Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-12-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

For the purpose of organizing a cor
poration pursuant to Chapter fifty-
eight $3.50 Of the General Statues OF
Minnesota of 1913, and the amendments
signature hereof, adopt the following
as their articles Of Incorporation.
ARTICLE 1.
The name Of this corporation shall
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 or 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 hall be thirty years from and
after it's organization.
ARTICLE III.
The names and places of residence of
the ~incorporators Of said corporation
are as follows: Otto F. Metzroth;
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 shall 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 or the
first Board of Directors OF a1d COZ,
Metzroth; Forest w. M%etzroth; and
John P. Rau; all residing at the City
of ST. Cloud, Stearns County, Mime
sofa, which il first Board OF Dlrec-
49, 11 l111 +Loi~ offioa until the
first annual meeting Of the stock,
holders of said corporation and until
their successors are duly elected: The
date Of the annual meeting Of SAID cor
February of each ear commencing
with the first Monday of February IN
the year 1919 It the office Of said COM
pany in the City of St: Cloud, Stearns
County, Minnesota, at 1890 f. M.
The amount of capital stock of sale
corporation shall be Fifty Thousand
Dollars (s5O,0OO), which stock shall De
divided into five hundred shares or the
par value Of One Hundred ed R 4%arao1
shall be fully paid up at the time OF
the completion Of the organization OF
this Incorporation.
The ighes amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which this corporation
shall at any time be subject shall DC
the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars
ARTICLE VII.
The officers of said corporation .shal
consist Of a president, secretary ano
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 n tne
respective duties and responsiveness o.
all Officers of said corporation shall oe
set forth and defined in it's bylaws.
The active business of said corpora
ton shall on the first DAY
of February, 1919, upon which date al
the stock of said corporation snail pe
paid up and certificates therefor ISSUED
to the respective parties entitled there
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Dated at st. Cloud, Minnesota, thls
OTTO F. METZROTH, (SeaD
FOREST w. METZROTH (Seal)
JOHN P. RAU (SeaD
In presence of
HELEN SALLER
J. D.. SULLIVAN.
State of Minnesota
County of Stearns
SIS. 49,,
Personally appeared before me tn;
Goth day Of November, 1918, Otto r
Metzroth, Forest w. Metzroth, ana JONI
p. Rau, to me we'll known to pe TN
same persons who executed the ore.
going instrument n they eacf
acknowledged the same to be their lres
act and deed.
State Senator, 18th MINI. DIST