Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, and their successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, a corporation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, [G. S.] at the city of Wheeling, this third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SOBIESKI BRADY, BROOKE COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. I, Sobieski Brady, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of the "Brooke County Building and Loan Association" of Wellsburg, for the purpose of raising money to be loaned among the members of such corporation for use in buying lots or houses, or in building or repairing houses; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business in Wellsburg, in the county of Brooke, and state of West Virginia, and is to expire on the first day of April, one thousand eight bundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation we have subscribed the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of seventy-five dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in all. The capital stock so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred and fifty dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respecttively as folJows, that is to say: Thomas Everett, one share; Joseph Montgomery, one share; Israel C. Wright, one share; All of the town of Wellsburg, West Virginia. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of like amount. Given under our hands this first day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. [Signed.] ISRAEL C. WRIght, [seal.] J. E. MONTGOMERY. seal.1 LEANDER BROWNING, seal.i Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, and their successsors and assigns, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, a corporation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, [S. G.] at the city of Wheeling, this tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SOBIESKI BRADY, THE MERCHANTS' AND WORKINGMEN'S CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, I, Sobieski Brady, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of "The Merchants' and Workingmen's Consolidated Company," for the purpose of carrying on a general merchandise business in the city of Huntington, W. Va., and for the purpose of acquiring real estate sufficient for houses and store rooms for such business; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Huntington, Cabell county, W. Va., and is to expire on the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. And for the purpose of forming said corporation we have subscribed the sum of twelve hundred and twenty-five dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on said subscription twelve hundred and twenty-five dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of twenty-five ($25,00) dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively, as follows: J. B. Sullivan, Huntington, W. Va., forty shares; James T. Unseld, Huntington, W. Va., four shares; T. F. Smith, Huntington, W. Va, two shares; G, W. Ham, Huntington, W. Va., two shares; And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of like amount. Given under our hands and seals, this, the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, and their successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, a corporation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, [G. S. at the city of Wheeling, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SOBIESKI BRADY, Secretary of State. THE WELLSBURG MINING COMPANY. I, Sobieski Brady, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of "The Wellsburg Mining Company," for the purpose of mining coal or any other minerals; also to manufacture, purchase, sell, transport, ship, store and deal in goods, wares and merchandise, and to purchase, hold, convey mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of real and and personal estate in the state of West Virginia or elsewhere; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Wellsburg, in the county of Brooke, and is to expire on the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corportion, we have subscribed the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscriptions the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars; and desire the privilege of increasing said capital, by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to three hundred thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of ten dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively, as follows, that is to say: Robert A. Balloch, Washington, D. C., two thousand shares; James Lansburgh, Washington, D. C., two hundred and fifty shares; Seth A. Terry, Washington, D. C., two thousand shares; William L. VanDulip, Washington, D. C., two thousand shares; Henry T. Brownell, Hartford, Conn., two hundred and fifty shares. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands and seals, this seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. ROBERT A. BALLOCH, [Seal.] Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, and their successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, a corporation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, [G. S.] at the city of Wheeling, this twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SOBIESKI BRADY, Secretary of State. HARRISON COUNTY BUILDING ASSOCIATION. I, Sobieski Brady, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: We, the undersigned, agree to become a corporation by the name of the "Harrison County Building Association" for the purpose of raising moneys to be loaned among the members of the same, for use in buying lots or houses, or in building or repairing houses, and for all legal purposes prescribed by sections twenty-five, twenty-six, twentyseven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine of chapter fifty-four of the code of West Virginia, and for loaning money to its members for other purposes; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business in the town of Clarksburg, in the county of Harrison, state of West Virginia, and shall expire on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. And for the purpose of forming said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fourteen hundred and thirty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of one hundred and forty-three dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to one hundred and thirty thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred and thirty dollars each, which are held respectively as follows, that is to say: M. G. Holmes, one share; E. T. Baldwin, one share; All residing and doing business in the town of Clarksburg, county and state aforesaid; and the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of like amount. Given under our hands, this sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. E. T. BALDWIN, A. CAYWOOD, R. T. LOUNDES. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, and their successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, a corporation by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agreement. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, G. S.] at the city of Wheeling, this eight day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. SOBIESKI BRADY, NEW CUMBERLAND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. I, Sobieski Brady, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has been this day delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of the "New Cumberland Telegraph Company," for the purpose of operating a telegraph or telephone line between New Cumberland, Hancock county, West Virginia, and McCoy's Station, Jefferson county, Ohio, and other points, as may hereafter be determined, which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at New Cumberland, in the county of Hancock, and is to expire on first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and for the purpose of forming said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fifty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of twenty-five dollars; and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to ten thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one dollar each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say: |