New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORA-
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NEW ULM HEATING COMPANY.

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We, the undersigned, for the purpose
OF forming corporation under and pur-
suant to the provisions of Chapter SO
of the General Statutes of, Minnesota
1918, and acts amendatOry thereof, do
hereby associate ourselves as a body
corporate, and to that end we do hereby
adopt the following Certificate of Incor-
poration.
ARTICLEI.
The name of this corporation shall be
be NEW ULM HEATING COM
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business of
said corporation shall be to manufacture,
purchases and otherwise acquire steam
and hot water for heating purposes, and
to sell, distribute, and furnish the same
to its stockholders and to other persons,
firms and corporations, and to construct
and maintain all necessary structures,
pipes, mains, appliances and appurte-
nances as may be necessary to the proper
conduct Of said business, and to do all
and everything necessary, convenient or
proper for the accomplishment of any
of the purposes hereinbefore enumerated.
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The principal place of business of this
corporation shall be the City of New Ulm
in the County of Brown and State of
Minnesota. =:
ARTICLE ".
This corporation shall commence on
the 10th day of May, A. D. 1915 and
shall continue for the period of thirty.
years.
ARTICLE v.
The names and places of residence of
the persons forming this corporation ARE
as follows: ....,.-. ..:>.,.
A. J. Vogel, Henry N. Somsen, F. W.
Johnson, Ferdinand Crone, and C. A.
Ottomeyer, all of whom reside in New
Ulm, Minnesota. - .t,:-+. >
ARTICLE vi. >: -.
The management of this corporation
shall be vested in a Board of five Direc-
tors. The Board of Directors shall be
elected annually by the stockholders at
their regular annual meeting, and shall
hold office until their successors are
elected and qualified. The regular an
nual meeting of the stockholders shall
be held at the principal place of business
OF the corporation on the first Monday
after the first day of May in each year.
Immediately after the regular annual
meeting in each year the Board of
Directors shall meet and elect from their
number President, Vice President,
and Secretary and Treasurer, who shall
hold their respective Offices for one year
and until their successors are elected and
qualified. The Offices of Secretary and
Treasurer may be held by one and the
same person. The corporation shall
have such other officers as may be pro-
vided for in it's bylaws. Any vacancy
in the Board of Directors or in the
officers shall be filled by vote of the Board
of Directors.
The first Board of Directors shall con-
sist of the following: A. J. Vogel, Henry
N. Somsen, F. W. Johnson, Ferdinand
Crone and G.. A. Ottomeyer, all of whom
shall hold office until the annual meeting
to be held in May 1917, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
The first officers of said corporation
shall be the following:
President A. J. Vogel,
Vice President G. A. Ottomeyer,
Secretary and Treasurer, F. w. Johnson,
all of whom shall hold their respective
Offices until the first meeting of the Board
of Directors following the annual meeting
in May 1917, and until their successors
are elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VII.
The amount of capital stock of this
corporation shall be Fifty thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00), divided into five
hundred shares Of One hundred Dollars
($100.00) each, and shall be paid in at
such times and in such manner and in
such amounts as the Board of Directors
may direct.
ARTICLE VIII.
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which the corporation shall
at any time be subject shall be the sum
of One hundred thousand Dollars ($10O,-
100000.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we
have hereunto set our hands and seals
this 22nd day of April, A. D. 1916.
A.. J. VOGEL (SeaI
HENRY N. SOMSEN (SeaI
F. w. JOHNSON (SeaI
FERDINAND CRONE (SeaI
G.. A. OTTOMEYER (Seal)
In Presence of:
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