The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-31

GNOIlCe 10 IStSDy S1Ncdl GEdt tlS uI-
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 its 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 manufae-
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 ac-
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 I
ton shall be $50,000.00, 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
of equal value thereof, or
labor and services at i Just and rea-
sonable valuation to be fixed by the
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
De a President, Vice President, Sec
'etary, Treasurer, and Board of Di-
-ectors, of not less than three nor
more than five. The President, Vice
President and Secretary and Treas
lrer, shall be stockholders, and may
also be members of the Board of Di-
'ectors. The office of the Secretary
md Treasurer may be held by one
ind the same person. The Board of
Directors shall be elected at the an
lual meeting of the stockholders to
)e held in the City of Palatka, Put
lam County, Florida, at the principal
)lace of business of the corporation,
m the second Monday in January in
ach year, beginning in the year 1915.
Until the annual meeting of the
stockholders and until the officers
Ibove mentioned are elected and quail
fed at the first election, the officers
# this corporation shall be president,
J. Lopez Bailey; Vice President, Con
3. Marvin; and Secretary and Treas
;rer, Rosa West Bailey.
The incorporators shall meet In the
,lty of Palatka Putnam Cou-ty,
florida, at the principal place of bus
ness OF the corporation, russIsy,
August 4th, 1914, at Eight o'clock D.
H., for the purpose of adopting by
avs and completing the organizes
ion of this corporation.
ARTICLE SIX.
Amount of Indebtedness.
The highest amount Of indebted
less to which this corporation cas al
my time subject itself, shall be
1856, 100000.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
Names and Residences Of Ineorperat-
ors.
The. names and residences of the
in this corporation. to.
.ether with the amount Of stock sub. I
cribsd by each of them are, as follows:
}. Lopez Bailey, Palatka, Florida.
98 shares; Con. B. Marvin, Pa.atka,
Tisrida. one share; and Rosa West
Bailey, falatka, Florida, one share.
G. Lopez BAILEY
CON B. MARVIN
ROSA WEST BAILEY.