stock of the said I. K., according to the statute in such case made and provided. The sum of fifty dollars remains due on each share. The sale will be held at the office of the said company, No. 10 E. street, in Jersey City, on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Dated January 3, 1881. T. L., Treasurer. XVIII. Certificate of payment of capital stock. [Should be made and recorded in the county clerk's office within thirty days after the payment of the last installment of the capital. Sections 30, 31, 32.] We, A. B., C. D. and E. F., the directors, the said A. B. being also the president, R. S. the secretary, and T. L. the treasurer of The P. M. Company, do hereby certify that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, the amount fixed as the total stock of said company, has been fully paid in in cash [or, by the purchase of property, as the case may be], the last installment of the same having been paid within the past thirty days. Witness our hands the...... day of, etc. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, SS. COUNTY OF HUDSON, A. B., President and Director. E. F., Director. R. S., Secretary. T. L., Treasurer. A. B., the president, R. S., secretary, T. L., treasurer, and the said A. B. and C. D., a majority of the directors of The P. M. Company, being severally duly sworn on their respective oaths, depose and say that the foregoing certificate by them signed is true. [Signatures.] Subscribed and sworn to, etc. XIX. Notice of annual meeting of stockholders. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of The P. M. Company will be held at the office of the company, number, etc., in the city of, etc., on Monday, the first day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-one, at twelve o'clock noon, for the election of a board of seven directors and for all other business that may properly come before the meeting. The transfer books will be closed for this purpose at the close of business on the tenth instant, and will be opened on the morning of the second of February. R. S., Secretary. Dated January 1, 1881. XX. Call for special meeting of stockholders. [The method of calling the meeting is to be determined by the by-laws. Section 21.] To Mr. E. F.-You are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the stockholders of The P. M. Company, to be held at the company's office, at No. 10 E. street, in Jersey City, on the first day of February next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of [state the object of the meeting]. By order of the Board of Directors. R. S., Secretary. XXI. Call for meeting by three stockholders, in case of officers' neglect or defective by-laws. [The call must be published for ten days in a newspaper circulating in the county wherein the business is conducted, or where the principal office is located. Section 51.] Notice is hereby given by A. B., C. D. and E. F., three stockholders of The Palisades Manufacturing Company, that a meeting of the stockholders of said company will be held at the company's principal office in Jersey City, on Monday, the seventh day of February next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of electing directors [or, as the case may be]. This call is issued by three stockholders because the officers of said company have improperly neglected to call such meeting [or other cause, as the case may be]. Dated January 25, 1881. XXII. Proxy to vote at annual meetings. [See provisions regarding proxies. Sections 21, 38.] [Signatures.] Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B., do hereby constitute and appoint R. S. my attorney and agent, for me and in my name, place and stead, to vote as my proxy at any annual meeting of the stockholders of The Palisades Manufacturing Company for the election of directors, and upon such other questions as may come before such annual meeting, according to the number of votes I should be entitled to cast if then personally present. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. Sealed and delivered in XXIII. Proxy to vote at special meeting. Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B,, do hereby constitute and appoint R. S. my attorney and agent, for me and in my name, place and stead, to vote as my proxy at a special meeting of the stockholders of The P. M. Company, to be held at the company's office, in the city of J., on the first day of June next, called to consider the adoption of a resolution of the directors passed on the tenth day of May instant, relative to the issuing of one million dollars of mortgage bonds of said company [or, as the case may be], according to the number of votes I should be entitled to cast if then personally present. In witness whereof [etc., as in last above form]. XXIV. Notice of dividend. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, The board of directors of this company have this day declared a dividend of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per share, payable on the first day of July next. The transfer books will be closed from the eleventh day of June to the second day of July next. By order of the Board. XXV. Notice of close of transfer books. J. N. K., Secretary. UNITED STATES EXPRESS COMPANY, The transfer books of this company will be closed May fifth, at three P. M., and re-opened May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. T. F. W., Secretary. XXVI. Power of attorney to collect dividend. Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B., of N., do authorize, constitute and appoint C. D., of J., to receive from The P. M. Company the dividend now due me on all stock standing in my name on the books of the said company, and receipt for the same; hereby ratifying and confirming all that may lawfully be done in the premises hereof. Witness, etc. [Signature and seal.] XXVII. List of directors to be filed annually. [This form is furnished by the secretary of state. See provisions regarding the same. Sections 49, 133.] STATEMENT BY CORPORATION TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. As required by an act of the legislature of New Jersey, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, The P. M. Company renders the following statement, to be filed in the department of state of the State of New Jersey: The principal office of the company is at No. - Montgomery street, Jersey City, New Jersey. The principal office of the company in New Jersey is at Jersey City. The business of the company is that of manufacturing and selling cotton fabrics [or, as the case may be].. At an election held at Jersey City on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the following-named persons were chosen directors, as noted: [NOTE.-First name those chosen at this election; then name those holding over, saying, "And the following hold over." If no election shall have been held on the day fixed by law, say, "No election having been held, the following directors, hitherto chosen, hold over."] 3d Vice-President, L. M. Dated January 3, 1881. The foregoing statement is correct and true. XXVIII. Certificate of increase of capital. A. B., President. [For provisions concerning increase, see section 194. See, also, sections 24, 116, 143, 193.] This is to certify that The Palisades Manufacturing Company proposes to increase its capital stock by adding thereto one hundred thousand dollars, divided into one thousand shares of one hundred dollars each, making the entire capital stock of said company two hundred thousand dollars, that amount having been determined by the board of directors of said company at a meeting held August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to which increase stockholders owning at least two-thirds in value of the existing capital stock of said company have assented. In witness whereof this certificate is signed by the president of said company, and its corporate seal is hereto affixed, and attested by its secretary, the fifth day of August, A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Attest: C. D., Secretary. A. B., President. [L. s.] We, the subscribers, stockholders owning at least two-thirds in value of the existing capital stock of The Palisades Manufacturing Company, do hereby assent to the proposed increase of said capital stock to two hundred thousand dollars, the amount determined by the board of directors of said company at a meeting held August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Dated August 2, 1889. [Signatures of stockholders.] [Add affidavit of secretary, or other person verifying the signatures, and proving the regularity of the proceedings required by the statute.] XXIX. Certificate relative to the issue of additional capital stock. [Vide section 220. This form is supplied by the secretary of state.] The P. M. Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, hereby certifies: FIRST. The original authorized capital stock of said company is one hundred thousand dollars, and the total amount issued is sixty thousand dollars. SECOND. In accordance with the provisions of "An act concerning corporations" [Revision], approved April 7, 1875, the said company determined, on the first day of November, 1891, that an additional issue of the capital stock of said company should be made to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. THIRD. The certificate authorizing such increase is the original certificate of organization of the said company, dated January 3, 1891, filed in the department of state, on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1891. FOURTH. In accordance with the provisions of chapter 177 of the laws of New Jersey of 1891, the board of directors of said company, on the first day of November, 1891, determined to issue two hundred shares of said increased capital stock, the par value of each share being one hundred dollars, the total increase twenty thousand dollars, and the total amount of stock issued, including said increase, eighty thousand dollars. [L. S.] In witness whereof this certificate is signed by the presi- Attest: R. S., Secretary. XXX. Certificate of reduction of capital, and change of nature of business. [For the proceedings, see section 33. See, also, sections 117, 120, 169.] We [name the president, secretary, treasurer and directors, as in above certificate], of The P. M. Company, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the stockholders of said company, duly called for that purpose, held on the .... day, etc., at the company's office in Jersey City, it was resolved, by the vote of more than twothirds in interest of said stockholders : FIRST. That the capital stock of said company be reduced to fifty thousand dollars, by calling in one-half the shares held by each shareholder and paying the par value thereof and canceling and retiring the same [or, by reducing the par value of each share to fifty dollars, or, as the case may be]. |