Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-12-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

For the purpose Of organizing a cor
poration pursuant to Chapter fifty.
eight (5S) of the General Statues OF
Minnesota of 1913, and the amendments
thereto the undersigned do hereby by
signature hereof, adopt the following
as their articles Of incorporation.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this corporation shall
be The Metzroth Clothing Company
and the principal place Of t~ransacting
it's business shall be at the City of st.
Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota.
The general nature of the business OF
said. corporation shall be that of deal
ing at retail in clothing and gents
furnishings and in such other mer-
chandise as is usually carried in a gen
eral retail gentlemen's furnishings
store and in the doing. of any and all
business necessarily icident thereto.
ARTICLE II.
The period of duration of this cor
poration shall be thirty years from and
after it's organization.
ARTICLE III.
The names and places OF residence OF
the ~incorporators Of said corporation
Forest w .Metzroth; and John P. Rau;
all residing at the City Of st. Cloud,
stearns County, Minnesota.
ARTICLE ".
The management of the affairs of
said corporation hall be vested in a
board of three directors who shall be
elected by the stockholders of said cor
poration annually at the annual meet
ing of said corporation and until the
first annual meeting Of the stock
holders of said corporation shall be
held, the names and addresses of the
first Board of Directors of SAD COZ,
poration shall be as follows: Otto F;
Metzroth; Forest w. Metzroth; and
John P. Rau; all residing at the City
of st. Cloud, stearns County,, Mime
sofa, which said first Board OF Dlrec-
tors shall hold their office until the
firct- animal mpatinS of the Stock
holders Of said corporation and until
their successors are duly elected; Inc
date of the annua meeting OF SAID cor.
poration shall be the first Monday. of
February Of each ear commencing
with the first Monday Of February in
the year 1919 at the office of said com
pany in the City of St. &c. G1o y ;, stearns
The amount of capital stock of said
corporation shall be Fifty Thousand
Dollars (s5O,000), which stock shall pc
par value of One Hundred Dollars
(S1OO. OO) per share and all thereof
shall be fully paid up at the time Of
the completion of the organization OF
'''' ~ ARTICLE vi.
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which this corporation
shall at any time be subject snail pc
the sum of Twenty Thousand, Dollars
ARTICLE VII.
The officers of said corporation
consist of a president, secretary and
treasurer and such other officers as
may be prescribed in the bylaws of
said corporation hereafter to be adopt
ed by it's Board of Directors and the
respective duties and responsibilities OF
all officers of saiR corporation shall be
set forth and defined in it's bylaws.
The active business, of said corpora
ton shall commence on the flrst DAY
of February, 1919, upon which date all
the stock of said corporation shall be
Maid IN and certificates therefor issued
to the respective parties entitled there
to.
Dated at ST. Cloud, Minnesota, this
Goth of November, 1918.
OTTO F. METZROTH, (SeaD
FOREST w. METZROTH (SeaD
JOHN P. RAU (SeaD
In presence of
HELEN SALLER
J. D. SULLIVAN.
State of Minnesota
County Of Stearns
SIS.
Personally appeared before me this
goth day of November, 1918, Otto +.
Metzroth, Forest w. Metzroth, and john
p. Rau, to me we'll known to be the
same persons who executed. the Tore
going instrument and they each
act and deed.
JOHN D.. SULLIVAN,
State Senator, 45th MINI. Dist.
NV term expires u lst, 1919.
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