Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1918-04-05
Certifisate of Incorporation
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ST. LOUIS BAG COMPANY.
Know all men by these Presents,
executed in duplicate, that we, the
undersigned, do hereby certify and
declare that we have organized, and
do hereby organize a corporation II
der and by virtue of the general Sta
tutes of 1913, of the State Of Mime
sofa, relative to private corporations
for pecuniary profit, and the laws
amendatory thereof or supplemental
thereto, and for that purpose have
adopted, and do hereby adopt the fol-
lowing Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE 1
Sec. 1. The name of this Corpora
ton is, and shall be, ST. LOUIS BAG
COMPANY.
Sec. 2. The general nature Of this
business shall be to manufacture,
purchase or otherwise acquire, own,
hold, and store,psell or otherwise dis
pose of bags, including all kinds and
forms Of equipments and supplies for
the manufacture and storageand sale
of such bags, and to do a general and
special merchandising business, Who
lesale and retail and manufacture and
to do and exercise all incidental
covers and privileges which may be
necessary Undesirable to effectuate
any or all Of the purposes herein
above mentioned, also including the
right to purchase buildinge or dis
pose of real estate necessary in con-
nection with this business and also
intending to take over the business
now existing under the name of
Toretsky and Michlin.
ARTICLE II
Sec. 1. The principal place of bu-
siness of this corporation shall be in
the City of Minneapolis, County Of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota;
but it's powers may be exercised and
it's business carried on throughout the
State of Minnesota and in other ter
~ritories, countries and Jurisdictions
when and where permissible under
and in conformity to the laws there
Of.
ARTICLE III
Sec. 1. The time Of the commence
ment of this corporation shall be the
18th day of April 1918, and the pc
riod Of its continuance shall be thirty
years from that date.
ARTICLE w
Sec. 1 The name and places Of re-
sidence of the several i~ncorporators
of this corporation, are:-Louis Mi
chin, Daniel L. Goldman and Sa-
muel Toretsky, all residing in the
City of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
ARTICLE V
Sec. 1. The government of this
corporation and the management of
it's affairs, shall be vested in a
Board of three 90 directors, and its
business shall be carried on through
it's officers and agents whose specific
powers shall be prescribed by the by
laws or by appropriate resolutions OF
the Board of Directors.
Sec. 2. The officers of this corpo-
ton shall consist of a President, a
Vice President, a Secretary n a
Treasurer, who shall be elected by the
incorporators and Board of Directors
at their first meeting appointed to be
held at the temporary offices OF the
Company, on Monday the 18th day of
April, 1918, at 10 o'clock A. M. The
corporation may also have other Off
GERS or assistants as may be provi-
ded' by it's bylaws, or by an appro-
priated resolution Of the Board of Di-
rectors. One person may hold at the
same time any two o rmore offices
of this corporation to which he may
be duly elected or appointed, except
the offices of President and Secre-
tary.
Sec. 8. Theseveral incorporators
above named, shall constitute the first
Board of Directors of this corpora
ton, whose terms of office shall be
for one year and until their success
sors are elected and qualified. The
first annual meeting after incorpora-
ton, shall be held at the office Of the
company on the first Monday Of jan
uary, 1919 and annually thereafter
or the first Monday Of January dur
ing the life of this corporation.
of this corporation, shall be elected
by the stockholders at each annual
meeting, but in case of failure to
electt at the time and in the manner
above provided, the same may be
elected at an al ourned meeting, or at
a subsequent special meeting called
for that purpose, and all officers and