MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 129 
INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, John 
S. 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 Wash- 
ington county, O. F. Brand, A. W. McKinstry and Levi Nutting, all 
of Rice county, and P. A. Jewell, of Wabasha, EK. H.S. Dartt, of 
Owatonna, Steele county, all of the State of Minnesota, do hereby 
associate ourselves together for the purpose of becoming incorpo- 
rated under the name, and for the purposes hereinafter stated, pur- 
suant to the provisions of title and chapter 34 of the General Stat- 
utes of said State of Minnesota, so far as the same may be applica- 
ble, and do now adopt the following Articles : 
ArticLE 1. This corporation shall be known as the Minnesota 
State Horticultural Society. 
ArtTIcLE 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 dispense the same among the 
people. 
Articte 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. 
ArticLeE 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. 
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