The labor world., 1922-07-15
Certificate Of Incorporation
Or
ELMER MERCANTILE
COMPANY.

corporate and do adopt the following
Articles of incorporation:
The name OF this corporation shall
be Elmer Mercantile Company.
The general business of this cor.
poration shall be the sale at retail OF
goods. wares and merchandise ana
such articles as are commonly USED
In farming communities, toSether
with the purchase and sale OF farm
and forest products. and such other
acts as are convenient or necessary
In the operation Of a country store.
III.
The principal place of transacting
the business of this corporation shall
be the Station of Elmer. st. Louis
County, State of Minnesota.
".
The time for the commencement Of
this corporation shall be May 10th,
1922. and the period of its duration
shall be thirty years.
v.
The names and residences OF the
persons forming this corporation are:
Florence Erspamer. Regina Erspa-
mer and Thorwald Hansen, all of Du-
luth. Minnesota.
The management Of this corpora
tion shall be vested in a Board of Di-
rectors. composed of not less than
CnIee Or more lNd II seven
The names and addresses of the first
Board of Directors are: Florence Frs
pamer. Regina Erspame and Thor
wald Hansen. all of Duluth. Mime
sofa. The first officers of this corpor-
alton shall be Florence Erspamer.
President and Treasurer. and Thor
valid Hansen, Secretary. All the above
named officers shall hold their re-
spective offices aforesaid until the
next annual meeting of the corpora
tion. to be held on the second Friday
in January, 1923, at ten o'clock A..
NJ. at which time and annually there
after a Board of Directors shall be
elected from and by the stockholders
Of this corporation.
VII.
The annual meeting of this corpor--
alton shall be held at it's principal
place of business. or at such place as
the President may designate, on the
second Friday of January of each
year. Immediately after the election
OF the directors, or as soon thereafter
as practica BILE, the directors shall
meet and elect from their number. or
from the stockholders, a President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treas
President and Vice President. may
be held by one person. The directors
and officers Of this corporation shall
hold their respective offices until
their successors have been duly elect
ed and entered upon the discharge
of their duties. The first meeting OF
the stockholders and Board of Direc-
tors shall be held at Duluth. Minne-
1922. at 1900 o'clock A. NJ and 1880
o'clock A. NJ, respectively.
VIII.
The amount of the capital stock OF
this corporation shall be Fifty Thou
sand Dollars $50,OOO.0O), which shall
be paid in in money or property. or
both. in such manner, al such times
and in such amounts as the Board
thousand t5O.OO0) shares of the par
value of One Dollar (s1.0O) each. The
highest amount Of Indebtedness or
liability to which this corporation
the sum of One Hundred Thousand
IN TEsTIMoNY WHEREOF, We
have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 9Th day of May, 1929.
FLORENCE ERSPAMER,
REGINA ERSPAMER,
THORWALD HANSEN.
In Presence Of:
PANsY LOUISE MCCOY.
CHAS. V. MCCOY.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. Louis.-ss.
on this 9th day of May. 1922, be-
fore me, Notary Public within and
for said County and State. personally
appeared Florence Erspamer, Regina
me known to be the persons described
In and who executed the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged that
they executed the same as their free
act and deed.
CHAS V. Mccoy,
Notary Public.
st. Louis County. Mimi.
,oS5y NY commission expires June so'
STATE or MINNESOTA, DEPART
ment of state.
hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
office on the 12th day of May. A. D.
lE2. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. and was
duly recorded in Book MA of Incor-
MIKE HOLM,
Secretary of State.
3554G9
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS.
State Of Minnesota, County of st.
IOuis.--SS.
] hereby certify that the within IN
strument was filed in this office for
record June "a. 1922 at 3 P. NJ. and
was duly recorded in Book 23 of Misc,
CHAS CALTIGAN.
Register Of Deeds.
By c. L. LOFGREN.
Deputy.
l. ". July s-15, 1922.
Order Limiting Time to File Claims,
and For Hearing Thereon.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
St; Louis.-ss. In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate Of John
Gustavson. Decedent.
Letters of administration this day
having been granted to Ellen Gus
It is ordered. That the time within
wheh all dacsdsn of the abGvs
against his estate in this Court. be-,
and the same hereby is, limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that the 10th day of Oc-
tober, 1922. at ten o'clock A. NJ. in
House at Duluth in said County. pe;
appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon. the examination. adj
5nstment and allowance, of such
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
Dor World as provided by law.
Dated, Duluth. Mimi. June 13. 1922.
S. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
tseal Probate Court. st. Louis Co.,
GREENE. FORBES & BOYLE,
303 Court House
L. w., June "a. July 1-8, 1922.
Summons.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Judicial District.
Benjamin F. Schweiger andl