The Red Cloud chief., 1917-08-23
Articles Of incorporation

We. the undersigned, incorporators, do
hereby In pursuance OF the statutes OF Ne
braska, In such cases made and provided,
associate ourselves together as q body polite
and corporate In the manner and for the pur.
poses hereinafter mentioned.
Article 1.-The said corporation shall be
named and known as Riverton- lnayaIe Light
and Power Company.
Article 2-That Its principle place OF bust.
ness shall be the city OF Red Cloud, Webster
County, Nebraska.
Article 3-The general nature OF the bust.
ness which may be transacted bs said corpor.
alton shall be as follows:
To acquire land and construct. maintain
and operate an electric transmission line or
lines over the public highway In said county
or counties. to purchase electric current. and
to sell said electric current to any person or
corporation along the lint OF said transmits
sion lines;i to issue stock, bonds, or a mort.
gage or other legal evidences OF Indebtedness,
and to do such other things rs are necessary
In the transaction OF the business above de.
fined.
Article i-The amount Of authorized capital
stock OF said corporation shall be Ten Thous-
and Dollars, (&l0,0O0.00). Tit amount OF
bonds said Company may issue shall not ex.
coed Ten Thousand Dollars. $40, 900. 0O).
Article 5-The existence of said corporation
shall commence when said articles of incor.
poration are filed with the Secretary OF state
and County Clerk OF said County, and are
published according to law. and shall con.
tinue for forty (t0l years unless sooner termi.
mated by due process OF law.
Article 1.-THE greatest amount OF liability
to which said corporation may at any one
time be subject shall not exceed two.thirds OF
the capital stock Of said Company.
Article THE capital stock Of said Com.
pany shall be divided INTO 400 shares of TWEEN
ty Five Dollars $4,000 each.
Article S-The affairs OF said corporation
shall be conducted by the Board OF i've direct.
ors, who shall hold such positions for a period
OF one year from the completion OF the said
organization OF said Incorporation, and
annually thereafter said Board OF directors
shall be elected by the stockholders from
among their number as shall be approved by
the bylaws OF said corporation, hereafter to
be adopted by said Board OF Directors. The
Board OF directors shall choose a President,
Weep resident, Secretary and Treasurer, and
said Secretary and Treasurer may be the
same person. said directors shall perform
all OF the duties required In establishing and
conducting the business affairs Of said com.
pany and as provided by the bylaws OF the
corporation. said officers shall each hold
his official position for a period OF one year
unless removed by said Board OF Directors or
otherwise.
Article 9-The place OF meeting of the said
Board OF Directors shall be at Red Cloud.
Webster County. Nebraska. unless otherwise
ordered by the Board Of Directors holding
i N "a ,oi,as from, xahr m y.,r Tha aaIJ Al
rectors shall as soon as convenient after the
formation OF said Incorporation elect said
officers at a meeting to be held In Red Cloud
Nebraska, and provide for the opening q
stock subscription books and for the trans
action OF the business affairs OF said .corpor
alton, provide the necessary seal and record
book, which shall be in the form to be deter
mined by the said directors. Vacancies IN
the Board OF directors during the first yea
OF the corporate existence shall be filled by
the then holding directors, and thereafter
vacancies shall be filled by the said stock
holders In the manner provided by law AM
the bylaws Of this corporation.
Article l0-Thes articles OF incorporation
may be amended at any time. Ever
amendment thereto shall first be approved
by a majority OF the holding Board OF Direct
ors, and upon being approved IL shall be ell
tered AZ large upon the records OF the Board
to be accurately kept by the Secretary
Each OF such amendments shall be made
part of the articles Of Incorporation and shat
be acknowledged as the record, and public
and recorded In the same manner as thes
articles.
ISCORPORATORS
j. +. MORRIS
{. A. WALDO
G. l.. WICKwIRE
G.. u. ARNUP
Z. =. EASTWOOD.
state OF Nebraska Ia,
County OF Webster y"
On this 9th day OF July, 1917, PERSONAL,
appeared before mel +. Morris, c. A. Wald,
and {. l.. Wickwire to me well known to b
. the Identical persons whose names were a.
hxed to the foregoing articles of incorp0r
: alton, and they severally acknowledged tn
. execution OF the same to be their voluntar,
= act and deed for the purposes In said article
O expressed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunt
> subscribed my name and atfi xed my officia
seal the day and year first above written.
{. II. Il
Seal Notary Publ,
NOTARY ACK NOWLEDGEMENT.
state Of Nebraska ISIS Be 1t Remembers
TEuuhiu OOunty lnut On MS S'tu ud,
ofJuly A. H., 1917 before the undersigne
n. X. Morrow a Notary Public, in and 70
said county, personally came q. ID. Al
nup. p. r. to me known to b
the Identical persons whose names are a
fixed to and who executed the f~oregoin
( instrument as g~rantors and ~acknowied.
ed the same TO be their voluntary act an
deed for the purposes therein set forth.
+ Witness my hand and Notarial seal tn
r day and year last above written.
n. K, MORROW
, (Sean Notary Publ,
My commission ex plres the nth day OF Jul
1920.