The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-08


Excellency. Park Trammell, Cover
Eor of the State Of Florida, at Tai
lahassee, Florida, on the S0th day OF
July, A. D. 1913, for letters patent
ol the proposed charter of the Will
liamson-Moore Company, hereto at
tached.
EDITH c. CLEMENCE,
w. S. MOORE,
G. C. WILLIAMSON.
Articles Of Incorporation OF the vii.
liamson-Moore Company. 80.
We, the Undersigned, do hereby
associate ourselves together, for the
purpose Of forming corporation for
profit. under and by virture Of the
laws of the State Of Florida. and do
! hereby adopt the following Articles
o: Incorporation:
Name and Location:
The name Of the corporation shall
be- the williamson Moore Company,
and the principal place Of business
shall be at Lakeland, Polk county,
Florida.
Nature Of Business:
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by the corporation
shall be to buy, own, lease, hold,
mortgage, sell or otherwise encum-
Der real estate. To buy, own or sell
all kinds of clothing, shoes, hats,
gentlemens' furnishings, and other
merchandise of like character, gen.
orally handled and kept In Gents
furnishings and Dry Goods Stores;
to receive on consignment for sale
on commission or otherwise. all
kinds of personal property of like
character, or to do any other things
necessary for the proper conduct of
the aforesaid business.
Capital Stock:
lie capital stock OF the corpora
ton shall be Five Thousand tS5,
lpllals to be divided into Two Hum
clai shares, of the par value Of
S2o.Oo per share, to be paid in money
or in property, to be used in the
conduct Of the business Of the cor
! poratlon, just value of which prop
olty shall be agreed upon by the in
ccrporators in a meeting called for
that purpose. Said corporation shall
nave the right to increase its capital
stock to any amount, not to exceed
Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars,
when SO desired by the majority of
the stockholders owning majority
of the stock.
Term Of Existence:
Ihis corporation shall continue for
a term OF ninety nine (99) wears.
unless sooner dissolved according to
law.
| Officers:
The officers of the corporation
shall be President, Vice-Prcsi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer, who
! may be one person, and a Board of
| Directors, which may consist of not
less than three, nor more than five
persons as the Stockholders or Board
OF directors may desire, and such othei
officers as the Stockholders may elect,
or the Board Of Directors may ap-
point. The Secretary and Treasurer.
ard the Officers herein named NAV
hold any Of the Offices established
by the Stockholders or the Board of
directors. The annual meeting OF
the said corporation shall be held on
the second Monday In January of
each year, but this date may be
changed by the bylaws. In the cleo
ton OF officers each Stakeholder
~.'-~'A SC ~htitiCu " VAC vote IOr eaCl
share OF stock owned by him, and
Sid vote may be cast In person or
by proxy, evidenced by written
authority and signed by the owner
o. the stock. No person who is not
a bona fide stakeholder shall be ELI
gible to hold any office of the cor
FoTation enumerated in this Char
ter. but any person chosen by the /
Beard Of Directors may hoLl any Of
fee established by the Stockholders.
or the Board of Directors Until the
officers shall be chosen at the first
annual meeting, and duly qualified,
the business of this corporation shall
be conducted by tic following Off
GERS, to-wit:
Edith c. Clcmcnce saall be the
President
w. S. Moore, shall be the Vice.
President.
G. c. Williamson snail be the Sec
rotary and Treasurer.
Edith C. Clemence, w. S. Moore |,
and G. C. Williamson shall compose