Culver Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 Shares
These were for the "Building Fund" of the Culver Volunter Fire Company No.1
No. _ Certificate of Stock One Share
This is to Certify, That ___ is the owner of One Share of the par value of Three Dollars,
full and paid and non-assessable of the Building Fund of Culver Volunteer Fire Company
No. 1 of Culver, Indiana.
Said Stock is Not Transferable, except as provided by the By-Laws of said Company.
I Testimony Where of, The Company has caused this Certificate to be signed by its officers
this __ day of __ A.D., 190_
___ Chief.
___ Asst. Chief.
Attest:__ Secretary.
| No 13 George R. Howard |
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From the Consitution and By-Laws:
THE BUILDING FUND
Approves by unanimous vot of the Compnay, April 13, 1905
Sec. 1. The Culver Volunterr Fire Company No. 1, having, by an unanimous vote of the members present at a called meeting of the
Company on March 16th, 1905, decided to purchase a building for the use of the Company, and to pay for said building by an equal
assessment upon all members of the CO,pany, said fund so procured shall be known as the Building Fund.
Sec. 2. Said Building Fund shall sonsist of Fifteen (15) shares of the par value of Three Dollars each.
Sec. 3. Each member of the COmpany at t he time of the creation of said fund, manely March 16th, 1905, shall pay into the treasury
of the Company within ninety (90) days from that date, the sume of Three Dollars ($3.00) and receive therefor a certificate of stock,
signed by the Chief and Chief, and attested by the Secretary. Said sum may, at the option of the member, be paid in installmets, but
any assessments notpaid before eight o'clock a.m., March 17th 1905, shall draw interest at the rate of eight pre cent.
Sec. 4. It shall be obligatory upono each member of the Company to purchase one certificate of stock, representing one shere in the
Building Fund; but no member shall be entiled to possess more than one shre exectpting hie pro-rata portion of such sahre as may
held by the Company unit, as hereinafter provided.
The rest of the Building Fund requirments can bed seen under the revised
Consitution and By-Laws of 1906.