Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-04-13
ART1cIEs OF INCORPORATION

r OF;tne purpose or forming corpora
ton under and pursuant to the prOVi.
sions Of Chapter So Of the General Stat
utes sOf Minnesota for 1913, and Acts
Amendatory thereto, We the undersign-
body corporate and do hereby adopt the
following Certificate of Incorporation.
......L ARTICLE \ -. g.
The name Of the corporation shall be
general nature of the business for which
it is, organized is the buying, purchasing
Or otherwise acquiring, holding, owning,
selling, exchanging, assigning or other
at wholesale, and the principal place of
transacting the business. shall be in the
city of Little Falls, County of Morrison,
and state of Minnesota.
The time of commencement of this
corporation shall be the Goth day of
April, 1917, and the period of duration
shall be thirty A& Sc yfaSs IF from said date
The name and places of residence of
the persons forming this corporation
are:
J. c. thinner, Brainerd, Minnesota.
ARTHUR Boppel, Bra1nerd, Minnesota.
Fred c. Cook, Brainerd Minnesota.
ARTICLE Nv ~
The principal place of business Of this
corporation shall be Little Falls, Mime
ARTICLE v
The management of this corporation
rectors, all Of whom shall be stockhold-
ers therein. The names of the first
board of directors are:
J. c. Zimmer, Brainerd, Minnesota.
Fred c.: Cook, Brainerd, Minnesota.
who shall hold Office until the annual
meeting Of the stockholders which an
nual meeting shall be held on the Oath
day of May, 1917 and annually thereafter
on the fourth Thursday in May board
of directors shall be elected from and
by the stockholders Of the corporation.
may be filled by said board and the o said
board shall adopt bylaws and may from
time to time alter or amend the same.
ARTICLE vi
The total amount of authorized CAPT.
tai stock of this corporation is Twenty
five Thousand Dollars ($25, 100000, divided
into Twenty-Five Hundred (250O shares
of the par value of Ten Dollars $4,000,
to time by the board of directors in such
amounts and proportions and for such
consideration and to such persons, firms
fS Sp shan the from time to
rectors, and from time to time the
amount of the capital stock authorized
by this certificate may be increased &C
cording to law. It shall require at least
a majority of all outstanding stock rep
resented in person or by proxy to hold
any regular or special stockholders meet
ing. - 49, <~i :; :.,s' #'1 =
.. ARTICLE VII >...
The officers Of the corporation shall be
a president, vice president and secretary
and treasurer, who shall be elected from
and by the directors. The persons who
shall be officers Of the corporation until
the first annual meeting is held, are as
follows: ..-~-0- $50 = H. -
J. c. thinner, president.
Arthur Boppel, vice president. -
ARTICLE VIII
The highest amount of Indebtedness or
Is~ros -
at an: time be subject shall be the sum
of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,0o0.0O.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
1'n D"' u <' IJ. G. THINNER, (seaD =,
FRIED 6. COOK (seaD
In the presence of =,
M. E. RYAN,
CORA A. CAREL.
State of Minnesota
County of Crow Wing: }ss'
On this 9th day of March, 1917, before
me, Notary Public within and for said
county and state, personally appeared
6. Cook, to me known to be the persons
described in and VINO executed the lore
going. instrument, and they. each an
-knowldged that they executed the same
M. E. RYAN,
Notary Public, Crow Wing County County,
(My Commission expires October 2, 1873
State of Minnesota, }
Department of State. }
hereby certify that the within instru
ment was filed for record in this Office
on the 2Sth day of March, A. D. 1917, at
II o'clock a. M, and was duly recorded
in Book D-4 of Interpretations, on page
$685.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
Secretary of State.
Office of Register of Deeds,
County of Morrison, MINI. }
hereby certify that the within instru-
ment was filed in this Office, for record,
on the 3Oth day of March, A. D. 1917, at
9 o'clock a. M, and was duly recorded
in book A-9 of interpretations, on page
SCI.
FRANK x. BASTIEN,
(SEAL) Register Of Deeds.
BY I. G. R., Deputy.