Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-05-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


pursuant to the general laws of the
State of Minnesota and to that end,
do hereby adopt and subscribe the
following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I. .@ -
The name of this corporation shall
be the "Gatzke Mercantile Company.
The general nature of it's business
shall be to engage in and to con-
duct a general mercantile business,
and as such, to buy and sell, at
wholesale, retail and on commission,
all manner, form and kinds of mer-
chandise, produce, manufactured ar
ticles and products and to do such
other business as may be necessary
and incidental to it's said business.
The principal office and place of
business of this corporation shall be
at Gatzke, in Marshall County, Min
|nesota.
ARTICLE II.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the 18th
day of May, 1916, and it shall con-
tinue thereafter for a period of thir-
ty years.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of capital stock of
said corporation shall be Ten Thous-
and Dollars and shall be divided into
one hundred shares Of the par value
Of One Hundred Dollars each and
shall be paid in at such times and in
such amounts and in such manner as
the board of directors shall deter
mine and require.
ARTICLE ".
The highest amount of indebted
ness or liability to which said cor
poration shall be at any time sub
ject, shall not exceed the sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars.
ARTICLE V.
The names and places of residence
Of the persons forming this associa-
ton for incorporation are, as fol-
lows:
Andrew P. Nelson, residence, Towr
of Moose River, in Marshall County
Minnesota.
Richard Nelson, residence, Towr
of Moose River, in Marshall County
Minnesota.
Carl M. Wedmer, residence, Towr
of ROLLS, in Marshall County, Min
nesota.
ARTICLE vi.
| The government of said corpora
ton and the management of it's af-
fairs shall be vested in board of
three directors, all Of whom shall be
elected by and from the stockhold-
ers of said corporation. at the reg
ular annual meeting thereof, which
shall be held at the general office of
| the corporation, at Gatzke, in Mar
shall County, Minnesota, on the first
Wednesday of January, of each year
and shall hold office for the term of
one year and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Until the
first annual meeting of the stock
holders, the following named per-
sons, together with their addresses
shall constitute the board of direct
ors, viz:
Andrew P. Nelson, Gatzke, Mime
sofa.
Richard Nelson, Gatzke, Minnesota.
Carl NJ. Wedmer. Gatzke, Mime
sofa.
ARTICLE VII.
The officers of this corporation
shall be a President, Vice-President,
Secretary and Treasurer, all of whom
shall be chosen by the board of di-
rectors, who shall elect such officers
Immediately after the annual meet
ing of the stockholders each year for
the term Of one year from the stock
holders, and any two Of said offices.
except those Of President and Vice
President, may be held by the same
person. Until the first annual meet
ing of the board of directors, and
until their successors are elected and
have qualified, Andrew P. Nelson
shall be President, and Richard Mel
son, Vice-President, and Carl M.
Wedmer, Secretary and Treasurer
Witness Our Hands and Seals this
10Th day of April, 1916.
Andrew P. Nelson (SeaI
Richard Nelson (Seal)
Carl M. Wedmer (Seal)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
Clarence w. Potter
Orie Sjoberg.
State of Minnesota
County of Marshall-ss.
On this 10Th day of April, 1916,
before me, a notary public within
and for said county, personally ap-
peared Andrew P. Nelson, Richard
Nelson and Carl M. Wedmer, all to
me known to be the persons des-
cribed in and who executed the fore
going Articles of Incorporation and