have hereunto set their hands and seals, all on the day and year first above written. ILLINOIS VALLEY AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, By J. C. OSGOOD, [SEAL] Be It Remembered, that, on this Eleventh day of May-A. D., 1888, before me, Warren D. Woodman, a Notary Public, in and for said County and State, personally appeared J. C. Osgood who is personally known to me to be the Vice President of the Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company, and to be the identical person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing mortgage as such officer, and acknowledged that he in his official capacity, and being duly authorized thereto, had executed the foregoing instrument, and that the seal was affixed by like authority, and declared the execution of the same to be his voluntary act and deed, and the voluntary act and deed of said Company, for the uses and purposes therein set forth. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, at my office in Denver, the day and year last above written. [SEAL] WARREN D. WOODMAN, Notary Public. My commission expires July 22, 1890. Be it Remembered, that on this eighth day of May, A. D. 1888, before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared Glenn. W. Traer, who is personally known to me to be the Secretary of the Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company, and to be the identical person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing mortgage as such Secretary, and acknowledged that he in his official capacity, and being duly authorized thereto, had executed the foregoing instrument, and that the seal of said Company was thereunto affixed by like authority and declared the same to be his voluntary act and deed, and the voluntary act and deed of the said Company, for the uses and purposes therein set forth In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, at my office in Chicago, the day and year last above written [SEAL] WARREN J. DURHAM, RELEASE, June 30, 1899, Henry Parkman, et al. to Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company. Whereas, all the bonds issued under and secured by an Indenture of Mortgage, dated January 2, 1888, between the Illinois Valley & Northern Railroad Company and Henry Parkman and William J. Ladd, Trustees, have been fully paid, and all the agreements under said Trust Mortgage have been carried out on the part of said Railroad Company: Now, Therefore, we, Henry Parkman and William J. Ladd, the Trustees under said Mortgage, do hereby certify that the same has been and is fully paid and satisfied in all respects; and we hereby, as such Trustees, release and discharge the property covered by said Mortgage of and from the lien thereof. In Witness Whereof, we Henry Parkman and William J. Ladd, Trustees as aforesaid, have hereunto set our hands and seals as Trustees, this 30th day of June, A. D. 1899. I, Walter J. Jarvis, a Notary Public, within and for said County and State, do hereby certify that on this 6th day of July, 1899, before me, personally appeared Henry Parkman and William J. Ladd, to me personally known to be the persons who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered the same as their free and voluntary act, for the uses and purposes therein set forth. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal, the day and year aforesaid. JOLIET, ROCKFORD & NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY This company was incorporated under the General Laws of Illinois by Articles dated June 20, 1881, filed in the office of the Secretary of State August 4, 1881. The line of road was defined as follows, to wit: "It is intended to construct said railroad from the City of Joliet, County of Will, westwardly through the town of Sheridan, and from thence northwardly to the City of Rockford in Winnebago County." It was organized at Chicago, February 8, 1882, and built a railroad from a connection with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Sheridan Junction, Illinois, thence northwesterly to a connection with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Paw Paw, a distance of nineteen and fifty-four hundredths miles. It was completed November 27, 1882, and was leased to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, May 1, 1882, and conveyed to that company by deed dated June 1, 1899. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, June 20, 1881, Joliet, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company. We, the undersigned, T. J. Potter, L. O. Goddard, J. L. Lathrop, E. P. Ripley and H. W. Weiss, hereby adopt the following articles of incorporation, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad in the state of Illinois, as follows: First. The name of the corporation shall be the "Joliet, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company." Second. It is intended to construct said railroad from the city of Joliet, county of Will, westwardly through the town of Sheridan, and from thence northwardly to the city of Rockford, in Winnebago County. Third. The principal business office of said proposed corporation shall be at Chicago, County of Cook, in the state of Illinois. Fourth. The proposed corporation shall commence on the twentieth (20) day of June, A. D. 1881, and continue for the period of fifty years, and for such other period as may be provided by law. Fifth. The amount of the capital stock of said company shall be One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) to be divided into Fifteen Thousand (15,000) shares of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each. Sixth. The names and places of residence of the several persons forming this association for incorporation, are: Seventh. T. J. Potter, L. O. Goddard, J. L. Lathrop, E. P. Ripley, & J. S. Cameron shall compose the first Board of Directors of said Company. The affairs of said Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, who shall elect a President, a Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem expedient to be appointed. Eighth. The number of shares of the Capital Stock of this corporation shall be Fifteen Thousand and shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100) each. We, the above named incorporators do hereby adopt the foregoing articles of incorporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth. In Witness Whereof, we hereunto set our hands and seals, this 20th day of June, A. D. One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty-one (1881). I, Fred. S. Blossom, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, do by this writing certify that T. J. Potter, L. O. Goddard, J. L. Lathrop, E. P. Ripley and H. W. Weiss, who are personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, viz: articles of incorporation of the Joliet, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that they signed and sealed the said Instrument as their free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein named. In Witness Whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, this Twentieth day of June, A. D. One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty-one. I, Henry D. Dement, Secretary of State of Illinois, do hereby certify that The foregoing Articles of Incorporation of the Joliet, Rockford and Northern Railroad Company, was filed for record in this office, Aug. 4th A. D. 1881, at 8.46 O'clock A. M. and duly recorded in Book "4" Railroad Incorporations Page 263. In Witness Whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of State, at the City of Springfield, this 4th day of August, A. D. 1881. CONTRACT AND LEASE, May 1, 1882 Joliet, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. This Indenture of Contract and Lease, made this first day of May, A. D. 1882, by and between the Joliet, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Illinois, party of the first part, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Illinois, party of the second part: Witnesseth: That Whereas, the said first party is authorized by the laws of the State of Illinois, to locate, construct, maintain and operate, a railroad between the town of Joliet, in Will County, and Rockford, in Winnebago County, State of Illinois, and has already located, and is engaged in the construction of, that section of said road between Sheridan, in LaSalle County, and Paw Paw, in Lee County, State of Illinois, a distance of about twenty miles, and has resolved to borrow a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand (16,000) dollars per mile of completed road, and to issue therefor, upon the said section between Sheridan and Paw Paw, now in process of construction, its single bond for a sum equal to sixteen thousand (16,000) dollars per mile of completed road upon that section, which bond is to bear date, the first day of May, A. D. 1882, to have forty (40) years to run to maturity, to bear interest at the rate of seven (7) per cent annum, payable semi-annually, both principal and interest payable at the office of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, and has secured the payment therefor by a Trust Mortgage to which this Lease is subject, and for the provisions whereof reference is hereby had to Wm. J. Ladd and Henry Parkham, of Boston, Massachusetts, Trustees, therein named, upon that section of its road extending from Sheridan to Paw Paw, aforesaid, constructed and to be constructed, its right of way, road bed, superstructure, grounds, depot buildings, and all other of its said property connected therewith, together with the rights privileges and franchises belonging thereto; which said Trust Mortgage bears even date herewith, and is to be recorded in the counties through which said railroad runs; and Whereas, the proceeds of said bond, and the other means of said Company, will be sufficient only for the construction and completion of the road |