The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-02
June 25-July 2
June 25-July 2
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE SMITH AGENCY, IN.
CORPORATED.

AA11OAEO Or 1NSORI .OhA11OAN
OF THE SMITH AGENCY, IN
CoRPORATED.
We, the undersigned, do hereby
associate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming. Corporation
under Chapter So of the General
Statutes of Minnesota for 1923 and
Amendments thereto, and do hereby
adopt the following articles;
ARTICLE 1
The name of this Corporation shall
be THE SMITH AGENCY, INCOR-
PORATED, and, its special place of
business shall be at the City of Red
wood Falls, in the County of Red
wood and State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE II
The general nature of the business
and purpose of said Corporation shall
be, as follows:
To buy, sell, exchange, improve,
maintain and generally deal in real
properties, improved or unimproved;
office buildings, store buildings, dwell
ing houses, and any rights and in
terests therein; to build, construct,
operate, maintain, lease and sell
dwelling houses; store buildings, and
business houses of all kinds, and
description, to buy, sell, exchange and
maintain farm lands of all kinds, to
maintain a general Real Estate
Agency and Brokerage business, in
GLIDING the right to manage farms
and farm lands, to act as agent,
broker, attorney-in-fact for any per-
SON or corporation, to make and OBJ
tain loans on real estate, improved
or unimproved and look after, super
wise and protect such property and
loans and all interest and claims af
fecting same. To acquire, buy, hold,
own, sell, hire, lease, mortgage,
pledge and otherwise deal in all kinds
of property, chattels, and chattels
real, including the financing of the
sale of automobiles, wash hing ma
chimes, radios and all other personal
property of every name, nature and
description; to sell, exchange, pledge
and deal in all kinds of finance notes,
bills Of sale, chattel mortgages, and
other evidence of Indebtedness, secur-
ed or unsecured, and otherwise deal
in all kinds of property both real,
personal or mixed. To have property
insured against fire and other casual
ties; to investigate the credit, finan-
cial solvency and sufficiency of bor-
rowers, mortgagors and sureties upon
bonds; mortgages and other under
takings; to acquire, own, improve,
manage, operate, sell, mortgage, re-
lease and otherwise dispose of any
property real or personal, and to
make mortgages and assignments Of
mortgages on same.
To maintain an agency for the
writing and selling of insurance,
issued by regular incorporated in
surance companies; domestic and
foreign, for the insurance Of human
beings against death, sickness or per-
sonal injury, or any and all kinds of
property against loss or damage from
fire, water, wind, burglary and other
causes; liability insurance and fidelity
and surety bonds and undertakings
and the power to issue same in carry
ing out such other insurance and bond
business as may be necessary, includ-
ing the selling of any and all kinds
of automobile insurance.
To conduct a general insurance
agency and insurance brokerage bust
ness, consisting of fire, casualty, plate
glass, steam boilers, elevators, acct
dent, fidelity, marine, hail, physicians
defense insurance, life insurance and
all other kinds of insurance pertain
ing to lives of human beings and
property.
To buy, sell, and otherwise acquire,
dispose of and deal in Government,
Municipal, Corporation, Association,
and individual bonds, mortgages and
debentures of all kinds; also in stocks
and chooses in action of all kinds,
trust receipts, receivers certificates,