The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY
FOR LETTERS PATENT

Park Trammell. governor of the state
Of Florida. at Tallahassee. Florida, on
the 18th day OF March, A. D., 1913, for
letters patent. Incorporating The Fort
Mccoy Cooperative 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
Ut Florida.
Proposed Charter Of The Fort Mccoy
Cooperative Cane Products
Company
The undersigned hereby associate
themsclyes together for the purpose
81 becoming Incorporated and form
irg e corporation under and by virtue
OF the laws OF the state of Florida,
with and under the following charter;
ARTICLE |.
The name OF the 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 oi America. and in such for
eisn 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
20 be- transacted by the corporation
shall be. To erect and operate mill
or plant for the purpose of extracting
and crushing the juices from sugar or
other cane 10 manufacture or con-
vert said juices into syrup, sugar or
any by-product resulting from said
operation. 20 buy and sell sugar or
other cane. and any or all articles or
thinns necessary or useful in the man
ufacture of syrup or sugar from sugar
Gene or other substance. To build
and operate. for profit. mills. machine
shops aud warehouses for the manu-
faCture. storage and sale of sugar
cane. syrup. sugar and the by-prOducts
thereof To maintain and operate
canning factories. packing houses and
all ether 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
e-''" or ~~' other article or thing
netd.ui or necessary in said business.
To buy. sell. lease. mortgage and 9TH
real aud personal property of all and
every kind To erect and construct
buildings and other improvements of
an kinds upon lands owned or leased
BY the corporation To have. exercise
and enjoy all the special powers of
Ike corporations. and to do and per-
form an 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
ICED shall be twenty-five Hundred
Dollars S2500). divided into Two
Hundred and Fifty (250) Shares. of
the par value of Ten Dollars ($10)
each All or any of the capital stock
may be payable in cash. property. la
Dor or services. at just valuation 70
be fixed by the incorpOrators or d.
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
ton shall exist shall be ninety-nine
(99) years.
ARTICLE v
The business OF the corporation
shall be conducted by a President, a
Vice President. a Second Vice Presl-
dent. a Secretary and Treasurer,
and such other officers and agents as
the Board of Directors may from time
20 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 q Corresponds
ing Secretary shall be elected The
Directors shall be elected by the
stockholders at each annual meeting;
all other officers shall be elected an
nuaUy 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 10 notice by the President
as curly as is practicable after the is
suance of letters patent. the incorpor-
ators and stockholders of the corpora
ton shall meet at Fort Mccoy, Flor
ida. for the purpose OF adopt
ing bylaws completing the or
ganzation OF the corporation, and
transacting any other business which
may properly come before the stock
holders Until the officers elected at
the first annual meeting shall be quail
fled the officers OF this corporation
shall be:
John 5. Grantham. President.
J. c. Hazard Vice President.
Herman Pilsbury, Second Vice