The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-10
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AP-
PLY FOR LETTERS PATENT.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned intend to apply to the Gov
ernor of Florida on the 31st day OF
July, 1914, for Letters Patent, on the
proposed charter hereto attached.
G. Lopez BAILEY
CON B. MARVIN
ROSA WEST BAILEY.
Proposed Charter of the Palatka Gas
Light & Fuel Co.
We the undersigned do hereby as
sociate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming a corporation for
profit under and by virtue of the laws
of the State of Florida, and do here
by adopt the following charter:
ARTICLE ONE.
Name.
The name of this corporation shall
be the Palatka Gas Light & Fuel
Company, and it's principal place of
business shall be in the City of Pa
latka, Putnam County, Florida.
ARTICLE TWO.
General Nature of Business to be
Transacted.
The general nature Of the business
to be transacted shall be the erection,
construction and operation of gas and
electric light works, laying pipes,
mains and service pipes with the re-
quisite connections, poles, wires, con-
duits and dynamoes, the manufacture
and supply of gas and electricity for
general uses, and the sale of coal,
wood, and other fuel to the City Of
Palatka, and elsewhere, and the car
rying on of the business of manufac-
turing and selling gas, electric and
other artificial lights, and other
means of lighting. The purchase and
sale of real estate and personal prop
erty; to borrow money; to execute
and deliver mortgages, bonds, deeds,
promissory notes; in connection with
the business of said corporation; to
sue and be sued; to contract and be
contracted with; to own, sell dispose
of or cucumber real estate and per-
sonal property; to take over and &C
quire the stock and to assume the
bonds and liabilities of any other cor
poration of similar character to this
now or heretofore existing.
ARTICLE THREE.
Capital Stock.
The capital stock of this corpora
ton shall be 100000, to, be divided
into 500 shares of the par value of
$4,000 each, to be paid in lawful
money of the United States, or in
property of equal value thereof, or
labor and services at Just and rea-
sonable valuation to be fixed by the
stockholders.
ARTICLE FOUR.
Term.
The term for which this corpora
ton shall exist, shall be Ninety-nine
years from the date Letters Patent
shall be issued.
ARTICLE FIVE.
Officers.
The officers of this corporation shall
be a President, Vice President, Sec
rotary, Treasurer, and Board of Di-
rectors, of not less than three nor
more than five. The President, Vice
President and Secretary and Treas
urer, shall be stockholders, and may
also be members of the Board of Bi-
rectors. The office Of the Secretary
and Treasurer may be held by one
and the same person. The Board of
Directors shall be elected at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders to
be held in the City of Palatka, Put
nam County, Florida, at the principal
place of business of the corporation,
on the second Monday in January in
each year, beginning in the year 1915.
Until the annual meeting of the
stockholders and until the officers |
above mentioned are elected and quail
flied at the first election, the officers
IF this corporation shall be president,
g. Lopez Bailey; Vice President, Con
B. Marvin; and Secretary and Treas
irer, Rosa West Bailey.
The incorporators shall meet in the
City of Palatka Putnam Cou~ty,
Florida at the principal place of bus
mess of the corporation, Tuesday,
August 4th, 1914, at Eight o'clock p.
n, for the purpose Of adopting by
avs and completing the organiza-
ion of this corporation
ARTICLE SIX.
Amount of Indebtedness.
The highest amount of indebted
less to which this corporation can at
my time subject itself, shall be
ARTICLE SEVEN.
Names and Residences of Incorporat-
orS.
The names and residences of the
in this corporation, to.
sether with the amount of stock sub.
cribed by each of them are as follows:
J. Lopez Bailey, Palatka, Florida,
1873 shares; Con. B. Marvin, Pa.atka,
florida, one share; and Rosa West
3ailey, PaIatka, Florida, one share.
G. Lopez BAILEY
CON B. MARVIN