Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1917 — ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION [ARTICLE]

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

COLUMBIA FURNITURE COMPANY HAS INSTRUMENT RECORDED. Thse articles of association witdesseth * That E. N. Loy of Rnsselaer, Emi< Besser of Remington, Solon G. Speigel of Rensselaer, S. O. Penrod of Rensselaer, and A. M. Loy of Rensselaer, hereby agree to associate themselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation as follows: First, the corporate name of such association shall be “The Columbia Furniture Company.” Second, the object of the association shall be the manufacture of furniture of all kinds and the sale thereof. It shall be the plan of the ' association to purchase its timber, lumber and other raw material and manufacture the same into plain and upholstered household and office furniture and to sell the same as manufactured. Third, the amount of capitol stock of such association shall be twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, divided into two hundred (200) shares of one hundred ($100) dollars each. Fourth, the term of existance of such association shall be fifty (50) years. Fifth, the number of directors who shall manage the affairs of the association shall be five (5). The director who shall manage the affairs for the first year will be E. N. Loy, Emil Besser, Solon G. Speigel, S. O. Penrod and A. M. Loy. Sixth, the principal place of business of such association will be in Rensselaer, Indiana. Approved and filed by Ed Jackson, Secretary of State, Sept. 5, 1917.