College Incorporation

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 21, 1882

College Incorporation.

A NUMBER of the friends and patrons of Healdsburgh College assembled in Oakland, Cal., at the S. D. A. church, Monday, Sept. 11, 1882, at 9:30 A. M., for the purpose of associating themselves in a body corporate in pursuance of the laws of California.

W. C. White stated the object of the meeting, and moved that Elder J. H. Waggoner be appointed temporary chairman. The motion was carried, and by vote S. Brownsberger was also appointed to act as secretary pro tem.

After the opening exercises, which consisted of singing a hymn, and prayer offered by Eld. U. Smith, subscription of stock was called for. Twenty-one persons subscribed stock, in all, amounting to seven thousand five hundred and forty dollars, over five thousand of which was paid in.

At the suggestion of the chairman a committee of three, consisting of S. Brownsberger, Wm. Saunders, and Uriah Smith was elected to draft by-laws. This committee, after some delay, submitted by-laws to the meeting for adoption.

By motion the report of the committee was received and acted upon, section by section, and, after making such amendments as were deemed best, the report was adopted as the By-Laws of this body.

The election of seven Trustees, to serve until the next annual election in December, was then entered upon. On motion the chairman was empowered to appoint a committee of three to suggest candidates for election. W. C. White, Eld. M. C. Israel, and W. N. Glenn were appointed that committee.

The committee after consultation presented the names of the following persons as candidates for election:—

Eld. J. H. Waggoner, S. Brownsberger, Eld. M. C. Israel, Wm. Saunders, M. J. Church, John Morrison, and W. C. White. All of whom were elected by ballot.

On motion the chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of three to complete the business of incorporation, and also another committee of three to provide a corporation seal, a stock-book, and such other books as the business of the organization may necessitate. F. M. Husted, W. C. White, and Eld. M. C. Israel were appointed the committee on incorporation, and

W. C. White, Eld. U. Smith, and S. Brownsberger, the Committee to provide the seal and corporation books.

The following Articles of Incorporation were also read, voted upon article by article, and unanimously adopted at this meeting:—

We, the undersigned, in pursuance of the general provisions of the law of the State of California for the formation of Incorporations, desiring to avail ourselves of the privileges and powers granted and conferred by said law, and to become incorporated under said provisions, do hereby associate ourselves together as a body corporate for the purpose of founding and managing an institution of learning, for the instruction of students of both sexes in the Sciences, Languages, the Holy Scriptures, and Mechanical and Agricultural pursuits, and to instruct females in the theory and practice of general house-keeping, and to hold real estate and erect suitable buildings for the accomplishment of the objects herein named.

1. The name of this Incorporation shall be Healdsburgh College.

2. Its object shall be such as is set forth in the foregoing preamble.

3. It shall be located in the town of Healdsburgh, County of Sonoma, and State of California.

4. The term of the existence of this Incorporation shall be fifty (50) years.

5. The number of Trustees of said Incorporation shall be seven; and the names and residences of the Trustees who are chosen for the first year are as follows:—

W. C. White, Oakland, California. Eld. J. H. Waggoner, Oakland, California. Wm. Saunders, Woodland, California. M. J. Church, Fresno, California. Eld. M. C. Israel, Oakland, California. John Morrison, Healdsburgh, California. S. Brownsberger, Healdsburgh, California.

6. The amount of Capital stock of this Incorporation shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), divided into ten thousand shares (10,000) at ten dollars ($10) each.

7. The amount of stock subscribed is as follows:—

	Dol'rs.	Shr's.		Dol'rs.	Shr's.
Wm. Saunders	100	10	E. A. Dyke	20	2
Eld. M. C. Israel	50	5	S. Baker	10	1
Eld. U. Smith	10	1	Eld. J. H. Waggoner	50	5
J. W. Cronkrite	20	2	W. C. White	100	10
M. J. Church	2,000	200	Mrs. Mary Beatty	10	1
N. C. McClure	10	1	S. Brownsberger	20	2
Mrs. F. L. McClure	10	1	Mrs. S. Brownsberger	20	2
Jas. J. Hannan	20	2	F. M. Husted	10	1
Wm. Beatty	10	1	Wm. N. Glenn	10	1
John Morrison	50	5	Eld. I. D. Van Horn	10	1
Mary Scott	5,000	500

After the adoption of these Articles the meeting adjourned, sine die.

J. H. WAGGONER, Chairman. S. BROWNSBERGER, Secretary.