CORPORATIONS. SAINT JOHN'S SCHOOL. I, John S. Witcher, 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 'Saint John's School,' for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the town of Charleston, in the county of Kanawha, state of West Virginia, a primary and classical school, for teaching branches of useful information, the promotion of religion, and the diffusion of knowledge, in connection with the Protestant Episcopal Church; which corporation is to keep its principal place or house of instruction at Charleston, aforesaid, and to be perpetual, unless dissolved by act of the legislature. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on said subscriptions the sum of two hundred and thirty dollars, or ten per cent thereof, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to twenty thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say: by Joseph A. Noch, Kanawha Court House, one share; William A. Quarrier, Kanawha Court House, one share; George Jeffries, Kanawha Court House, two shares; J. T. Cotton, Kanawha Court House, two shares; Alex. T. Laidley, Kanawha Court House, one share; Delafield Du Bois, Kanawha Court House, one share; Thomas B. Swann, Kanawha Court House, one share; James H. Rodgers, Kanawha Court House, two shares; James M. Laidley, Kanawha Court House, five shares; N. Fitzhugh, Kanawha Court House, two shares; C. Hedrick, Kanawha Court House, one share; Jos. Bibly, Kanawha Court House, two shares; S. Patrick, Kanawha Court House, one share; D. J. Lewis, Coals Mouth, one share. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands, this fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. [Signed.] C. HEDRICK, By Alex. T. Laidley. By Alex. T. Laidley. By Alex. T. Laidley. JAMES M. LAIDLEY, JAMES H. RODGERS, THOS. B. SWANN, GEORGE JEFFRIES, By Alex. T. Laidley. By Alex. T. Laidley. ALEX. T. LAIDLEY, WM. A. QUARRIER, J. T. COTTON. Wherefore, the corporators named in said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date, a perpetual 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, at Wheeling, this twenty-eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State. SEAL. THE ODD FELLOWS MUTUAL AID SOCIETY. I, John S. Witcher, 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 Odd Fellows Mutual Aid Society," for the purposes of benevolence and charity, and for that purpose desire the privilege to make such by-laws and regulations as shall be adopted by a majority of the members thereof for the government of said society; to have a common seal; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; and to purchase, hold, lease, sell and convey, for charitable purposes aforesaid, real property to the value of ten thousand dollars, and personal property to the value of ten thousand dollars; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia, and is to be perpetual. Given under our hands this thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,] H. A. UTHMAN, Virginius Lodge, No. 2. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be from this date a perpetual corporation, by the name and for the purpose set forth in said agree ment. Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, at Wheeling, this thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State. SEAL. STATE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PARKERSBURG, W. VA. I, John S. Witcher, 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 'State Insurance Company of Parkersburg, West Virginia,' for the purpose of insuring against all marine risks, and against any damage or loss by fire or by any other liability, casualty or hazard upon any and every kind of property, real and personal or marine; to make insurance on life; to grant annuities; to receive endowments; to contract for reversionary payments; to guarantee the payment of promissory notes, bills of exchange and other evidences of debt; to lend money on bottomry and respondentia; to cause themselves to be insured against all risks they may have in any property or life in their own right, or in virtue of any bonds or advances or of any policy or contract of insurance; to invest its capital stock or other funds of the company in bank or other stocks, in the purchase of bonds issued by this State, the United States or any one of the United States, or the bonds of any incorporated company; to lend money on personal or real security; to discount notes and bills of exchange, and receive the interest in advance; to pay interest on money deposited with them, and give certificates therefor, and all other things deemed necessary to carry on a general insurance business; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Parkersburg, Wood county, and is to expire on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation we have subscribed the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares from time to time to five hundred thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which are held by the undersigned, respectively, as follows, that is to say: by John J. Jackson, ten shares; James M. Stephenson, ten shares; T. H. Monroe, ten shares; Henry Logan, ten shares; Charles H. Shattuck, ten shares; T. I. Boreman, five shares; M. P. Amiss, ten shares; S. Prager, five shares; James W. Dils, ten shares; Jacob B. Jackson, ten shares; J. N. Camden, ten shares; H. H. Moss, five shares; John Hall, five shares; Thompson Leach, ten shares; M. C. C. Church, five shares; and K. B. Stephenson, ten shares; all of the county of Wood and state of West Virginia. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,] J. M. STEPHENSON, M. P. AMISS, J. J. JACKSON, H. LOGAN, T. I. BOREMAN, S. PRAGER, T. H. MONROE. Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the twenty-seventh day of January, eighteen 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, at Wheeling, this second day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JOHN S. WITCHER, Secretary of the State. SEAL. THE WOOD COUNTY BUILDING ASSOCIATION. I, John S. Witcher, secretary of the state of West Virginia, hereby certify that an agreement, duly acknowledged and accompanied by the proper affidavits, has this day been delivered to me; which agreement is in the words and figures following: "The undersigned agree to become a corporation by the name of the 'Wood 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 an act of the legislature of West Virginia, entitled "An Act to encourage the formation of homestead and building associations," passed February fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; which cor poration shall keep its principal office or place of business in the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and shall expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscriptions the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the 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 three hundred dollars each, which are held respectively as follows, that is to say: by Rezin P. Davis, one share; Isaac W. Hiteshew, one share; H. Holmes Moss, one share; Walling W. Van Winkle, one share; Charles Gambrill, one share; and William E. Millbank, one share. All residing and doing business in the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia. And the capital hereafter to be sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,] REZIN P. DAVIS, W. W. VAN WINKLE, CHAS. GAMBRIll, W. E. MILLBANK, Wherefore, the corporators named in said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the first day of January, eighteen 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, at Wheeling, this fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. SEAL. JOHN S. WITCHER, VALLEY CITY SALT COMPANY. I, John S. Witcher, 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 "Valley City Salt Company," for the purpose of digging or boring for salt and other minerals, and manufacturing and marketing the same; |