The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

Incorporation of the De LaSalle
Knights OF Columbus Building Asso
citation, whose principal place Of
business is in the city of Keoliuk,
Lee County, Iowa. The general nature
of the business to be transacted by
1.-THE corporation is to buy. own, lease,
cucumber and sell real estate and
personal property, wherever situated,
and to manage the same, and to exc
lcute contracts relative thereto, 10
act as agent or attorney in fact for
Iany person, association or corpora
ltion in the purchase. management
and control of real and personal prop
erty, and in the sale or conveyance
| OF same; to buy, own, exchange,
assign. transfer and sell all kinds of
bonds, negotiable paper, investment
securities and stocks, including the
stock of this corporation. to improve
real estate and to erect thereon
buildings or other improvements or
appurtenances for the purpose OF
operating the same, or leasing all or
any part OF the same to other per-
sons, associations or corporations for
operation, entertainment. pleasure,
profit or any other lawful purpose;
Ito issue bonds and other obligations;
to mortgage or pledge stocks, bonds
or any property acquired by 1t and
in general to have all of the powers
with which corporations are invested
by the laws OF the State of Iowa.
The amount OF the authorized capt
tai stock of said corporation is Fifty
thousand dollars ($5O,000.0O) divided
into one thousand (1000) shares of
the par value of Fifty dollars ts5000)
each. Said stock may be either COM
mon or preferred as the board of
directors may from time to time de-
termine, but there shall not be issued
or outstanding more than Forty-five
thousand dollars (s45 .OOO.00) of pre-.
ferred stock at any one time, and COM
mon stock shall be issued to and owned
only by De LaSalle Council knights
of Columbus Number GIG Of Keokuk,
Iowa. No stock shall be issued until
the corporation has received payment
in full therefor, in cash. property or
other equivalent approved and al.
lowed by the executive council of the
state of Iowa and be worcestershire.
The corporation reserves the right
to purchase and retire any or all pre-
ferred stock outstanding by paying to
the respective owners the par value
thereof plus the pro rata proportion
Of the dividends for the current year
in which the same is retired.
The corporation commenced bust !
ness on the date that its certificate
of Incorporation was issued by the
Secretary of State, to-wit, December
goth, 1919, and shall terminate twenty
years from said date unless sooner
dissolved by a vote Of not less than
two-thirds (2-3) Of the capital stock
then outstanding. The affairs of the
corporation are to be conducted by
board of seven ca directors and the
officers shall be president, Vice
president, secretary and treasurer.
The directors shall be elected by the
stockholders at the annual meeting
and the officers shall be elected by
the board of directors The officers
and directors shall hold their Offices
for one year or until their successors
are elected and qualified. Vacancies
in the board of directors shall be
filled by the remaining directors I'M
til the next annual meeting of stock
holders. Until the annual meeting
of stockholders in the year 1920 the
following persons shall constitute the
beard of directors: e. W. McManus,
Chester B. Schouten, James T. Nc
Carthy. John. Tumelty, Joseph
O'Brien, Thomas H. Joyce and Frank
J. Ewers, and the following shall be
officers: E.. w. McManus. president:
Thomas H. Joyce, vice-president;
Chester B. Schouten, secretary, and
John Tumelty, treasurer.
The annual meeting of the corpora
ton shall be held on the first Mon
day in February of each year and at
every meeting of the stockholders
each stakeholder shall be entitled to
one vote for each share of stock held
by him.
The highest amount of indebted
ness to which the corporation shall
at any one time subject itself shall
not exceed two-thirds (2-3) OF it's paid
up and outstanding capital stock; but
it may issue its bonds as provided by
Section 1911 of the Code Of Iowa and
amendments thereto.
The private property Of the stock.
holders is to be exempt from liability
for corporate. debts.
The articles of incorporation of
said corporation are recorded in the
Office of the recorder of Lee County.
Iowa, at Keokuk in Incorporation
book number 5 at page 231 and in
the Office of the secretary of state
of the state OF Iowa at Des Moines
and said articles are made part of
this notice by reference
Dated Keokuk, Iowa, January 9th,
1920
+. w. McMANUS,
CHESTER B. SCHOUTEN,
JAMES T. MCCARTHY,
JOHN TUMELTY,
JOSEPH O'BRIEN,
THOS H Joyce