Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-06-16
AMENDED AND SUBSTITUTED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
MANCHESTER AND ONEIDA RAIL
WAY COMPANY.

MANCHESTER AND ONEIDA RAIL
WAY COMPANY.
ARTICLE !.
The name of this corporation shall be
the Manchester and Oneida Railway
ARTICLE H.
Its principal place of business shall
be at Manchester, in the county of Del
aware and State of Iowa
The object tof the corporation shall
be the operation, owning, and controls,
ing in whole or in part of the, Manches-
ter and Oneida Railroad from and
through said city of Manchester to and
through Oneida, Delaware County,
Iowa, and the operation, owning, leas-
ing buying and controlling of such ex-
advisable Also the buying, owning
and selling of real estate for railroad
purposes. The corporation shall have
the right to buy. sell and convey per-
may be necessary or convenient for the
proper conduct of the affairs of the
corporation. All ccnveyances of real
property made by the corporation shall
be executed by the president and
countersigned by the secretary with an
impression of the corporate seal att
tached, If the corporation has seal:
and all releases of mortgages, liens,
required by law to be made of record
may be executed by the president or
secretary oftthe corporation.
ARTICLE "
The affairs and business of this cor
poration shall be managed and con-
trolled by board of fifteen directors
who shall be stockholders. The follow
ing persons shall be directors who shall
hold their offices until the date set
opposite their names respectively:
Chas. J. Seeds, Manchester Ia, First
Tuesday in April. 1921
E. NJ. Carr, Manchester la, First
Tuesday in 1921.
E. III. Hoyt, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1921.
Geo. w Durham, Manchester. Ia,
First Tuesday in April, 1921,
w. Fl. Hutchinson. Manchester, Ia,
First Tuesday in April, 1921.
F. B. Blair Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1922 49,
l.. Matthews, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April. 1922.
Hubert Carr. Manchester. Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1922.
JOS Hutchinson. Manchester, Ia,
First Tuesday in April. 1922.
VIM Hockaday Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1922.
A. r. Leroy, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1923.
A. D. Long, Manchester, Ia, First
r. VI. Thrill, Manchester, Ia, FIRST
Tuesday in April, 1928.
j. >. Jones, NdHcueSlSi, To-, TN -
Tuesday in April, 1928.
Chas Mccormick, Manchester, Ia,
First Tuesday in April, 1923.
the stockholders shall elect five direc-
tors to succeed those named above
whose terms of office expire on the
first Tuesday of April 1921; and on the
first Tuesday in April: 1922, the stock
succeed those named above whose
terms of office. expire on the first Tues
day in April, 1922; and on the first
Tuesday in April, 1928 the stockholderss
those named above whose terms OF OF.
flee expire on the first Tuesday OF
April. 1923; and annually thereafter on
the first Tuesday in April. me STOCK
holders shall elect five directors, all
directors so elected shall hold their
terms of office for three years. Every
director shall be stockholder ana II
any director shall sell or transfer MS
stock in this corporation he shall at
once cease to be director. Vacancies
occurring in the Board of Directors
shall be filled with a majority vote OF
the remaining directors.
ARTICLE V
The directors shall elect from their
own number, a president, yice-presi-
dent secretary, treasurer audltor, ana
a general managing board of five mem,
bers, whose duties may be regulated
and defined by the bylaws adopted by |
the Board of Directors, but in the an
sence of a specific regulation, the
duties of said officers shall be the same |
as are usual for like officers in railroad
ARTICLE VI
The following persons VINO were ell
ected officers of this corporation az IT'S
last annual meeting, held on the first
Tuesday in April, 1920, shall hold or
flee for the terms for which they we're
elected or until their successors are
elected and have qualified:
President, Joseph Hutchinson, Man
Vice President, E. H. Hoyt, Manches-
ter. Iowa. ,,
Iowa. ..
: Treasurer, A. r. Leroy, Manchester
Auditor, Chas. j. Seeds, Manchester,
General Managing Board.
Chairman, e. NJ. Carr, Manchester,
Joseph Hutchinson, Manchester,
Iowa.
e. H. Hoyt Manchester, Iowa.
A, r. Leroy, Manchester, Iowa
Chas. J. Seeds, Manchester. Iowa. :,
All officers of this corporation snail