The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-05-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
PATENT
10 Whom It Man Concern:

10 Whom it Nay Concern:
NoTIcE rs HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT
In to the Statutes of the State of Florida that
the undersigned will, on the
asth DaJ Of Adg. 4. D. 1894,
at O'Clock lin the afternoon, at the Executive
Chambers in the Capitol IN the City of Talahas-
see aud State of Florida apply TO His Exceiletl-
cv the Governor Of the St5te Of FIorida foT t
tiers Patent Incorporating the. following named
company under and pursuant to the following
proposed charter, viz:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION or Tux ocAIA
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
We. the undersigned John A Bishop, H. I,
Anderson and G. Thalheim, for ourselves, our
associates and successors do hereby associate
and pursuant to the Constitution and Statutes
the State of Florida and do publish and declare
TINS writing to be our Articles OF Incorporation.
ARTICLE l.
rhe name of the said corporation shall be
THE ocALA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND pow
Err COMPANY
ARTICLE II.
The powers to be held exercised and enjoyed
by the said corporation and the business and
purposes for which ii is created are as follows
that is to say To establish, operate and main
tain plant for the purpose of producing fur
nishing, transmitting and selling all kinds of
light and power TO purchase, lease and in any
manner acquire. hold, and enjoy real and
personal property to sell, barter, EXCHANGE and
convey or in any other manner dispose of said
property; to build, buildings erect poles, wires &
other necessary appliances; to use and enjoy all
the rights and privileges granted and delegated
to corporations by the constitution and statutes
of the State of Florida and TO do and perform all
other acts in fnrtherance OF the said business
and purposes,
ARTICLE III
The principal office and place of business of
the said corporation shall be in or near the city
OF Ocala, in the county of Marion and State of
Florida. and the business of the said corporation
shall be conducted in said county of Marion and
state OF FLORIDA and such other connties in the
State OF Florida as may hereafter be designated
by the corporation.
ARTICLE "
The amount Of the capitol stock of the said
corporation shall be Twenty-Five Thousand (szs,-
aoel Dollars, divided into two hundred and Nifty
(2sol shares Of the value of one hundred tslo5l
dollars each.
ARTICLE v,
The officers of said corporation shall consist OF
Board OF three Directors, who shall be stock
holders, and who shall elect from their own
number President and shall elect or appoint
Secretary and Treasurer from heir own number
case of a vacancy in the office of President the
remaining members of the Board may elect his
successor until the next regular election.
ARTICLE vi,
The Board of Directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting OF the stockholders of the cor
poration, which meeting shall be held at the
time and III the manner as shall be prescribed by
The bylaws; and tho following named persons
shall be the directors until the first annual meet
ing John a. Bishop, H L. Anderson and C.
Thalhcim.
ARTICLE VII
The annual meeting Of the stockholders shall
be called in the manner provided by the bylaws
and shall be held ON the second Tuesday in IAN
nary Of each year.
ARTICLE VIII
The mount of the capital stock subscribed and
paid IN at the time of the execution of these ar
tcles is twenty-five thousand ts2sooo) dollars
which VIII be paid in by deciding and conveying
70 the said company the following described
property, to-wit The southeast quarter of lot
hftv-two ISL old surveyed the City Of Ocala and
the buildings and improvements thereon located
also the engine, boiler connectioes. pumps dy-
nalnos, shaiung, wires. lamps, poles. fixtures
mules, wagons and other personal property
which Is valued by the incorpoTators at the time
Of the incorporation, at more than twenty-five
thousand tss5,oool dollars.
ARTICLE TX
The highest amount of indebtedness or fiai,i1i-
" 10 which the incorporation can at any time
subject itself IS one hundred thousand lsIoooool
dollars.
ARTICLE
The term Of the corporate existence of the cor
poration shall be ninety-nine TOOL wears from, tie
aate q the recording Of the Letters Patent
IN witness whereof we have hereto set our
hands aud seals the 18th day Of April, A. D.,
JOHN A. BISHOP, of oca1a. Fla. fseaIl
II. /. ANDERSON. Of Ocala. Fla. seal
s IHALHEIM. Of 0cala, Fla. Seal