The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-08-03

Know all men by these presents:
That we, George Mackay, Herman Buerdorf,
Richard McConathy, Donald l.. McIver, ". ).
Bullock, and David >. Woodrow of Marion
county STATE ofForida do associate ourselves to-
gether as body corporate under the laws of the
State OF Florida.
The name OF the said corporation shall be THE
FLORIDA HAVANA TOBACCO COMPANY.
and its place Of business in OCyla, Florida
The business TO be transacted by the said corpo-
ration Is thar OF raising buying, selling. housing.
curing and dealing in tobacco, providing ware
houses for storing tobacco. and the business OF
warehou>eman OF tobacco. dealing In all material
appertaIning to the growi and caring tobacco
acquiring bs purchase, lease, or otherwise such
real ana personal property and selling. mort
gaging plcdglng, or otherwise disposilC u same
aS the purposes of said corporation may require
The authorized capital stock Of said CORPORA
hundred shares OF the par value OF ten dollars
each, payable in money as follows: Twenty-Five
per cent payable in cash when stock IS subscribed
for, and the remainder in equal lnstallmeHts in
thirty, sixty, ard ninety days thereafter.
The term OF the existence OF said corporation is
The business of the said corporation shall be
conducted by a board OF six Directors, and by a
President, Vice President, Secretary and Treas
urer. Said Directors shall be elected on the last
Tuesday in August, 1857, to serve until the first
Tuesday in February. 1895, when board shall be
thereafter All Directors and officers shall serve
until their successor or successors are elected and
qualified. The officers may be elected from the
members of the Board of Directors. ana shall be
elected by the Directors. Until the first election
and qualification of Directors the business OF said
corporation shall be conducted by the following
officers:
| Directors George Mackay, Herman Buer
dorf, Richard McConathy, Donald f. McIyer
| w. 5 Bullock, and David S. Woodrow Presi-
dent, George Mackay; Vice-President, Herman
Buerdort; Secretary, David S. Woodrow; Treas
urer. Donald E. McIver.
The highest amount of Indebtedness or liability
| to which said corporation can at any time subject
itself is Twenty five Thousand Dollars.
| The names and residences of the subscribers to
| this charter are as follows:
| George Mackay, Ocala, Fla; Herman Buerdorf,
| Ocala, Fla; Richard McConathy, Ocala, fla;
| Donald E. NJ liver, Ocala, FIa.; David :. Wood
row, Ocala, Fla; W. 5. Bullock, OCala, Fla.
| Witne7s signatures this the nineteenth
| day Of July A. ID. 1897, at Ocala, Florida.
| George Mackay, Herman Buerdorf Richard
McConathy. Donald Z. McIver, David s. Wood
| row. w. ). Bullock.
State of Florida. County of Marion, IS
| |, J. @. Sinclair, Notary Public for the
State of Florida al large, certify that on this day
! personally appeared before me in the county
| aforesaid, George Mackay, Herman Bserdorf
| Richard McConathy, Donald T.. McIver, David
S. Woodrow, and w. ). Bullock, and acknowl
| edged that they executed the foregoing proposed
charter of THE FLORIDA HAVANA TO
BACCO COMPANY.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 10Th
day of July, A. p. 1897. J. 6: SINCLAIR,
| lsEALl Notary Public Stare at Large.