Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-02
NOTICE.
OFFICE or
THE CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND AND
PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

fmfa40, TfT{nnfa Aurfi 1917.
A snaelai meeting of me sfoeknoIders 81 The
f7,Icssa 4}aet fsiasd ard pscfae RAILWAY Cont
ranf. uuiy CaiIe1 By iaAl.si1 - ~, ~ 800 49,
30, ~ foa4 ~ =, SAFE Street Statier'
- me Cry q Chicago. County Of Cook. s and
sac " limos, IN IN ssgaie Ky NV
the purpose or eonslasrlng Young eha oeei.ap Iss
"1tt4eA tHs 49,. - llts IA. ~ t"o f'' 80
fIHs7' The aEaenanaent oI article - Niaus Y,
20 me AftleeF or - "a. tl tte a. - -
teaa saDstaa tlsAts ~ 1865 800 $500 rsee.S
49, y - t51 go -
M 1aplsal 49, " s ~ 95s e4,
lsta59 sha tasA1s NAslFra ;S Nelhs.f ehsu X.
limited g. ne sum or One Hundred and teriy
lrrrse4ei ~ an amendment TO these Articles IN
GonsoIldAtton adopted IN tne ms ahet neIs1.
provided, The said Capital Stock snall Ne
Hlvded INTO ahRreH' eaet " $500 hng a ltsaT
par value Of Que hundred 19tIars, anN sn1tl
be issued and disposed or FOR me paymsnE KS
and fer corporate purposes q spga u me- es w
Directors or The Executive Committee may
lawfully determine GO n,,,,t...
0f said Capital STOCK seyenty.aFe s lt.as
Dollars par value being the present sNtnNt AEl
snare fHPtsi or tHE NulHl'1Ls aslas.-st1ss ss
ghaA hereafter be sn9Nn eaa 9es.s9 \, ~ ~,
millions Dollars par vaiue shall - Preferred
said Common STOCK ana respectively entitled 70
me other rights 4na pIettEt 49, ny lr's "
said Preferred stock shall be seven t1l peF
cent. preferred stock enlilI'" - ea.'"el,,s NIX
80 DIT n9l eAgeeal De- seen 5t,,t4lrd sbsn w
Ihid npo1 the eeaal'5 49, ~ % a., e,lrs-t
1atieu az dividends unpaid up 90 hut rot eH+
cceding the rate ~ Eve % per cent. per ar
num- such accumulated diTlleHaA r. pe 49, ~
fun before the payment Or any alyidenas Jpn
the Common stock eudued equally VII 80 4ls
SIX t51 per cent. $780, +tetvii,gt3,r,
described TO be preferred ~ the. y ~ XIV,
romBsny over the common Stock IN the pay-
ment Of the entire par xalAe on PSelt t,I,a y
said rate Of Eve f5l per cent. per aunun then
accumulated thereon before any payment nr
Stock entitled to Doe preferred es 20 dlvidenha
over the sLz l6l per cent. preferred stock, mere
per cent. ira any aacai yenr, which shall be hrst
declared and paid or set aslas IeF nss u ~
said six % per cent preferred stocs PUT, sr1es
me deeIafai32n ana Paytheut OF s'' a5.ai vesr
rar cent preferred stock as further dividends
declared ana patio on both said classes Of pre-
in part either Independently Of or contempt.
raneousiv with the six go per cent. preferred
payment date at 0ne-huudred and 6ve dollars
fSf051 ner share plus the amount ~ all unpaid
rumulated i've t54 per cent dividends ae%ued
beTeinafter provided
a. Thirty-hva Millions Dollars Per value
Of said Preferred Stock shal oe six 90 yer
20 bat not exceeding six 90 per cent. IN any
upon fhe Common Stock ard entitled further
20 cumulative dividends as follows. III o. as
90 Twenty Millions Dollars par value thereof,
from and Bfter July 10 1915 and q n as Il"
ell or any part Of The balance or Fifteen III
such date or dates as the Board q Directors
9iay 81 cry 1i'Ee on igs ll ~ -, rpsgIst,or
o. dividends unpaid up 20 bat not exceeding
inc rare q Hye t7l ,PeE cent il 9A aI tasr
the payment or any dividends upon the Common
stock entitled equally wiih DC seven ~. rer
rent. preferred stock. hereina bove described, -
be preferred in ne distribution Of assets upon