The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-17
PROPOSED CHARTER OF PicKARD BROTH.
Frs COMPANY.

j. F. PICKARD.
PROPOSED CHARTER OF PiCKARD BROTH.
Frs COMPANY.
The undersigned incorporators hereby as
Of becoming incorporated under the laws Of
the State OF Florida with the following pro-
posed Charter.
Article /. -he name Of said corporation
shall be Pickard Brothers Company, and
its principal place OF business shall be To-
Gated in Lakeland Folk County, Florida, but
IL may establish branch Offices anywhere in
the United States Of America.
Article 3 The general nature Of the bus
mess 10 be transacted by said corporation
shall be TO conduct a general real estate
business; to buy, own, acquire, cultivate.
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
ings 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, Operare 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
the laws Of the State of Florida and this
Charter.
Article 3. The amount Of capital stock Of
the said corporation shall be twenty five
into two hundred and fifty (25O) shares of
the par value Of one hundred dollars
($lOO.0O) each. to be paid for in cash or
In labor and services at just and fair
| valuation to be fixed by the Board OF Direc
tors at any regular or special meeting.
Article 4. The term for which this cOrpo-
| ration shall exist shall be ninety mine (99)
years.
Article ). The business Of this corpora
ton shall be conducted by the following
officers President; Vice President;
Secretary and Treasurer, and Board of
Directors. composed Of not less than three
80 nor more than seven (7) 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 ror a
term Of one ID year. by the stockholders Of
| the corporation, at an election to be held on
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
Pickard. vice-President; A. +. Pickard, Sec
rotary Treasurer: Directors: c. s. Cox; G.
Z Pickard; A. F. Pickard; A. E. Pickard
and J. +. Pickard.
| Artlcle b. Inc neneSt amount OF indebted
ness or liability to which this corporation
can at any time subject itself shall be one
hundred thousand dollars (slOO.OOO.O O).
Article I. The names and residences Of
the subscribing incorp0rat0rs and the amount
Of capital stock subscribed for by each are
| as follows:
! Name Residence Shares
G s. Cox Park Rapids MINI. Fifty (5O)
IG. +. Pickard Portland Maine Fifty (50)
A. F. Pickard Lakeland, Fla. Fifty (5O)
A. E. Pickard COkato, MINI. Fifty (5O)
j. F. Pickard, Lakeland. Fla, Fifty (5O)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said incor.
seals this 18th day OF November, 1914.
A. +. PICKARD.
e. s. cox.
A. +, PICKARD.
G. +. PICKARD.
J. +. PICKARD,
STATE OF FLORIDA.
POLK COUNTY.
Before me. the undersigned authority. per.
sOnally appeared A. +. Pickard, J. F. Pickart
and C. S. Cox, to me well known to be thu
pany, and acknowledged to me that they ex
persons described in and who executed thu
proposed Charter Of Pickard Brothers Com
lecuted the same for the uses and purposes
therein set forth and expressed.
(SeaD DAVID o. ROGERS,
| Notary Public
My commission expires May l6, 1916.
STATE ON MINNESOTA.
COUNTY OF WRIGHT.
Before, me the undersigned authority, per
sonaly appeared A. E. Pickard. to me wei
known to be the person described in ant
who executed the proposed Charter of Pick
ard Brothers Company, and acknowledged &c
me that he executed the same for the use: