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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 November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, a corporation, 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 Wheeling, this fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State.

SEAL.

THE GERMAN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

OF WHEELING.

I, John S. Witcher, 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 German Printing and Publishing Association of Wheeling,' for the purpose of publishing a German newspaper and carrying on the printing business generally; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Wheeling, West Virginia, and is to expire on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation we have subscribed the sum of three hundred dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on the said subscription the sum of thirty dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by the sale of additional shares from time to time to twenty thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of ten dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively, as follows, that is to say, John Roemer, five shares ; Augustus Pollack, five shares; Anton Reymann, five shares; Joseph Seybold, five shares; J. H. Diss Debar, five shares; John Oesterling, five shares; all of the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like

amount.

Given under our hands this sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

[Signed,]

JOHN ROEMER,
J. H. DISS DEBAR,
AUGUSTUS POLLACK,
A. REYMANN,
JOSEPH SEYBOLD,
JOHN OESTERLING.”

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 November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, a corporation 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 Wheeling, this tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State.

SEAL.

WHEELING LODGE NO. 9, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD

FELLOWS.

I, John S. Witcher, 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 'Wheeling Lodge No. 9, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,' for the purposes of benevolence and charity, and for that purpose desire the privilege to make such by-laws and regulations as shall be adopted by a majority of the members thereof for the government of said lodge. To have a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have perpetual succession; to purchase, hold, lease, sell and convey, for the purposes aforesaid, real estate to the value of five thousand dollars, and personal property to the value of eight thousand dollars. And said corporation shall keep its office or place of business at Wheeling, in the state of West Virginia.

Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

[Signed,]

JACOB MORRIS,

R. G. BARR,

JAS. HOLLINGSWORTH,
WM. ELLINGHAM,

N. W. BECK."

Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date a perpetual corporation 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 Wheeling, this sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State.

SEAL.

THE MOOREFIELD BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

I, John S. Witcher, 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 'Moorefield Building Co-operative Association,' for the purpose of accumulating a fund, in a safe and easy way, by the savings of the members thereof, and the profits thereon, to enable them to purchase homesteads, and to improve the same by building thereon, the business thereof being to loan out the assets of said corporation to the corporators therein, or to others, for the purposes aforesaid; to discount paper, or purchase the same, or to invest in any desirable personal securities, or receive deposits; which corporation shall keep its principal place or office of business at Moorefield, in the county of Hardy, and is to expire on the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed, the sum of eight hundred and sixty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of eighty-six dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by the sale of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of ten dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say: Samuel A. McMechen, twenty shares; John W. Inskeep, ten shares; Gottlieb Hutton, ten shares; David L. Wilson, ten shares; Robert A. Wilson, ten shares; Isaac Hutton, ten shares; Edward O. Harwood, fiye shares; D. O. Maupin, five shares; Joseph Sprigg, five shares; Isaac G. Mask, one share. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount.

Given under our hands, this first day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

[Signed,]

S. A. McMECHEN,
JOHN W. INSKEEP,
GOTTLEIB HUTTON,
D. L. WILSON,

R. A. WILSON,

E. O. HARWOOD,
ISAAC HUTTON,
D. O. MAUPIN,
ISAAC G. MASK,
JOSEPH SPRIGG."

Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, a corporation 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 Wheeling, this sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

SEAL.

JOHN S. WITCHER,

Secretary of the State.

THE BARNSVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

I, John S. Witcher, 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 'Barnsville Manufacturing Company,' for the purpose of manufacturing all kinds of woolen and woolen and cotton goods; also, all kinds of flour and feed, and buying and selling wool and woolen goods and mixtures of cotton and woolen fabrics; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Barnsville, in the county of Marion, and is to expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fifty thousand nine hundred dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of fifty thousand nine hundred dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred 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 as follows, that is to say: by James F. Barns, of Barnsville, one hundred and sixty-five shares; James R. Fleming of Barnsville, one hundred and thirty-nine shares; Elmies Hamilton, of Marion county, West Virginia, one hundred and thirty shares; John S. Barns, of Barnsville, sixty shares; Henry Lee Barns, of Barnsville, fifteen shares. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like

amount.

Given under our hands, this fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

[Signed,]

JAMES F. BARNS,
JAMES R. FLEMING,
ELMIES HAMILTON,

JOHN S. BARNS,

HENRY LEE BARNS."

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 eighty-nine, a corporation 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 Wheeling, this ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

SEAL.

JOHN S. WITCHER,
Secretary of the State.

THE POINT PLEASANT MARINE RAILWAY COMPANY.

I, John S. Witcher, 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 Point Pleasant Marine Railway Company,' for the purpose of building a marine railway or floating dock, and building or repairing all kinds of sea-going vessels, steamboats, propellers, canal boats, keel boats, barges, etc.; also the manufacture of sash, doors, window blinds, and lumber of all descriptions; and the erection of a machine shop for the building and repairing of all kinds of machinery; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at the town of Point Pleasant, in the county of Mason and state of West Virginia, and is to expire on the second day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of nine thousand dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sale of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred 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: James Capehart by F. W. Sisson, fifty-five shares; James Crookham, by F. W. Sisson, ten shares; Francis W. Sisson, five shares; C. Shrewsbury, thirteen shares; Robert S. Bickle, six shares; Frederick Ford, five shares; Daniel Polsley, by D. W. Polsley, five shares; D. W. Polsley, ten shares; Samuel G. Shaw, three shares; William H. Tomlinson, three shares; all of Mason county, West Virginia, and the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount.

Given under our hands this eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

[Signed,]

JAMES CAPEHART,

By F. W. Sisson.
JAMES CROOKSHAM,
By F. W. Sisson.

F. W. SISSON,
R. S. BICKLE,
DANIEL POLSLEY,

Per D. W. Polsley.

D. W. POLSLEY,
C. SHREWSBURY,
W. H. TOMLINSON,
S. G. SHAW,
F. FORD."

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