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All taxes hereafter levied against said lands and that may become payable prior to the cutting of said timber are to be paid by said. . . . . part. . . . previous to the day appointed by law for the sale of lands for such taxes, and the above described lands and premises, in the quiet, peaceable and exclusive possession of the said part of the second part, . . . heirs, executors and assigns, against all persons lawfully claiming the whole or any part thereof.

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the said part of the first part will warrant and

In Testimony Whereof, The said part of the first part hereunto set..... hand and affixed. . . . . seal day and year first above written.

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Signed, Sealed and Delivered

In Presence of

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(Seal.)

(Seal.)

(Acknowledgment.)

NOTE.-Standing timber and stumpage must be conveyed by deed, as above, being an interest in land.-See text.

No. 48.

STUMPAGE CONTRACT.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, Made and concluded this..

A. D. 190...., by and between

part of the first part, and

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part of the second part,

WITNESSETH, That the said part of the first part, for and in consideration of the payments hereinafter mentioned, to be made by the part..... of the second part to the part of the first part, ha agreed, and by these presents do agree, to sell and convey to the part of the second part as much of the merchantable pine timber now standing, grow

ing or being on the following described lands situated in County, and State of Wisconsin, as

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may remove prior to

And to give the said part of the second part good and sufficient title thereto when the payments hereafter mentioned are made, hereby giving the said part of the second part permission to enter upon said premises and cut into saw-logs the merchantable pine timber growing thereon, during the logging season of and not thereafter; and all timber and saw-logs remaining on said premises after shall be and remain the property of the party of the first part. And the said part of the second part hereby agree to mark said sawlogs for a bark mark and for an end or stamp mark which marks shall be recorded in the Lumber Inspector's office, and shall be known as the property of the part of the first part. And it is expressly agreed and understood, as an essential part of this contract, that until all payments hereafter mentioned have been made, and all the conditions set forth in this contract shall have been performed, the title, ownership and possession of all of said timber, and the saw-logs which may hereafter be cut therefrom, wherever the same may be, shall be and remain in the part of the first part.

That the said part of the second part, in consideration thereof, agree to pay for said timber the sum of Dollars, as follows, to-wit:. with interest at the rate of per cent. per annum according to the terms of note bearing even date herewith.

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Part of the second part is to pay all taxes assessed and becoming due while this agreement is in force ....

This agreement is signed in duplicate and shall bind the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of the parties hereto respectively.

In Witness Whereof, The said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

In Presence of

(Add Acknowledgment.)

No. 49.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

(Seal.) .(Seal.)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned, adult residents of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby make, sign and agree to the following Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE FIRST.-The undersigned have associated, and do hereby associate themselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under Chapter 86, of the Wisconsin Statutes of 1898, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, the business and purposes of which corporation shall be

which said business is to be carried on within the State of and especially within the County of

in said State.

ARTICLE SECOND.-The name of said corporation shall be
and its location shall be in the
Wisconsin.

ARTICLE THIRD.-The capital stock of said corporation shall be
and the same shall consist of

shares, each of which said shares shall be of the face or par value of dollars, (if preferred stock is contemplated, provision should be

made here)

ARTICLE FOURTH.-The general officers of said corporation shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and the Board of Directors shall consist of

stockholders,

ARTICLE FIFTH.-The principal duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors

a general supervision of the affairs of the corporation

and to have

The principal duties of the Vice-President shall be to discharge the duties of the President in the event of the absence or disability, for any cause whatever, of the latter.

The principal duties of the Secretary shall be to countersign all deeds, leases and conveyances executed by the corporation, affix the seal of the corporation thereto, and to such other papers as shall be required or directed to be sealed, and to keep a record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors, and to safely and systematically keep all books, papers, records and documents belonging to the corporation, or in any wise pertaining to the business thereof.

The principal duties of the Treasurer shall be to keep and account for all moneys, credits and property, of any and every nature, of the

corporation, which shall come into his hands, and keep accurate accounts, statements and inventories of moneys received and disbursed, and of money and property on hand, and generally of all matters pertaining to his office, as shall be required by the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors may provide for the appointment of such additional officers as they may deem for the best interests of the corporation. Whenever the Board of Directors may so order the offices of secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same person.

The said officers shall perform such additional or different duties as shall from time to time be imposed or required by the Board of Directors, or as may be prescribed from time to time by the by-laws.

ARTICLE SIXTH.-Only persons holding stock according to the regulations of the corporation shall be members of it.

