Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-13
Notice Of incorporation.

Manufacturing Company.
We, whose names are hereto sub
j scrtbed, hereby associate ourselves
into body corporate under the pro-
vision Of chapter 1, title 8. of the
code OF Iowa, and acts snnendatory
thereto. assume all powers, rights
and privileges granted bodies corpo-
rate under said chapter and title and
do hereby adopt the following ar
ticles OF Incorporation.
Article I. The name Of this cor
poration shall be the Easter Manu-
featuring Company.
i. Article II.-Its principal place of
business shall be in the ci:y Of Mar
shailtown. county of Marshall and
state OF Iowa.
It may establish branch offices and
plants In any other city OF town in
the United States or in foreign coun-
tries.
Article m.-The object CT this cor
poration IL to do a general manufac-
turing business and principally the
manufacture of q hog feeder, stock
feeder. hog waterer and combination
chicken feeder.
It may buy. own, sell. mortgage,
lease and convey real estate.
It may deal in stocks. bonds. mort
cages and other securities.
All transfer Of real estate, bonds.
stocks. releases Of mortgages, liens
Judgments, contracts or other instru-
lnents binding the corporation, or
other claims to be made OF record.
shall be authorized by the board of
directors and be executed by the
president or vice president and sec
rotary Of the corporation.
Article Iv.-The corporate period
OF this corpora ton shall begin on the
date OF issuance OF a certificate of
incorporation by the secretary of the
state OF Iowa and shall terminate at
the expiration Of twenty years from
said date unless sooner dissolved by
a majority vote Of the stockholders
at any annual meeting or airy special
meeting properly called for that pur
pose. Said corporation may be re-
newed as provided by law.
Article V.-The amount OF capital
stock authorized is fifty thousand
dollars, divided into shares Of 500
each.
No stock shall be issued until the
corporation has received payment
therefor in cash or property.
The corporation may commence
business as soon as fifty shares OF
stock have been issued.
Article vI.-The affairs o.. this cor
poration shall be managed by a board
OF not less than three nor more than
five directors who shall elect presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer and
such other officers as may be re-
quired as provided In the ty-laws Of
the corporation.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders shall be held at the offices Of
5 the corporation in the city of Mar
shalltown, Iowa, on the first Monday
In April and until the first annual
4 election which shall be held on the
first Monday in April, 1921, the fol-
lowing named persons shall be the
directors Of the corporation: w. F.
Easter, B. r. Parsons. w. II. Par
SONS. and the following named per-
sons shall be officers: President, w.
r. Haster; vice president. E. r. Par
sons; secretary, w. H. Parsons;
treasurer, w r. Easter.
All officers Of the corporation shall
4 hold office for the term of one year
or until their SUCCESSORS arc elected
and qualified. Every director shall be
9 stockholder and If any director
shall sell or transfer his stock in this
corporation he shall at once cease to
be 4 director.
The board OF directors may fill va
cancies occurring in it's membership
between annual meetings OF the
stockholders by appointing qualified
persons to hold office for the remain
/ der OF the term.
Special meetings of the STOCKHOLM
ers may be called at any time by the
president giving ten days notice in
person or In writing Addressed to the
/. last known address of the stockhold-
! err and shall be called by him at any
time upon the request Of one,-tenth Of
the capital stock issued and out
standing, and In the event CT his ne
glect or refusal the parties repre-
i: sent1ng one-tenth of the stock Issued
and outstanding may join in q call Of
the stockholders which meeting shall
be lawful and valid.
stockholders shall be entitled to
one vote for each share Of stock held
Z by them. A stakeholder may cast his
WI a
proxies to be valid must be filed
with the secretary at least thirty
days and not moro than sixty days
before regular meeting of the
stockholders, and for special meet
ing must be filed five days and not
more than thirty days. at which time
they are to be used. All proxies to
become invalid after thirty days from
q the date of such meeting.
The corporation shall have, a lien
upon the stock Of any Of tn, stock
holders for any debt due the corpora
ton and in the event the stakeholder
J is in debt to the corporation he may
only vote the balance of his stock
above the debt and the amount of the
debt shall not be counted as stock
present at any meeting of the stock
holders.
The corporation reserves the right
to increase Its capital stock at any
time by an affirmative vote of the
majority Of Its outstanding stock. 1t
also reserves the right to purchase
it's own stock and retire the same.
Article VII-The highest amount
OF Indebtedness to which this corpo-