The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-04
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY
FOR LETTERS PATENT

the 18th dey OF March, A. D.. 1919, for
letters patent. incorporating The Fort
Mccoy Co-oDera,lve Cane Products
Company, under the laws OF the state
Of Florida. with and under the follow
ing proposed charter, the original Of
which is now on file in the Office of
the secretary of state OF the state
LOT Florida.
Proposed Charter of The Fort Mccoy
Cooperative Cane Products
Company
The undersigned hereby associate
themselves together for the purpose
.of becoming Incorporated and form
n9 a corporation under and by virtue
of the laws OF the state OF Florida,
with and under the following charter:
ARTICLE |.
The name of tie corporation shall
be The Fort Mccoy Cooperative
Cane Products Company, and its bus
mess shall be conducted within the
state of Florida and in such other
states and territories Of the United
States of America, and in such for
eign countries as may be necessary
and convenient. The principal office
of said corporation shall be in Fort
Mccoy, Marion county, Florida.
ARTICLE H..
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by the corporation
shall be: To erect and operate a mill
or plant for the purpose Of extracting
and crushing the juices from sugar or
to
vert said juices into syrup, sugar or
any byproduct resulting from said
operation: to buy and sell sugar or
other cane, and any or all articles or
things necessary or useful in the man
ufacture Of syrup or sugar from sugar
cane or other substance. TO build
and operate, for profit mills, machine
shops and warehouses for the manu-
facture, storage and sale OF sugar
ane, syrup, sugar and the by-prOducts
thereof TO maintain and operate
aiming factories, packing houses and
all other needful buildings and ma
chinery necessary or useful in con
Quoting a general canning and pack
ing business; to buy and sell all and
every kind Of vegetables, grain or
fruit or any other article or thing
needful or necessary in said business.
To buy, sell, lease. mortgage and 9th
erwise acquire, hold and dispose OF
real and personal property of all and
every kind. TO erect and construct
buildings and other improvements OF
all kinds upon lands owned or leased
by the corporation. To have, exercise
and enjoy all the special powers of
like corporations, and to do and per
form all such other acts and things
as may be necessary, profitable or eX-
pedient in the exercise of any or all
Of it's powers and rights To loan
money, and charge interest on same.
To purchase fertilizers, seeds, trees
and plants, and sell same. To build
roads. and operate any and all other
methods of transportation which are
or may become necessary TO carry
out the objects of this company.
ARTICLE III
The amount of capital stock author
lied shall be Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars ($2500), divided into Two
Hundred and Fifty (250l Shares, of
the par value of Ten Dollars ($10
leach. All or any Of the capital stock
may be payable in cash, property, la
Dor or services, at just valuation TO
be fixed by the incorpOratOrs or dl-
rectors. and the judgment of the in
corporatOrs or directors as to the val
ne Of such property. labor or services,
shall. in the absence of fraud, be con-
elusive upon the stockholders and all
parties doing business with the COM
pany.
ARTICLE ".
The term for which this corpora
ition shall exist shall be ninety-nine
(99) years.
ARTICLE Y.
The business of the corporation
shall be conducted by a President,
Vice President. a Second Vice Presi-
dent. a Secretary and a Treasurer,
and such other officers and agents as
the Board OF Directors may from time
to time deem eXpedient, and Board
Of Directors consisting Of not less
than seven nor more than eleven
members. the number Of Directors TO
be fixed by the stockholders in the
bylaws. The Offices of Secretary
!and Treasurer may be united in one
person, in which case a Correspond
| ing Secretary shall be elected. The
Directors shall be elected by the
stockholders at each annual meeting
all other officers shall be elected an
Inually by the stockholders. The an
nual meeting of this corporation shall
/ be held on the first Tuesday OF the
month of February at seven p. m.
/ Provided. however, that the date OF
such annual meeting may be changed
! from time to time by the bylaws
/ Pursuant to notice by the President
as early as is practicable after the is
suance of letters patent the incorpor-
iators and stockholders Of the corpora
ton shall meet at Fort Mccoy, Flor
Ida, for the purpose OF adopt
iing bylaws. completing the or
ganization of the corporation, and
Itransactng any other business which
may properly come before the stock
holders. Until the officers elected at
the first annual meeting shall be qual-
, flied the officers of this corporation
shall be:
John s. Grantham, President.
J. c. Hazard Vice President.
Herman Pilsbury, Second Vice
! President