CORPORATIONS. THE GERMAN BANK OF WHEELING. I, James M. Pipes, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement, duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of "The German Bank of Wheeling," for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking in all its various branches, buying and selling gold and silver, United States bonds, bills of exchange, commercial paper, and other evidences of debt, loaning money on real or personal security, receiving money upon transient or special deposits, to issue certificates of loans and deposits for money deposited, and to pay interest on the same, and generally to carry on such business as is usually carried on by a bank of discount and deposit; which corporation shall have its principal office or place of business at Wheeling, Ohio county, and is to expire on the twentieth day of January, 1890. And, for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fifty thousand dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on the said subscriptions the sum of five thousand dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say by A. Reymann, ten shares; John P. Truschel, five shares; And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this twentieth day of January, 1870. [Signed,] A. REYMANN, AUGUST ROLF, JOHN P. TRUSCHEL. Wherefore, The corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety, a corpor ation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, at the city of Wheeling, this twenty-second day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy. SEAL JAMES M. PIPES, Secretary of the State. PEIDMONT WORKINGMEN'S STOCK COMPANY. I, James M. Pipes, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of the "Peidmont Workingmen's Stock Company," for the purpose of carrying on a general produce and dry goods store and mercantile business by retail, at Piedmont, in Mineral county. The stock to consist of dry goods, groceries, hardware, provisions, queensware, and such other articles as are kept for sale in a retail store, and as the wants of its customers may require. Which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Piedmont, in the county of Mineral, and state of West Virginia, and is to expire on the 1st day of January, 1890; and for the purpose of forming said corporation we have subscribed the sum of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of one hundred and forty-five dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares from time to time to twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, which are held by the underdersigned respectively as follows: That is to say, by Andrew J. Cromwell, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. John Gardner, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. Edward T. Cunningham, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. Joseph V. Bell, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. Thomas J. Barrett, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. John Harman, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (four) 4 shares. Fredrick Grim, of Westernport, Alleghany county, Maryland, (two) *2 shares. Sylvesters A. Sylvers, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (two) 2 shares.. Thomas Powell, of Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, (one) 1 share. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this. 25th day of January, 1870. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety, a corporation by the name and for the purposes set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, at the city of Wheeling, this twenty-eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy. SEAL JAMES M. PIPES, THE OHIO RIVER FIRE BRICK MAKERS' ASSOCIATION. I, James M. Pipes, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of The Ohio River Fire Brick Makers' Association, for the purpose of manufacturing, mining and dealing in fire clay and its products, which cor poration shall keep its principal office or place of business at New Cumberland, in the county of Hancock, and is to expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of 8,100 dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of 810 dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares from time to time to 50,000 dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of 100 dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say, by Porter and Anderson & Co., New Cumberland, W. Va., 6 shares; J. L. Freeman & Co., Freeman's Landing, W. Va., 6 shares; David Troup, New Cumberland, W. Va., 2 shares; Thos. Manypenny & Sons, New Cumberland, W. Va., 4 shares; And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of January, 1870. [Signed.] PORTER, ANDERSON & CO., T. ANDERSON & CO., SMITH, PORTER & CO., N. W. WALKER & CO., DAVID TROUP, THOMAS MANY PENNY & SONS,, M. CULLEN & BROS., JOHN MOREN & CO. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date, unti |