Given under my hand and the great seal of the said state, at the city of Wheeling, this twenty-fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixtynine. SEAL. J. M. PIPES, Secretary of the State. THE WORKINGMEN'S MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. I, J. M. Pipes, 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 Workingmen's Mutual Building and Loan Association,' for the purpose of raising money to be loaned among its members for buying, building or repairing houses, and other legitimate business; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business in the town of Grafton, Taylor county, West Virginia, and is to expire on the thirty-first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscription the sum of one hundred and twentyfive dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sale of additional shares, from time to time, to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of two hundred and fifty dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows: John Jordan, one share; Presley T. Flythe, one share; Francis M. Snider, one share; James H. Stout, one share; William T.. Brown, one share; all of Grafton, West Virginia. And the capital hereafter to be sold to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands and seals this thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,] JOHN JORDAN, Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the thirty-first day of May, 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 the city of Wheeling, this third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. J. M. PIPES, SEAL. Secretary of the State. THE PRESTON COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIA TION. I, James M. Pipes, 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 Preston County Building and Loan Association,' for the purpose of accumulating money to be loaned among its members, for the purchase of land or houses, or for building or repairing the same, or any other legitimate purpose; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at Newburg, in the county of Preston, state of West Virginia, and is to expire on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in on said subscriptions 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 ninety thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of one hundred and fifty dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows: Solomon L. Allen, one share; Alfred Boogher, one share; J. M. Allen, one share; Dr. W. F. Vankirk, one share; John A. Lovenstine, one share; Rev. W. R. Sibbet, one share; and John W. Deck, one share; all residents of Newburg, Preston county, aforesaid. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of like amount. • Given under our hands, this third day of June, eighteen hundred and Wherefore, the corporators named in the said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, 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 the city of Wheeling, this tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. J. M. PIPES, SEAL. Secretary of the State. WHEELING IRON AND NAIL COMPANY. I, James M. Pipes, 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 'Wheeling Iron and Nail Company,' for the purpose of manufacturing pig-iron, bar and sheet-iron, nails and spikes, and such other branches of the iron business as may be deemed advantageous; which corporation shall keep its principal office or place of business at the Wheeling Iron Works, in the county of Ohio, and is to expire on the twenty-first day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed, the sum of sixty thousand dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on said subscriptions the sum of six thousand dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to six hundred thousand dollars in all. The capital so subscribed is divided into shares of five hundred dollars each, which are held by the undersigned respectively as follows, that is to say: by John P. Gilchrist, of Ohio county, forty shares; Adams Dodson, of Wheeling, Ohio county, twenty shares; Truman M. Dodson, of Wheeling, Ohio county, twenty shares; Joseph Bell, of Wheeling, Ohio county, thirty shares; John L. Hobbs, of South Wheeling, ten shares. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of the like amount. Given under our hands this twenty-first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,] JOHN P. GILCHRIST, JOHN L. HOBBS." 0 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-first day of June, 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 the city of Wheeling, this twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and sixtynine. SEAL. JAMES M. PIPES. FAIRMONT CENTRAL GASLIGHT COAL COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA. I, James M. Pipes, 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 'Fairmont Central Gaslight Coal Company of West Virginia,' for the purpose of mining, manufacturing, transporting, shipping and selling gaslight coal, and other valuable substances found or manufactured on their lands in the county of Marion, and said state of West Virginia; which corporation shall keep its principal office at Fairmont, in the said county of Marion, and is to expire on the eleventh day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of fifty thousand dollars to the capital thereof, and have paid in the whole amount of said subscription, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital by sales of additional shares from time to time to one 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: John H. Ruckman, of Barlow county in the state of Georgia, four hundred and twenty-five shares; Edward A. Bennett, of the county of Marion and state of West Virginia, five shares; Alexander R. Boteler, of the county of Jefferson and state of West Virginia, five shares; Abraham B. Patterson and George C. Irwin, of the city of Baltimore and state of Maryland, each five shares; and John Wells Hanson, of the city of Baltimore and state of Maryland, fifty-five shares. And the capital to be hereafter sold is to be divided into shares of like amount. Given under our hands and seals this eleventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. [Signed,]'. JOHN H. RUCKMAN, E. A. BENNETT, ALEX. R. BOTELER, J. W. HANSON." Wherefore, the corporators named in said agreement, and who have signed the same, are hereby declared to be, from this date until the eleventh day of March, 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 the city of Wheeling, this thirteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. J. M. PIPES, Secretary of the State. SEAL. WEST VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY AND TITLE GUARANTEEING COMPANY. I, J. M. Pipes, 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 tho words and figures following: "The undersigned agree to become a corporation, by the name of the West Virginia Land Agency and Title Guaranteeing Company,' for the following purposes, to-wit: 1. For advertising and selling lands as agents for owners, and charging a commission therefor. 2. For buying lands as agents of purchasers, and charging a commission therefor. 3. For guaranteeing the title to lands, and charging a commission for every such guaranty. Which corporation shall have its principal office in Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, and is to expire on the eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. And for the purpose of forming the said corporation, we have subscribed the sum of one thousand dollars to the capital stock thereof, and have paid in on our said subscriptions the sum of one hundred dollars, and desire the privilege of increasing the said capital stock by sales of additional shares, from time to time, to five hundred thousand dollars in all. The capital stock 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 James H. Rogers, Charleston, West Virginia, one share; T. B. Swann, Charleston, West Virginia, one share; S. A. Miller, Charleston, West Virginia, |