The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-21
CHARTER
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nAvENpnRr IlGA1 AND lce COMPANY

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The under, .ued hereby acrec % become as
ISOLATED together. and do hereby associate
themselves together for the purpose OF be
... i MODS polite and c,fporate, undo
the laws Of the state Of Florida. The pr"
visions Of which are hereby accepted. The
: 4 swing articles of Incorporation shall cor
Stitute and become Its charter upon the Is
suance of letters patent according to law;
l. The name Of this corporation shall he
Davenport Iieht n Ice Company Its prin
cipai Office and place OF business shall he the
/ city OF Davenport. Polk county. Florida
! Branch Offices may be established at such 9th
| er places as may be elected by the BOaro
Il Directors.
. The general nature OF the business to h
transacted by the said corporation shall be-
/ the generation OF power from flowing water
coal, wood or other inllammable material an'
electricity: the sale Of power and light and
! the generating, sale and furnishing OF cleo
| tcity for light. heat and power: the manu-.
f, facturc and sale of ice; the manufacture and
! sale of soft drinks, ice cream and other re-
freshments, foods and commodities
Z, he anutnt of capital stock OF this
| corporation shall be ten thousand dollar
| $40 .O0o.OO) divided into one hundred 600
shares of the par value OF one hundred
| ($l0OOO) each; said capital stock shall be
J paid for in lawful money OF the United States,
F! ten per cent of which shall he paid Within
ten days after letters patent shall have been
! granted and before said corporation snail
| transact any business. The unpaid balances
due on stock OF the subscribers hereto shall
be paid in lawful money Of the United States
| in such insallmentS and within such times
| as may be designated by the Board Of III
| rcctors, provided that the subscribers shall he
! entitled to ten days notice OF demand for
| such deferred payments The remaining stock
| shall be sold by the Directors from time tn
! time as same may be needed and at not less
| than its par value
r. A. This corporation shall exist perpeualy
and without limitation. unless sooner dis
solved according to law.
| s. The business OF this corporation shall
be conducted by board Of not less than
three nor more than thirteen directors.
The Board OF Directors shall select from
themselves president. vice president, secre.
tary, treasurer and business manager. One
person may hold the offices OF secretary anC
treasurer and business manager Said Board
Of Directors shall have authority to appoint
all necessary agents OF this corporation. An
nual meetings Of the stockholders shall bt
held at the principle offices OF the corporation
on the first Monday In February OF each year
at ten o'clock a. H., or as soon thereafter a.
practicable, at which the Board Of Directors
shall he duly elected by the Stockholders. The
bylaws for the government OF this corpora
ing Of the stockholders or as sO0n theres,fte'
as practicable. Until ROwd OF Direction
.hali have been first duly chosen hy the stock
holders. the business Of the SAID corporation
shall be conducted by the following named per
sons and Ofilcers
! j. Il. Bowen, president.
Adam SchOherein. vie president
Henry Nafzirer. secretary
Gottlieb Klnk. treasurer.
COttlleh klink. business manager.
Temporary by laws may be adopted BY tn
said officers until the first annual meeting o
the stockholders.
6. The highest amount OF indebtedness o
liability to which this corporation shall q
INV time subject itself Is ten thousand dol
lars
i :. The names and residence of the sub
scrbers to these articles Of incorporation. 10
cethcr with the Amount Of capital subscribtA
by each, are as follows:
Number o
Names Residences Share
Adam Schoeherlein. Aurora. illinois, ]
| Gottlieb Klink. Aurora, Illinois ---------
l. l. Goldsmith. Aurora. Illinois ---------- !
Henry NafNser. Davenport. Florida ------ !
!. f. Bowen, Davenport, Florida -------- !
C. G. Farmer, l,a,enpnrt FlOrida--------
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunt
nnr hands his the wenty-third day G
August, A. ID. 1913.
, ADAM SCHOERERLEIN,
GOrTLIER kiiNk,
GnlpSNlTli.
HENRY NN'ZIGER,
G. e. FARMER.
Z. BOWEN.
STATE or ILLINOIS,
i KANE COUNTY, IS
l. Ralph Z, Putnam. a notary public In an
fni the county aud State aforesaid no HERR
i RY CERTIFY hat Adam >ohue'erein Cot,
lirh lkhk and Gn.i>mi,h Who are To u
wen known this day appeared before me N
each for himself acknowledged that he sign,