The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-12-09
Notice of Intention to Apply for
Letters Patent.

Notice is hereby given that the subscribers
hereto, will apply to the Honorable Albert
w. Gilchrist, Governor of the State of Flor
ida, at Tallahassee, Florida, on the 22d day
of December, A. D., 1910, for
LETTERS PATENT
as per PROPOSED CHARTER following,
the same having been filed in the office OF
the Secretary of State, of said State of Flor
| ida, at Tallahassee, Florida, on the day OF
November A. d., 1910.
PROPOSED CHARTER OF
"FLORIDA WOODENWARE COMPANY
1.-The name of this corporation shall be,
FLORIDA WOoDENwARE COMPANY"
| and its principle place of business shall be
at and near Palatka, in Putnam County,
state of Florida, but II may by resolution of
| its Board Of Directors change the same TO
any other place in said state;
2.-The general nature of the business to be
| transacted by this corporation shall be to
manufacture, buy, and sell TANKS, TU BIS,
| CRATES, BOXES, and such other articles
of woodenware, or combinations Herewith
| as may hereafter be decided upon, or acquir-
| ed, for manufacture or sale; and incident
| thereto the buying, holding, use, sale and
dfsL osal of lands, timber, woods. and ma
terials for the same, and the carrying on of
such other business as may be decided to be
eXpedient or necessary to properly carry on
said manufacturing business first above
mentioned; and these powers and privileg-
es may be extended elsewhere in the State
of Florida, in the United States and For
eign Countries, and to do and perform such
acts and things in the premises as may be
incident, expedient and necessary to prop
erly carry out the purposes stated
3-The amount of the Capital Stock OF
this corporation shall be FORTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS, divided into FOUR
HUNDRED SHARES, each of the par value
of ONE HUNDRED Dollars; This Capital
stock shall be NON ASSESSABLE, and
shall be paid in according to law, and there
after as called for by the Directors;
4-This corporation shall continue and
exist for the term of FIFTY YEARS, unless
dissolved according to law;
5-The annual meeting of this corporation
shall be held in Palatka, Putnam County,
Florida, on the first WEDNESDAY, in the
month of January of each year hereafter,
but the time and place of meeting may be
changed at any annual meeting of the stock
holders.
elected ut said annual meetings, and the
term of office of all officers shall be ONE
YEAR, and until their SUCCESSORS are elect
ed, said term to begin with the date of such
6-All deeds of conveyance, leases. and in
struments of writing necessary to be under
seal, shall be executed by the President or
Vice President, signing the corporste name,
and attested by the Secretary, atliXing the
corporate seal thereto;
I'm case of Inability from any cause. on
part of the President, the Vice President
shall succeed to and perform all acts and
S.-The highest amount of Indebtedness
to which said corporation may subject it.
self, shall be Forty Thousand Dollars;
9.-The officers of this corporation shall be
Board of DIRECTORS. of not less than
tn Rec, nor more than FIVE, one of whom
shall be President, another Vice President
another Secretary, andkanother Treasurer
but one of the Directors may hold both of
the offices of Secretary and Treasurer, if
deemed eXpedient;
l0.-Until the first election under this
Charter, at an annual meeting, the business
OF this corporation shall be conducted by
Board of Directors, consisting of H, II. Will
son, who shall be PRESIDENT
Y. ii. Preston, who shall be Vice President
W. p. Merriam, who shall be Secretary:
g. G; Grimm, who shall be Treasurer;
n,-By-laws not inconsistent with this
Charter, may be adopted, rescinded or
amended at hany meeting of said Directors
who shall have the authority to fix the COM
pensation gifts officers, employees, servants
and agents, and to delegate such authority
to other persons when deemed eXpedient or
necessary and in all acts of said Directors a
majority of them shall be sufficient;
l2.-The names, residences and respective
subscriptions of the incorporatOrs, are as
follows:
f. H. Wilson, Palatka, Florida, 70 shares,
z: IL; Preston, Crescent City, Fla, 20 shares
W. Z. Merriam, Palatka, Florida, 10 shares.
Q; q: Grimm, Palat ka, Florida, 20 shares.
State of Florida,
County of Putnam
Before me perfonally came f. H. Wilson.
0. H. Preston, W. p. Merriam and c. q,
Grimm, who each for himself acknowledged
the foregoing to be his genuine signature to
the foregoing charter of the FLORIDA Wood
enware company" for the purposes therein
expressed.
latka, on this November nth, A. d 1910
tSeal1 Il Il. HASKELL
Notary Public, state of Florida at Large.
MY commission expires January 18th, 1914.