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Know all men by these presents: that we the undersigned citizens of the State of Oregon, do hereby associate ourselves together as a private incorporation, under and by virtue of the General Incorporation law of said State.

1st. The corporation hereby created shall be known as the "Oregon Central Railroad Company;" and its duration, unlimited.

2nd. The Object and business of the Corporation shall be, to construct and operate a Railroad from the City of Portland through the Willamette Valley to the Southern boundary of the State, under the laws of Oregon, and the law of Congress recently passed granting land and aid for such purpose.

3d. The corporation shall have its principal office in the City Of Portland.

4th. The capital stock of said corporation shall be five million dollars, divided into general, and preferred interest bearing stock, in such proportions as the incorporators or Board of Directors may deem proper.

5th. The amount of each share of the Capital Stock shall be one hundred dollars.

6th. The termini of the Railroad proposed to be constructed by said Company shall be, for the Northern end, at the City of Portland, and for the Southern end, at some point on or near the Southern boundary of the State by actual survey.

In witness whereof we have here set our hands and seals thisday of September, 1866.

(I. R. Stamp.)