Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-22
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
of

For the purpose of organizing cor
poration under the provisions OF chapter
SIS of the General Statutes of Minnesota
for 1928. and all acts amendatorv there
of and supplemental thereto, the under
signed hereby associate themselves To-
gether and adopt the following Certln-
cate of Incorporation:
Article i.
The name of this corporation shall be
j. f. SWANSON & son, lNCOltPO-
RATED. The general nature OF its
business shall be the operation OF farms
and farming properties. the raising. pro-
duction, marketing. buying ana SellinS
of grains. fruits, berries, vegetables.
grasses, hay. livestock. dairy productS'
and all farm and dairy products gen
orally; the buying. owning. improving.
operating, selling and dealing IN farm
properties. lands, buildings ana pro-
duets. buying. owning. selling and DEAL
ing in notes. bonds. stocks. mortgages
and chattel securities; the buying. OWN
ing, selling and dealing in real ana per
sonal property generally and other Dusl-
ness and transactions reasonably OF
necessarily incident to the foregoing.
The principal place OF business OF inns
corporation shall be at the Town OF
Royalton. County of Pine. Minnesota.
with poStoffice address at Braham, MIN
nesota, Route l. and the period OF lts
duration shall be thirty 600 years from
and after the 18th day OF August, l9Z9.
Article III.
The names and residences of the in
corporators of this corporation are: >.
l.. Swanson, Edward Swanson. ana Anna
c. Swanson. all residing IN the IoWn
of Royalton. Pine County. Minnesota,
with post office address Braham. Min
nesota, Route /.
Article III.
The management of this corporation
shall be vested in a board of not less
than three (3) and not more than nVe
90 directors. who shall be elected from
the stockholders thereof at the annual
meeting of said stockholders which snail
be held at the principal place OF DuSl-
ness of said corporation at ten O'Clock
i'm the forenoon of the second TUESDAY
i'm January of each year, without other
notice than this certificate, and until
the first election of said directors. the
above named incorporators shall consti-
tute and be the directors of this corpo-
ration. :,
The officers of this corporation shall
be President, Vice-President. Secretary
and Treasurer and shall be elected by
the directors from their number. at
their annual meeting, which shall be
held at the same place as and immedle
ately following the annual meeting OF
the said stockholders, without otner
notice than this certificate; the office
of treasurer and any other office OF this
person. Until the next animal meeting
the officers of this corporation shall be
Swanson. Vice President; and Edward
Swanson, Secretary and Treasurer.
All officers and directors shall hold
Office for a period OF one ~ y year ana ana
accept office.
Article Nv.
The amount of capital stock or TINS
corporation shall be Twenty Thousand
Dollars (S20.000.00), which shall be
paid in in money or property. or both
in such manner, at such times, and In
such amounts the Board of Directors
shall order. The capital stock shall be
divided into two hundred (2OO shares
of the par value of One Hundred Dol
lars ($100.0O) each.
Article ".
The highest amount of Indebtedness
or liability to which this organization
shall at any time be subject shall be
the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($1O.-
100000.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. We have
hereunto set our hands and seals this
Thirty-firs (3D day of July. 1929.
JOHN h. SWANSON.
ALMA c. SWANSON.
EDWARD SWANSON.
In the presence of:
Henry l.. SoderquiSt.
Ella n. WILCOX.
On this 31st day of July. A. ID. 1929,
before me, a Notary Public within and
for said county, personally appeared
John +. Swanson, Edward Swanson and
Alma e. Swanson. to me known to be
the persons described in and who exc
cuted the foregoing instrument. and
acknowledged that they executed the
same as their free act and deed.
HENRY L. SODERQUIST,
Notary Public. Isanti County. Mime
sofa. My commission expires Decem-
Der 3d. 1892.
(Notarial SeaD
Aug. 15-22)