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            Information gathered from  Brown County Register Of Deeds

                                                                                   year
Incorporation records:                                                             note:
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volume 1  page 1      Green Bay Yacht Club     Art. of Inc.                        1872
volume 3  page 203    Green Bay Yacht Club     Art. of Inc.                        1909
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volume 8  page 578    Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.    Art. of Inc.                1935  
                                            (see J3923-43  Restated Art. of Inc.)  1980
volume 9  page 193    Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.    Amendment                   1936
volume 10 page 385    Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.    Art. of Dissolution         1940
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volume 10 page 341    Green Bay Yachting Club          Art. of Inc.                1940
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           Information gathered from Wisconsin Historical Society
     through Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.  (G-2545)
       call number:       Series 356
       collection title:  Secretary of State - Incorporation Records
                          (Incorporation Papers of Defunct Corporations)

       Secretary of State - Corporate Division
       Incorporation Papers: Domestic Corporations
                             1848 - 1945
                             G2439 - G2567
       Series 356,   Box No. 319
       State Historical Society - Archives Division
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Green Bay Yacht Club     (G-707)
       Wisconsin Historical Society
       call number:     Series 357
       collection title:  Non-Stock Defunct Corporations - Secretary of State
                          G707   Green Bay Yacht Club, The

        ( file folder G000707, box 0027 )
        ( location of involuntary dissolution paper that wasn't found elsewhere )
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(1) 
Green Bay Yacht Club    Incorporated   April 24, 1872    (18 articles)
  executed by:  
    John C. Seville                Oliver Libby
    L.J. Day                       W.R. Borwhus ??
    C.P. Robinson                  Louis J Beard
    ??  Elmore ??                  George J Percy
    M.  Resch                      Xavier Martin
    Geo G. Greisse                 Louis Van Dycke


(2) (G-707)
Green Bay Yacht Club    Incorporated   January 26, 1909     (7 articles)
  filed   January 26, 1909  with the Secretary of State- J.A. Frear,
  recorded  January 29, 1909  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  capital stock: $5000.00,   500 shares,   par value: $10.00   (4 officers, 7 directors)
  executed by:
    Arthur H. Duchateau
    E.A. Arthur
    Arthur C. Neville
    Fred W. Hurlbut
    E.N. Murphy


(3) (G-707)
Green Bay Yacht Club    Articles of Inc. Amendment     July 25, 1910     (7 articles)
  filed   July 25, 1910  with the Secretary of State- J.A. Frear,
  recorded  August 2, 1910  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  article VII changed - control & management vest in Board of Directors,
  change adopted by 200 members present of 295 - voting unanimously in favor of change,
  executed by:
    R.B. Power(commodore)  &  Chauncey Roebuck(secretary)



(4) (G-707)
Green Bay Yacht Club   Certificate of Involuntary Dissolution    December 31, 1985
  filed   December 31, 1985  with the Secretary of State- Douglas La Follette


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(5) (G-2545)
Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.     Incorporated  July 16, 1935     (8 articles)
  (see July 15, 1935 attorney letter referring to old green bay yacht club),
  filed    July 16, 1935  with the Secretary of State- Theodore Dammann,
  recorded  July 19, 1935  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  capital stock: 200 shares of common stock without nominal or par value, 
  executed by:                                                (5 officers, 7 directors)
    Harvey J. Lhost              Leland Gillespie
    Benoit Wittig                John A. Ebeling
    Walter M. Masse              Milton F. Smith
    Theodore R. Dost  


(6) (G-2545)
Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.     Articles of Inc. Amendment  October 16, 1936  (8 articles)
  filed   October 16, 1936  with the Secretary of State- Theodore Dammann,
  recorded  October 17, 1936  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  article III changed - if disbanded stock/asset proceeds go to the Sea Scouts,
  change adopted by 83 members present of 104 - voting unanimously in favor of change,
  executed by:
    Harvey J. Lhost(commodore)  &  Frank J. Nickolai(secretary)
        other officers:
         Benoit Wittig           (Lee)Leland Gillespie
         Walter M. Masse              John A. Ebeling
         Theodore R. Dost             Milton F. Smith


(8) (G-2545)
Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.     Articles of Dissolution  April 8, 1940 
  (purpose: dissolve the stock "inc." & change to non-stock, non-profit corporation)
  filed   April 8, 1940  with Secretary of State- Fred R. Zimmerman,
  recorded  April 11, 1940 at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  change adopted by 70 members present of 90- voting unanimously in favor of dissolution,
  executed by:  
    William C. Hawley('38-9 commodore)  &  George Nau Burridge(secretary)


(9)
Green Bay Yachting Club, Inc.     Restated Articles of Inc.  March 26, 1980  (8 articles)
  filed   March 26, 1980  with the Secretary of State- Vel Phillips,
  recorded  March 31, 1980  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  restated articles 1,2,3,5, 6,7, 8 - restored the "Inc." in the name,
    & club offices at 100 East Shore Dr. - still a non-stock, non-profit,
  adopted  June 14, 1979  by unanimous yes vote by 48 meeting attendees,  (membership 275)
  executed by:
    James Ably('80 commodore)  &  Allen Sinclair(secretary)

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(7) (G-2545) (or g-2793)
Green Bay Yachting Club     Articles of Incorporation   February 28, 1940   (11 articles)
  filed   February 28, 1940  with the Secretary of State- Fred R. Zimmerman,
  recorded  March 1, 1940  at the Register of Deeds of Brown County,
  newly created without "Inc." - significance being -  non-stock, non-profit corp.,
  (see Feb. 1940 attorney letters for more explanation)
  executed by:
    George Nau Burridge
    Walter Masse
    Harvey Lhost

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