The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-14
CHARTER OF THE BLOWERS LIME
AND PHOSPH WE COMPANY

ANo PHOSPHATE COMPANY
The l adersigned, A. c. Blowers.
| do hereby associate themselves to-
gether for the purpose of becoming
/ businesses as a corporation for profit,
under the laws of the state of Florida:
and do hereby adopt the following as
the charter OF such corporation:
| ARTICLE /
| The name of this corporation shall
/ be BLOWERS LIME AND PHOSPHATE
COMPANY. and its place of business
! in Pinellas county, Florida, and Ocala,
/ in Marion county, Florida, with
branch offices or places of business at
/ to time, become necessary or conven-
lent, to be fixed in the bylaws of the
This corporation proposes, and is
empowered, to transact the following
| =, !. TO acquire. by lease or pur-
chase, lime and phosphate lands. to
| thereof, as well as the lands or lease
holds so acquired.
2; To Manufacture brick, lime and
kindred products; to acquire, own and
operate all necessary machinery for
such purposes; and to sell said pro-
! ducts, IS well as said machinery.
| 3. To engage generally in the man
ufacture. buying and selling of the
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other purposes, and all by-products
real estate, by purchasing, holding, inn
proving, letting to rent, developing
and selling same, or products there
| incident to such business.
5. To deal in any and all kinds of
personal property, by buying, holding,
| GLIDING live stock. farm implements,
machinery. vehicles, automobiles, BIZ
cycles, motorcycles and other per-
s. TO lay out. equip. conduct and
control on lands it may own or lease
| for the purpose, amusement and pleas
ure resorts, with power to sell and
/ grant concessions thereon for refresh
ment stands, lunch-rocms and other
| Z. To do general lumber business,
owning and operating lumber mills
buIing and selling anv and aii Kin3s
| of lumber and building material pro-
| duced. therefrom
electric plants and gas plants. manu-
| featuring and selling gas and cleo
| tricity. for lighting, heating, power
lines, pipes and conduits for the trans
mission thereof: and selling all by
products of such plants.
9. To own and operate boat lines
steamboats,, steamships, sailing vessels
and all kinds of water craft. and the
shipyards connected Herewith
10. To. conduct general merchandise
and comissary stores. buying. and
porting; and eSporfing. all Kinds si1; 10 Of
goods, wares, merchandise. groceries,
frugs' chemiea GALS foods, feed stuffs,
| implements, fertilizers, and all other
merchantable commodities
stocks, promissory notes, bills Of ex-
change, bonds and mortgages or other
securities: and to loan money on real
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other security.
y. To acquire. conduct and con-
cafes. boarding houses. rooming
houses, apartment houses, store houses,
gaIr5ageEF; f. livery very, and feed stables
farms, truck gardens and citrus fruit
groves. and to sell or otherwise dis
pose of the products thereof, and the
| IA. To conduct a general real estate
and rental agency, acting as the agent
ing, renting, or letting to rent. any
and all kinds of real property; in col
lecting purchase money or rentals on
such real property; in procuring ten
ants for any such property; and in
managing generally all such proper
t ties tn power on the part of the
or rents of the said property for any
given period PEI dona,o. auouo, -.
agency, acting as the agent o.. borrow
er or lender in procuring and placing
loans on real estate, chattel or other
security; with power to guarantee the
fered.
IS. To conduct a general insurance
writing any of the following - classes
Of insurance, to-wit: fire, life, acct
dent, health tornado, automobile,
burglary and plate glass.
H. To conduct a general advertis-
ing agency, acting as agent for any
one in contracting for advertising
space in newspapers, magazines, pc
and in preparing such th ad 73H sing
matter, furnishing same 20 the pub
Usher. and in experimenting the pub
49, To conduct a general employ
ment agency. acting as the. agent of
any one seeking employment or seek
ing. to employ help or labor
10. To own, conduct and sell dairies
and dairy products, Of any and all
20 To own and operate coal mines,
coal yards and wood yards: and TO buy
and sell coal and wood for fuel and
81 70 develop and operate and sell
oil wells and salt. wells, and to sell
the output thereof in the crude or
p. To own and operate. by steam
or other power, any and all kinds Of
mills for the grinding Of wheat, corn
| sugar-cane. stone or other thing, on
! behalf OF the corporation or others
for a compensation.
incident 10 the powers above enumer-
ated, and all other powers given to
corporations in general by the laws Of
the state of Florida.
And, in addition to the foregoing
powers, the corporation shall have the
lpOwer to lease, purchase, hold, sell and
convey, any and all property necessary
I or convenient to the transaction of any
Of said businesses, or which the pur-
poses of the corporation may require
or which il shall and may acquire in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction OF
| debts due the corporation, under sales
, judgments or mortgages, or in settle
, ment or partial settlement of debts
due the corporation by any Of its deb
tors.
But this charter does not grant, and
shall not be construed as granting, &c
the said corporation anv powers that
belong exclusively to trust companies
or public service or other corporations
under any of the laws Of the state OF
| Florida.
= ARTICLE III.
The capital stock of this corpora
> ti0n shall be fifty thousand Cs50,000)
dollars, divided into five hundred (5OO)
shares OF the par value of one hundred
$1,000 dollars each, ten per cent OF
which capital stock shall be paid IN as
soon letters patent issued. and