ARTICLE SEVENTH.-These articles may be amended by resolution setting forth such amendment or amendments, adopted at any meeting of the stockholders by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the stock of said corporation then outstanding.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands, this
..day of...

In Presence of

A. D. 190......

STATE OF WISCONSIN, .COUNTY. day of

SS.

Personally came before me this
A. D. 190...., the above named

and

to me known to be the persons who executed the

foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same.

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being each duly sworn, doth each for himself depose and say that he is one of the original signers of the above declaration and articles; that the above and foregoing is a true, correct and complete copy of such original declaration and articles, and of the whole thereof.

this

Subscribed and sworn to before me
day of.
A.D. 190.....

Notary Public, Wisconsin.

NOTE.-The original articles should be sent to the Secretary of State, with filing fee, if any. A copy of the articles, together with the above affidavit should also be sent. The copy, with a certificate attached, will be returned by the Secretary, with a certificate of incorporation.

No. 50.

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

At a

meeting of the stockholders of the a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, which meeting was duly convened pursuant to the

Articles and By-Laws of said corporation, and at which meeting were present, either in person or by proxy, the owners [Two-thirds of all stock outstanding in case of stock corporations, and at least one-half of the members when without stock, unless a greater vote is required by its articles.] of.

the following resolution was duly adopted by the affirmative vote of all stockholders present:

Resolved, That the Articles of Association of said

be so amended so as (to increase or diminish the stock from $..

to $... ...; or change officers as follows; or change name or location, or provide anything which might have been provided in the original ar

ticles.)

We, the undersigned, President, and

Secretary, of

do hereby certify that the foregoing amendment to the Articles of Association of was duly adopted at a meeting of the stockholders of said Company, duly convened according to the Articles and By-Laws of said Company, which meeting was held at the principal office of said Corporation at the

of

in the year 190..

on the

day of

And we do further certify that such amendment was adopted at said meeting by the affirmative votes of the owners [ More than two-thirds of all the capital stock of said Corporation then outstanding, or a majority of the members, as the case may be.] of...

and that the foregoing copy of such resolution and amendment to said Articles of Association is a full, true and correct copy of the original thereof.

In Witness Whereof, We, the said.
the President, and

the Secret

ary, have hereunto set our hands and have caused the [Corporate Seal.] Corporate Seal of the said.

to be affixed hereto at

.day of

this

A. D. 190....

President, Secretary.

No. 51.

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME.

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the stockholders of the a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin, held at the office of the Company in the City of Wisconsin on

190... at which more than two-thirds of the outstanding stock of said Company was represented, a resolution was duly adopted, changing the name of said corporation to that of

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Secretary of said Company.

NOTE.-This notice must be published for three weeks in a newspaper published at or nearest to place of location of such corporation, within two months after name is changed.

No. 52.

CERTIFICATE OF STOCK.

No...........

........Shares

The

This Certifies that

Company Incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin. is the owner of

shares

of

Dollars each of the Capital Stock of the

Company, fully paid and non-assessable, transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder of this certificate properly indorsed.

In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with its seal at Wisconsin this

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day of

President.

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Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin, fully paid and non-assessable, transferable on the books of the company in person or by attorney by endorsement and surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

The privileges accorded to the preferred stock of this corporation over its common stock are the following: Before any dividend shall be paid to the holders of common stock, the holders of preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the profits of the company a dividend at the rate of per annum, such dividends to be cumulative.

In Witness Whereof, said corporation has caused these presents to be executed by its proper officers, and its seal to be hereto attached, this day of

190....

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Company.

President,

Secretary.

NOTE. -It may also be provided that after the common stock receives a dividend of a certain percentage that therafter the preferred and common stock shall share equally in the profits, etc. It may also be provided that the preferred stock shall have preference over the common in the distribution of corporate assets, but such a provision must be authorized by the articles of incorporation and by a unanimous vote of the common stockholders. "All privileges accorded to preferred stock shall be stated on all certificates, both of preferred and common stock." Blank forms for common and preferred stock may be obtained at stationery stores.

No. 54.

ASSIGNMENT OF STOCK.

For Value Received, I hereby sell, assign and transfer to
shares of the capital stock of the..

evidenced by this certificate, and hereby constitute and appoint
as my agent and attorney to transfer said stock on the books of said
corporation, with full power of substitution.

Dated

In Presence of

190....

.(Seal.)

(To be endorsed on certificate.)

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