The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-15
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
To whom this may concern:

Notice is hereby given in com
pliance with section 1913 Of the 1913
supplement to the code OF Iowa, OF
the incorporation of the Keokuk Elec-
tro-Metals company.
"a The name Of the corporation
is "Keokuk Electro Metals Company"
and its principal place of business
will be at Keokuk, Lee county. Iowa.
~ The object for which it Is
formed and the general nature of
the business to be transacted by the
corporation is to buy, manufacture
and sell chemicals, metals, alloys and
their by-products; to purchase. lease,
sell and deal in lands, quarrie3.
mines, buildings. inventions. trade
marks, processes and patents; to
quarry, mine, smelt, refine or in anv
way to use minerals, metals, ores.
alkalis, chemicals, and all products Of
mine or quarry: to manufacture and
deal in mechanical and electrical ap-
liances; to buy, own and sell stocks
and bonds. including its own capital
stock; to issue notes and bonds, and
guarantee dividends on stocks, guar
antee contracts or other obligations;
to contract and be contracted with;
to sue and be sued: and to have the
right to do anything desirable or
necessary for the accomplishment Of
the purposes for which it was organ
lied or which may be incidental to
the business Of the corporation.
(3) The authorized capital stock
of the corporation is one hundred
thousand (s100, 0o000) dollars, and
one thousand (s1,OoO.00) dollars OF
this must be paid before the 'corpor-
alton begins business, and the re-
mainder may be issued from time to
time as the board of directors may
authorize.
(4) The corporate existence began
September list. 1915, with the issu-
ance Of certificate by the secretary
OF state of Iowa, and its corporate ex-
istence shall continue for a period OF
twenty (20) years from that date, or
until September LIST, 1885.
60 The corporation shall be man
aged by board Of five 60 directors,
and until the next annual meeting TO
be held the second Wednesday in
April in 1916, the following shall con-
stitute the board of directors of the
corporation:
w. D. Baldwin, New York, New
York.
C. G. Comstock, Cleveland, Ohio.
NJ. H. Christopherson, Yonkers,
New York.
John Dillon, Yonkers, New York.
e. Weissenburger, Yonkers,
New York, and the officers shall be
as follows:
President-G. e. Weissenburger,
Yonkers, New York. y '.r.
Vice presidential H. Christopher
son, Yonkers. New York.
Secretary-John Dillon, Yonkers,
New York. by. .s..
Treasurer-John Dillon, Yonkers,
New York.
The directors are to be elected an
nually at the annual meeting OF the
corporation held on the second We'd
nesday In April in each year, and
the officers shall be elected by tho
directors at "a meeting Of the direc-
tors held within tnfrty 600 days
after the annual meeting Of the stock
holders. w.
. CO. The indebtedness of the cor
poration shall at no time exceed two
thirds of its capital stock
CD The officers, directors and
personally and the priv
ate property of the officers, directors
and stockholders shall be exempt
from all corporate debts.
For more full and complete word
ing of the articles of incorporation
including a full description of the
powers and purposes of Incorporation
see corporation book No. 5 on page
"a of the Lee county, Iowa, records
at Keokuls, and the record of filing
said articles of incorporation In book
SIS on page SAT of the corporate rec
ords in the office of the secretary OF
state at Des Moines, Iowa.
Dated at Keokuk, Iowa, this 23rd
day of September, 1915.
J. o. BOYD,
c. w. DURRETT,
]. MILLS,
G.. A. GRIFFITH,
l.. G. MCKINLEY,
Incorporators, Keokuk
Electro-Metals Company.