The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-09

NJ AGREss
BERT E. BETS
J. J. HALDEMAN
VIM. H. SMITH
ARTICLES OF Incorporation OF THE
SECURITY INVESTMENT COMPANY.
ARTICLE I.
The undersigned and their associates hereby
| associate themselves together a body cor
porate under and in virtue Of the laws Of the
State OF Florida governing general corpora
| tons, and do adopt the following articles Of
Incorporation:
The name of the corporation is SECURITY
INVESTMENT COMPANY. Its principal place
OF busiSess shall be in the City of Lakeland,
County Of Polk, State Of Florida and it shall
have offices In such other places the bus
mess OF the corporation may require, TO be
determined by act Of the board Of directors,
| and thereafter appropriately made Of record.
ARTICLE ILL.,
The general nature Of ahe business or bust
| hesses of the corporation shall be, and it
shall have the powers following, to-wit:
To acquire by purchase. lease otherwise,
ana TO sell, mortgage or dispose OF in any
proper way. lands in the State Of Florida
| other states Of the United States. To quarry,
mine and market minerals OF every kind and
character. To acquire by purchase, lease or
otherwise own build and maintain town sites
and towns. To buy and sell all kinds OF
goods and merchandise, either as principal
| or agent To acquire, by purchase. lease
otherwise own and operate saw-'nills. plan
ing mills. finishing mills. and 10 market pro-
ducts thereof. To buy, sell and deal in ores
and minerals, plants. machinery tools, i'm
| plements. groceries, provisions clothing boots
and shoes, furnishing articles. hardware. wood
| EN- and metallic ware, with all other articles
and things in any wise required or capable OF
| being used in connection with timber, mining,
quarrying or land operations and to make and
manufacture such articles when required To
construct carry out. maintain, improve, equip.
manage. control and superintend any roads,
ways, bridges. private railways private tram
ways, reservoirs, power plants, water courses,
aqueducts wharves piers docks hukheads
| furnaces. mills, crushing concentrating and
smelling works hydraulic works. factories.
dwelling houses and warehouses to purchase
| vessels or other means Of transportation ex-
cept railroads (other than pirate railroads)
| to buy. lease operate and maintain delivery
| routes between points in Florida and TO e0uip
and operate the same as required for the uses
| and purposes Of this company and also TO do
| any other acts and things relating to mining
ouarryine and timber operations To manu-
| facture, purchase, or otherwise acquire to
hold own. mortgage pledge sell assign and
| transfer, lease cucumber or otherwise dispose /
| OF, invest trade. deal in and deal with goods
wares and merchandise, chooses in action rights
| accounts personal property of every class and
description In any part of the world To ac
| Quire the good will rights franchises grants
<nd property and to undertake the whole or
any part Of the assets and liabilities Of any
person. firm association or corporation and to
pay for the same In cash stock of this com
pany bonds or otherwise To apply for pUr
chase or otherwise dispose Of to grant license
| in respect Of or otherwise turn TO account any
| and all inventions improvements processes
chemical or mechanical combination and rights
| used in connection with or secured under Let
tiers Patent trade marks and copyrirhts of the
| United states or Of any or all foreign coun
tries; and with the view TO deyeloplnr and
marketing Of the same 10 carry on any bus
| t.,.
which the corporatlon may deem calculated di-
| rectlv or indirectly 10 enectuate these oh
jects
| To enter into make perform and carry out
contracts of every kind with any person firm
| association or corporntion municinality body
polite. country, territory. state or govern
mcnt and without limit as TO amount , 70 draw.
make accent endorse discount evecuta and
change warrants, bonds. debentures and other
negotiable or transferable Instruments whether
secured by mortgage or otherwise as well as
to secure the same hy mortgage or otherwise
| so far as NAV be pernitted nv the laws az the
State Of Florida
| To have one or more Officers TO carry on all
| or any part Of its operations and businesses
| and without restriction or limit as 10 the
| amount to the same extent as natural nor
sons might or could do TO purchase or other
wise acquire TO hold own imnrove mortgage !
cucumber. sell convey. lease, or otherwise dis |
pose of real and personal property of every
class and dpSrrintiOu district
territory or colony Of the United states and in
| any foreign country or plaae
| To purchase hold and Ge Issue the shares
| of It's capitaI stock "a far as authorized hy
Law To puor,ntee nurch.sn salI ouSignS
transfer mortgage nledpe or otbervise disnose
l.of the shares NJ the ranit,, stocl mr. ,ny
bonds securities or evidence Of Indebtedness
created by any other corporation or cornora /
tions of the state OF Florida or any other
state country natIon or rovernment and !
while the owner If said stock m EXERCISE MI
the rights powers and privileges Of ownersbin
including the right 10 vote thereon subject
Iboyever IN rho lave ", tba Sta.o -, rIonito
Tn General IN oner,,o any hrsinass w on
| terprise and 70 carry on any other husiness IN
| connection tberewitb wbn,hor n,onwsan,,,r,nn
| or otherwise and with ali tho nn,yors COW
fcrrcd nv Tho t,va ~ no Stata 10 I1nrid. mo,
| corporations
| ARTICLE ~
| The authorized conitoI ~ This cornoratio,
kshau h, twenty Ave tbousand dollars fsos
OOO 00) divided into twenty Ave hundred
| (25ONl shares Of the mar value Of ten dollars
paid In In cash nronerty labor services ar
nv eitber mr. any NJ a i,st yai,a,,on :" ha
ayed Inv The incnrnoratnrs or no ,hs ho,rJ 80
directors pronerty Iahor or servIces MAJ no
| also Maid for win capit,l stoct NJ inst
! yaluation ~ sucb nronertv labor ar ssrvicss
IN he nxed NV tn. hn,rd =, dira,,as -, 10
cornorotion The c,nItai stnct y, ,his .or
.poration may AZ any time hereafter no IN.
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