The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-04-27
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
PATENT.
To Whom it Nay Concern /:

To Whom it lfdB Concern:
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT
IN to the Statutes of the State of Florida, that
the undersigned viii, on the
zsth Day of Mdy a. D. 1894,
at O'Clock Sin the afternoon, at the Executive
Chambers in the Capitol in the City of Tailahas-
see and State of Florida, apply to His Excellen-
cy, the Governor of the State of Florida for Let
tiers Patent, incorporating the following named
company, under and pursuant to the following
proposed charter, viz
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE ocALA
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
We the undersigned, John A. Bishop, H. l.
Anderson and c. Thalheim, for ourselves, our
associates and successors do hereby associate
and constitute ourselves body corporate under
and pursuant to the Constitution and Statutes of
the State of Florida and do publish aud declare
this writing to be our Articles Of Incorporation.
ARTICLE L
The name of the said corporation shall be
THE OCAI.A ELECTRIC LIGHT AND pow
ER COMPANY"
ARTICLE II.
The powers to be held, exercised and enjoyed
by the said corporation and the business and
purposes for which it is created are 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, use and enjoy real and
personal property to sell, barter, exchance and
convey or in any other manner dispose of said
property to build, buildings erect poles, wires &
other necessary appliances; to use aud enjoy all
the rights aud privileges granted and delegated
70 corporations by the constitution and statutes
of the State of Florida and to do and perform all
other acts IN furtherance 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 0cala, 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 counties 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 (s75.-
ooo1 Dollars, divided into two hundred and fifty
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 their own number
or not as such directors may determine. In
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
poration, which meeting shall be held at the
time and in the manner shall be prescribed by
the bylaws: and the following named persons
shall be the directors until the first annual meet
ing John A Bishop. II. l. Anderson and c
Thalheim.
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 jan
uary of each year.
ARTICLE vIII
The mount Of the capital stock subscribed and
paid IN at the time Of the execution of these ar
ticles IS twenty-five thousand $4,000 dollars,
which will be paid in by deciding and conveying
to the said company the following described
property. to-wit The southeast quarter of lot
hfty-two (Sz1 old survey Of the City of ocaia and
the buildings and improvements thereon located
also the engine, boiler conuectiOes. pumps. dy-
namos, shafting, wires. lamps. poles, hxtures
mules, wagons and other personal property.
which IS vahied BY the incorporators at the time
Of the Incorporation. at more than twenty-five
thonssud (sas,oool dollars.
ARTICLE TX.
The highest amount Of indebtedness 81 lisbili-
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