Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-06-23
AMENDED AND SUBSTITUTED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
AND ONEIDA Raj
yyAy COMPANY.

ARTICLE l.
The name of this corporation shall be
the Manchester and Oneida Railway
ARTICLE II.
Its principal place of business shall
be at Manchester, in the county of Del
aware and State of Iowa.
ARTICLE III.
The object of the corporation shall
be the operation, owning. and controll-
ing in whole or in part of the Manches-
ter and Oneida Railroad from and
through said city of Manchester to and
Iowa, and Incorporation, owning, leas-
ing buying and controlling of such ex-
tensions of said line as may be deemed
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-
sonal property and such real estate, as
may be necessary or convenient for the
proper conduct Of the affairs of the
corporation. All conveyances 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 at
tached. if the corporation has seal:
and all releases of mortgages, liens
judgments or other claims that are
required by law to be made of record
may be executed by the president, or
secretary of the 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
Chas l.. Seeds, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April 1921.
E. NJ. Carr, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in 1921.
f. H. Hoyt, Manchester, Ia, FIRST
n Apri1. 1921
Geo. W. Durham, Manchester. Ia,
First Tuesday in April, 1921.
W. H. Hutchinson, Manchester, Ia,
First Tuesday in April, 1871
F. B: Blair, Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April. 1922.
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, :, ,,rst
VIM Hockaday. Manchester Ia, F1rst
Tuesday in April, 1922.
A. r. Leroy. Manchester, Ia, First
Tuesday in April, 1923 :, r,rs+
A. d. Long, Manchester, La, F1rst
Tuesday in April, 1928.
r. W. Thrill. Manchester, Ia. First
Tuesday in April, 1923. -.
]. S. Jones. Manchester, Ia, FIRST
Tuesday in April, 1928.
Chas Mccormick. Manchester, la
First Tuesday in April, 1873
On the first Tuesday in April, 1921
the stockholders shall elect five d;rec-
tors to succeed those named above
whose terms of office expire on the
first Tuesday of April, 1921 and on inc
first Tuesday in April, 1922 the STOCK
holders shall elect i've , airec.or rSos We
terms Of office expire on the first Tues
day in April. 1922: and on the FIRST
Tuesday in April, 1928, the stockholders
shall elect five directors 70 suecetu
flee expire on the first Tuesaay OF
April 1928: and annually thereafter on
the first Tuesday in April. The STOCK
holders shall elect five dlrecl9rs; an
terms of office for three years. Every
director shall be stakeholder and II
any director shall sell or transfer ms
stock in this corporation he snail at
once cease to be director. Vacancies
occurring in the Board of Directors
shall be filled with majority vote OF
the remaining directors.
ARTICLE V
The directors shall elect from their
own number president, vice-presl-
dent, secretary, treasurer, auditor, 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 alb
sence of a specific regulation. the
duties of said officers shall be the same
as are usual for like officers in railroad
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ARTICLE VI.
The following persons who We're ell
ected officers of this corporation at its
last annual meeting, held on the first
Tuesday in April, 1920, shall hold Of
flee for the terms for which they We're
elected or until their successors are
elected and have qualified:
President, Joseph Hutchinson, Man
chester, Iowa.
ter, Iowa.
Iowa.
Treasurer, A. r. Leroy, Manchester,
Iowa.
I Auditor, Chas. j. Seeds, Manchester,
Iowa.
General Managing Board.
Chairman, E. NJ. Carr, Manchester,
Iowa.
Joseph Hutchinson, Manchester,
Iowa.
Z. H Hoyt, Manchester, Iowa.
A r. Leroy. Manchester, Iowa.
Chas J. Seeds Manchester, Iowa.
officers of this corporation shall