The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-06
NOTICE
OF Application for Charter

Of Application for Charter
Notice is hereby given that thirty
days from the nrst publication hereof
the undersigned subscribers will ap-
ply to the Hon. Albert W. Gilchrist.
governor of the state of / lorida. for
letters patent for a corporation to be
known and called HALL LUMBER
COMPANY upon the articles of incor-
poration hereby set forth.
Articles of Incorporation
We, the undersigned. together with
our associates. do hereby form a. cor
poration upon the following articles
of Incorporation:
FIRST
The name of said corporation
shall be HALL LUMBER COMPANY,
and its principal place of business
shall be the city of Ocala, Florida,
with power to establish branch Of
fees at such places that its directors
may from time to time determine, in
the United States or elsewhere.
SECOND
The general nature of the business
to be transacted shall be as follows:
CAD To own, buy and sell lands and
personal property;
Obj To own, buy, sell and deal I'm
| timber and timber rights;
Cc) To erect construct. buy. own
and operate mills and all other plants
necessary for the manufacture of
lumber. and any of its products; and
in connection with such mills and
manufactures, to own. buy, construct
and operate rail and tram roads Incl
dent to the operation OF said mills and
manufactures, and the marketing of
the products thereof.
(d) To buy, sell and deal in lum-
Der and the products thereof, building
material of al kinds and natures
(e) To engage in the general bust
ness of contractors for the erection
and construction of all kinds and
characters of structures whatever;
90 To do and perform any and all
things incident to the several bust
nesses hereinbefore set out;
(g) To have, use and enjoy all the
righs and powers of a corporation un-
der the general laws of the state of
Florida incident TO the businesses
hereinbefore set out
THIRD
The amount Of the capital stock of said
corporation shall be three hundred
thousand dollars, divided into three
thousand shares of the par value OF one
hundred dollars each: ten per cent Of
which said capital stock shall be paid
in lawful money of the United States
upon the granting Of the charter. and
the balance OF said capital stock shall
be paid in lawful money of the United
States, or in property, labor or ser
vices at a just valuation TO be fixed
by the directors of said corporation at
meeting called for such purposes.
FOURTH
The businesses of said corporation
shall be conducted by board Of five
directors, and a president and vice.
president who shall each be one of
said board Of directors. and by a sec
rotary and treasurer, who need not be
one OF the directors.
The board of directors shall be
elected annually for one year on the
+ first Monday in January of each year,
and hol dtheir offices for one year.
The officers who shall conduct the
businesses Of said corporation until
the first annual election shall be az
follows:
Board of directors:
r S Hall.
]. r. williams,
J. X Cheyney,
J. D. Stringfellow,
Thomas Downing.
The president shall be n. 6 Hall:
the vice president, J. R. Williams: the
secretary and treasurer, c. II. Brown.
FIFTH
The highest amount Of Indebtedness
or liability to which the corporation
can at any time subject itself shall be
three hundred thousand dollars
SIXTH
The names and residences of the
subscribers and the number of shares
subscribed for shall be as follows:
Name Address No Of shares
r 8 Hall Ocala. Fla. . 800
j. r Williams. Citra, Fla. 200
Thomas Bowling. Live Oak. Fla.
State of Florida,
County Of Hillsborough
l hereby certify on this sth day Of
March, A. ID. 1910. before me PERSONAL
ly came r 5. Hall, J. r Williams and
Thomas Bowling, the subscribers to
the articles of Incorporation foregoing
OF the HALL LUMBER COMPANY.
and each severally acknowledged that
he executed the said articles Of incor-
poration.
Witness my hand and official seal
on this sth day of March. A ID. 1910.
Lucian c. Algee. (Seal)
Notary Public
Ny commission expires Aug. IS. 1911