these presents, that we,
the undersigned, 90 hereby associate oorseys
Visions eff Chapter IS Of the Revised Laws sol Of
Minnesota. 1905, and the Acts amendatory
that end and for that purpose we do hereby
adopt and sign the following Certificate and
Articles of Incorporation. to-w1t:
ARTICLE /.
The name of this corporation shall be :'The
The general nature OF the business Of this
corporation shall be: To buy, sell. hold.
dispose Of. deal in and deal with either at
upoa ana
Of every Kind, nature and Description what
soeyer. including boots and shoes, clothing;
millinery, furnishing goods. jewelry and
stationery, and to engage in all lines Of mer-
camille business. whether hereinbefore
enumerated or not. And said corporation
may acquire title to hold, use and dispose Of
all SUCH property including real. personal
and mixed, and do all things and acts usual.
or conducive to the attainment Of any Of the
purposes aforesaid or to the continuance
and management of the business of said
corporation.
The principal place for transacting the
Grand Marais, in the County Of Cook, and
State of Minnesota. The period of duration
shall be thirty, (s0 years from and after the
ARTICLE 2
The amount Of capital stock Of this corpo-
ration shall be Twenty-Five Thousand Dol
lars (S25, 0o0:O0) to be paid in in cash or pro-
perty or both. as may be determined by the
be divided into five hundred (500) shares of
the par value of Fifty Dollars (S50.OO) each.
The highest amount of indebtedness or liza
nility to WHICH the GorpoEation shall at any
Dollars (Sl5,O00.0O).
The name and places Of residence of the
persons forming this incorporation are Ed
WIZ Nunstedt, John II. Winger and Christian
Winger. all of whom reside in Grand Marais,
Cook County, Minnesota.
ARTICLE 4.
The officers and persons in whom the
COVER ment of said corporation and the
management of its officers shall be vested
Of which board shall be elected annually by
| the stOckholder from their own number, at
their annual meeting which shall be held at
| Grand Ma rails, d t one O'Clock in the fternoon
and President, Vice-Pres1dent, Secretary
and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the
Board of Directors from their own number at
| the first meeting of the Board in each year
after the annual meeting of stockholders.
Each OF the officers and directors of said
corporation shall hold their respective Of
noes Tor tne perlOO OF one year, or Until
! their successors have been duly elected and
qualified, and any two of said offices except
| President and Vice President may be held dy
! the same person.
The above named incorporates shall const.
itute the first Board of Directors, and until
! their successors have been duly elected and
quail Lifted. the following named persons shall
! pc the officers of said corporation: John II.
W1nger, Presidents; Christian Winger, Vice.
President and Edwin Nunstedt Secretary and
Treasurer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have here
unto set our hands and seals this 18th day of
July, A. D. 1915.
EDWIN NUNsTEDT
JOHN H. WINGER
CHRISTIAN WINGER
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
CHAS. J. JOHNSON
BERTHA NORMAN
STATE OF MINNESOTA, lss
County of Cook, So
On this nth day of July, A. D. 1915. before
me, q notary public with and for said County
and State, personally appeared Edwin Nun
stedt, job H. Wnger and Christian Winger,
each being to me personally known to de the
perso MS described in and who executed the
foregoing articles of incorporation and who
seVerally and duly acknowl lodged that they
exec uted said articles, freely and voluntarily
for the uses and purposes therein explained.
CHAS. J. JOHNSON,
Notary Public, Cook Co., Minnesota.
My com mission expires April 9Th, 1920.
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