MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 11 
- INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, 
John §. Harris, of La Crescent, Houston county, John H. 
Stevens, of Hennepin county, Wyman Elliot, Charles Hoag, 
J. T. Grimes, A. Stewart, R. J. Mendenhall, Peter M. Gideon 
and Charles H. Clark, all of Hennepin county, D. A. J. Baker, 
Truman M. Smith, D. A. Robertson, William E. Brimhall, H. 
J. Brainard, L. M. Ford and Wm. Paist, all of Ramsey county, 
and Thomas Ramsden of Washington county, O. F. Brand, 
A. W. McKinstry and Levi Nutting, all of Rice county, and 
P. A. Jewell, of Wabasha, EH. H. S. Dartt, of Owatonna, Steele 
county, all of the State of Minnesota, do hereby associate 
ourselves together for the purpose of becoming incorporated 
under the name, and for the purposes hereinafter stated, pur- 
suant to the provisions of title and chapter 34 of the General 
Statutes of said State of Minnesota, so far as the same may 
be applicable, and do now adopt the following Articles: 
ARTICLE 1. This corporation shall be known as the Minne- 
sota State Horticultural Society. 
ARTICLE 2. The object of the society shall be to collect, 
condense and collate information relative to all varieties of 
fruits, flowers, and other horticultural productions, and dis- , 
pense the same among the people. 
ARTICLE 3. Any person interested may become a member 
of the society by paying to the Treasurer or Secretary, the 
annual fee of one dollar, and signing the constitution and by- 
laws. 
ARTICLE 4. The amount of capital stock of this corporation 
shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), with privilege 
to increase it to $100,000, to be held in shares of twenty-five 
dollars each. 
