The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-01
PAGE SEVEN
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.


Iowa, notice IS hereby given of the
Incorporation of the FLUID COM
PRESSED STEEL COMPANY I'M
der the provisions of Chapter 1.
Title 9 of the Code of Iowa and acts
amendatory thereof.
% The name OF the corporation
is FLUID COMPRESSED STEEL
COMPANY" and It's principal place
of business viii be at Keofsuk. in Lee
County. Iowa.
CD The object for which it Is
formed and the general nature of the
business to be transacted by the cor
poration is to conduct and carry on
the BUSINESS of operating an electric
furnace, manufacturing, producing,
importing, exporting, refining, pre-
pairing and shipping materials, chem
icals, metals, alloys and all products
and by+products thereof; to purchase.
lease or otherwise acquire lands,
mines, Quarries, buildings, docks,
warehouses, factories and all things
necessary in the undertakings of the
corporation; to own and operate fac
tories for the manufacture or pro
duction Of machines, materials, ma
chine parts composed in whole or IN
part of iron, steel aluminium, copper.
brass, or other metals, alloys or ma
mum, manganese, coke, copper, brass.
lead, zinc and other metals, alloys,
minerals or materials; to deal in ma
chinery and all kinds of merchandise
and materials, models, wood and
metal patterns; to manufacture and
machine cylindrical and other cast
tngs, pipe and pipe fittings: TO deal
| in all kinds of metals, alloys and
metallic compounds; to refine, smeit
and market ores. metals and minerals
of all kinds; to own. lease, license,
acquire, use, operate and Introduce
trademarks, trade-names, patents, In
ventions and to grant licenses in re-
spect thereof, to make contracts IN
connection herewith; to hozd and
dispose Of stocks, bonds or other OBJ
legations; to mortgage or pledge any
stocks, bonds or property, real OF
personal. owned by the company; TO
buy and sell the shares OF It's own
capital stock and to own, buy, lease.
encu1nber or sell real estates to s2e
and be sued In it's corporate Mans
and to have and exercise any other
powers not expressly named which
may be desirable or necessary In con-
nection With any business OF the COM
pany and which are not contrary TO
the laws of the state. For mora
\
claimed by the company, see its Ar
ticles of Incorporation
| CO The authorized CAPITAL stock OF
The corporation is Three Hundred
TWENTY-FIVE Thousand ($32s 100000
Dollars. divided into one thousand
Il .o00o shares OF the par value OF
one Hundred C0o.0o3 Dollars each
of preferred stock, entitled to re-
cefre an eight (ssd) per cent divi'
dend annually, which dividend is
cumulative, and nine Thousand (9,000)
shares of common stock Of the par
value of Twenty-Five $25!OO Dol
lars each. The corporation may
commence business when One Thou
sand sI 100000 Dollars OF the CAPT
tai stock is fully paid. and the re-
Imainder may be Issued from time to
time as the Board Of Directors may
authorize. Stock m1y be paid for in
cash or it's equtvalen. in property at
a cash valuation as ps0vided for by
law.
g, The corporate e1tstsrce began
ON June 10, 1915, with the issuance
of a certificate by the Secretary OF
State for the State of Iowa, and its
corporate existence shall continue
for a period Of twenty lso) years
from that dnte, or until June TO-
1855.
f5, The CORPORATION shall be man
aged by a Board OF Directors consist
ing of five 60 members of the corpo-
ration. who shah be elected annually.
and until the next ANIMAL nesting
Ito be held on the first Thursday IN
the month of February in the year
1919. the, the following shall constr
tute the Board of Directors OF the
CORPORATION: N r. Wilcox, G. "a
Weissenburger, J. o. Boyd. c. W
Durrett and ]. w. Anderson, and tho
officers shall be as follows: Prest-
dent N T. Wilcox; Vice Preshteut.
G. e. Weissenburger; Secretary ana
Treasurer, J. O. Boyd
The directors are to be elected an
lnualiy at tho annual meeting Of tho
IcorDoration, held on the first Thurs
lday in February In each yeu. ana
1.-THE officers shall be elected by tins
tdirectors at a meeting Of the directors
held WITHIN thirty (3o) days after tho
meeting of the stockholders A va
oancy IN any Office or in Che Board
OF Directors may be filled by the re-
jmaining directors for the penaiIr1e3
LOT the term.
ss) The indebtedness OF ne ~eurpo
lration snail at no time exceed two
thirds OF it's capital stock
T1 The officers, drPCtoTS ana
stockholders personally and the phi
vate property of officers, directors
and stockhoIdsrs shall b.e exGnPt
from all liability for corporate in
debtedness.
For more tnrl and complete word
ing Of the Articles OF Incorporation.
including a full description of th5
bowers and purposes OF fpcorpora-
firm se,s Corporation Book 5, on page
200 of the Lee County, Iowa, records
at Keoknk and the record OF filing
said Articles of Incorporation in the
Corporate Records IN the office OF
the Secretary OF State at D'es MONIES,
Iowa
Dated at KeoiraS, Iowa, this 18th
day of June, 1918.
n. T. WILCOX,
G. E. WEISSFNBURGBR
J. o. BOYD,
c. W. DURRETT.