The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
NOTICE TO APPLY FOR LETTERS
PATENT FOR THE LAKELAND
CHERO COLA B0TTLING
WORKS.

Apply 10 the IOhOioo'O am iiain-
NELL, governor of the State of Flor
ida, at Tallahassee, Florida, on the
18th day of April, A. d. 1913. for
letters patent on the proposed char
ter of the Lakeland Cher0 Cola Bot
fling Works, hereto attached.
X. B. McLAlN.
T. L. WARING.
W. T. MOORE.
Articles of incorporation Of the Lake.
lanai Chero Cola Bottling Works:
We. the undersigned persons, DC
hereby associate ourselves together
for the purpose of forming a corpora
ton for profit. under and by virtue
of the laws of the State Of Florida,
and do hereby adopt the following
charter.
Name and Location.
The name of the corporation snail
be the Lakeland ChcrO Cola B0ttlins
Works, and the principal place OF
business shall be at Lakeland, Polk
county, Florida; hut the corpora
ton shall have the right to establish
branch offices within or without the
State of Florida, as desired.
u-Nature of Business.
The general nature OF the business
to be transacted by the corporation
shall be the manufacture OF CherO
Cola, soda water, syrups, tlavOrinS
extracts, elders and other nOn-in-
toxicating drinks and beverages. and
to sell the same either as wholesale
or retail dealers: to buy. hold, sell.
barter, mortgage, lease or rent. real
estate and personal property, or
mixed property, as the interest OF
the business may demand; to pur-
chase and to own other b0ttling
works; to buy and sell bottles and
other accessories Of b0ttling works.
and to do any and all things proper
for the necessary conduct OF the busi-
nesses above enumerated.
M-Capital Stock.
The capital stock OF the corpora
ton shall be two thousand hve hum
dred dollars ($2.5OO.OO, to be di-
vided into twenty-five (25) shares
of the par value Of one hundred
dollars ($1O0.OO) each, to be paid In
money or in property to be used In
the conduct of the business by the
corporation, a just valuation of which
property shall be agreed upon by the
incorpOrat0rs at a meeting called for
that purpose. Said corporation to
have the right to increase it's cap
ital stock to ten thousand dollars
($1O, OOO.O0) when SO desired by a
majority of the stockholders owning
majority of the stock.
lV-Term Of Existence.
This corporation shall continue
for term of ninetynine years, I'M
less sooner dissolved according to
law.
V-OfRcerS.
The officers Of this corporation
shall be a president, vice presi-
dent, a secretary, a treasurer and II
general manager, a board OF direc-
tors that may consist of not less than
three and more than five persons, as
the stockholders or board of drec-
tors may desire; the secretary, treas
urer, and general manager may be
one person or more. The annual
meeting of the said corporation snail
be held on the second Monday In
January in each year, but this date
may be changed by the bylaws In
ine election Of officers each stock
Lodcr shall he entitled TO one vote
fer each share OF stock owned by him
ana said votes may be cast in person
or by proxy, evidenced by written
authority signed by the owner OF the
stock. No person who is not IA bona
Iidc stakeholder shall be cli2iblc to
hold any Office of the corporation
Until the officers shall be chosen AT
the first annual meeting and duly
qualified, the business Of this cor
puiation shall be conducted by the
To- lowing officers, to-wit.
X. b. McI.ain shall be president.
7. l.. Warning shall be vice prcsi-
dent
". 7. Moore shall be the secretary
treasurer and general manager
II, u. McI.ain, Il. H. Waring, w.
f. Moore and }. NJ. Butler shall COM
pose the board of directors. 4 ma
jority of the directors shall consti-
tute quorum.
VI-Limit of Liability.
The highest amount of liability or
Indebtedness to which the corpora
ton may at any time subject itself
shall be an amount equal to the
aTOunt of stock at that time sub
scribcd.
VII-Seal.
The said corporation may have a
seal bearing whatever words or de-
!sign said corporation may desire,
which said seal shall be kept in the
custody of the secretary of the cor
lOration.
YuI-Subscribing Incorporators.
The names and residences OF the
subscribing incorporators of this
corporation, together with the
amount of capital stock subscribed
by each. are as follows:
Name. Address Shares Amt.
X. ID. McI.ain. Dawson, Ga. $500
W. T. Moore, Lakeland, Fla 700
J. NJ. Butler, Lakeland, Fla s 500
I. l.. Warning. Lakeland, Fla. 3 300
County of Polk: