The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-15
A. F. PICkARD
G.. s. cox.
a. +. PICKARD
q. f.. PICkARD
j. +. PICkARD
PROPOSED CHARTER OF PicKARD BROTH.
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The undersigned incOrporators hereby as
soclate themselves together for the purpose
or becoming Incorporated under the laws Of
The State NJ Florida with the following pro.
posed Charter
Article l. The name of said corporation
shall be Pickard Brothers Company, and
lts principal place OF business shall be To-
Gated In Lakeland. Polk County, Florida but
1t may establish branch Offices anywhere in
he United States Of America
Article :. The general nature Of the bus
mess to be transacted by said corporation
shall be to conduct a general real estate
develop. and otherwise deal In and mortgage,
sell, convey, and otherwise dispose Of real
estate and personal property OF any and all
kinds whatsoever to erect houses and build
ngs and sell and dispose Of same; to own
and cultivate orange and citrus fruit groves
and manage same. either for themselves or
others; 10 buy. sell and deal In all kinds
OF citrus fruit and farm products; to own
and operate stock farms: to act as general
commission merchants: TO manufacture into
the finished product any and all kinds OF
raw material; to own, operaee and conduct
hotels. packing houses and warehouses to
borrow and loan money to own and operate
wholesale and retail stores for the purpose
Of dispOsing Of any and all kinds OF per
sonal property; and TO do any and all such
acts as are legitimate and not prohibited by
the laws OF the State Of Florida and this
Charter.
the said corporation shall be twenty Ave
thousand dollars t$25 900 0O). to be divided
into two hundred and fifty t25O) shares Of
the par value Of one hundred dollars
$4,000 each. to be paid for in cash or
in labor and services at just and fair
valuation to be ixed by the Board OF Direc-
tors at any regular special meeting
Article 4. The term for which this corpo-
ration shall exist shall be ninety mine 1897
years
Article 3 The business OF this CORPORA
ton shall be conducted by the following
| onicers: President: Vice -President; a
Secretary and Treasurer, and a Board Of
Directors. composed Of not less than three
90 nor more than seven "a members; and
such other officers as may from time to
time be deemed necessary by the Board of
Directors The officers OF said corporation
shall be elected annually. to serve FOR a
ERIN OF one % year, by the stockholders of
the corporation, at an election 10 be held on
he last Monday In December of each year.
The Following persons shall be the officers
OF this corporation and conduct the business
thereof until those elected at the first annual
meeting of the stockholders shall be elected
and qualified: G. s Cox. President; G. E..
riCkard. Vice President: A. T. Pickard Sec
retaryTreasurer Directors: C. s. Cox; G.
f Pickard; a. F. Pckard: A. l.. Pickard
and j. +. Pickard
Article 8. The highest amount Of indebted
ness or liability TO which this corporation
can at any time subject itself shall be one
hundred thousand dollars tsl0O, 900 00)
Article :. The names and residences Of
the subscribing incOrporators and the amount
of capital stock subscribed for by each are
as follows:
Name Residence shares
{ 5. Cox Park Rapids, MINI. Fifty 500
&. f. Pickard Portland Maine Fifty t50l
A. T. Pickard. Lakeland. Fla. Fifty 1907
A F.. Pickard Cokato. MINI. Fifty 500
J. F. Fickard. Lakeland, Fla, Fifty t50l
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the said incor-
porators have hereunto set their hands and
seals dis 10Th day OF November. 1914.
A +. PICKARD
G. :. cox.
A. F.. PICKARD.
g. +. PICkARD.
J. +. PICKARD.
STATE OF FLORIDA.
POLK COUNTY
Before me. the undersigned authority. per-
sonally appeared A. T. Pickard. J. +. Pickard
and c. s. Cox, to me well known TO be the
persons described In and who executed the
proposed Charter Of Pickard Brothers Com
pany. and acknowledged to me that they e1-