The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT

pOrate under the following ARIICLES
OF INCORPORATION the original
hereof being now on file in the Office
of the Secretary of State.
C. NJ WEEKS
]. R. WEEKS
L. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
We the undersigned hereby agree to
associate ourselves together and be-
come a body polite and corporate un-
der the General Corporation laws Of
the State of Florida and adopt the fol-
lowing ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
,TION.
The name of this Corporation shall
be PLANT CITY MERCANTILE COM
PANY.. Its principle places of bust
ness shall in Plant City and also in
Lakeland, Florida and elsewhere as
may be determined by the Board of
Directors, and its principle offices
shall be in the City of Lakeland, Flor
ida. -
i Second.
| The general nature of business to be
transacted by said Corporation shall
be: To own and operate stores Of
general merchandise within and with
out the State of Florida and do any
and all things necessary or eXpedient
in the management of said business.
To establish and operate stores I'M
der separate management or as
branches of other stores for the sale
of general merchandise goods, wares,
commissary supplies, drugs, hardware,
drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertiliz-
ers, produce and meats, either whole.
sale or retail at such places as may
hereafter be determined
Third
To establish, buy, own, operate and
control any garage, livery and sales
stables, hotel or restaurant, laundry,
moving picture shows or any other
amusement or entertainment shows, or
any other legitimate business of any
and all natures whatsoever.
Fourth
To acquire, own, rent, lease, and
control property both real personal
and mixed. and to mortgage, pledge or
dispose of the same according to law.
To take over, purchase or acquire the
stock, bonds, charter, patent rights
letters patent, property and good will
of any other person, firm or corpora
ltion, or of this corporation.
To make and enter into and per
form contracts for any lawful purpose
for unlimited amounts. To make and
execute, issue, endorse, discount and
hypothecate promissory notes, bills o.
| exchange, negotiable or transferable
instruments or evidence of indebted
ness.
Fifth
The amount of Capital stock author
lied shall be twenty-five Thousand
! Dollars divided into Two Hundred an,
! fifty shares of the par value of On,
Hundred Dollars each. Said stool
may be issued purchased and paid 70
with money, labor or other services o
\ property to be hereafter accepted, dc
n termined or contracted by the Boar
\ of Directors.
The term for which this Corporatio
\ shall exist shall be perpetual and Ill
H limited.
Seventh
n The business of this Corporate
shall be conducted by President, on
person. a Secretary, one person, an
Y a Treasurer, one person, and Boar
of Directors, to be composed of NJ
less than three stockholders. The
shall all be elected annually at til
annual meeting of the Shareholder
which annual meeting shall be held G
the second Tuesday in January
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting her
of in January, 1917. the business
said Corporation shall be conducted
the following stockholders, who sha
hold the Offices respectively unit
| their successors are elected and qua
flied: C. M. Weeks, President J.
1 Weeks, Secretary. l.. b. Weeks, Urea
urer. The Board of Directors shall
composed of, C. NJ. Weeks, J.
Weeks and L. B. Weeks.
Eighth
The highest amount of indebtedne
to which this Corporation may at al
time subject itself shall the Fiji
Thousand Dollars.
Ninth.
The names and residences of Il
subscribing incorporators and Il
amount of stock subscribed for
each is as follows:
c. NJ Weeks, residence Lakelan
> Florida, $50 shares.
j. r. Weeks residence Lakelan
: Florida, so shares.
: l.. b. Weeks, residence Lakelan
Florida so shares.
IN WITNESS HEREOF We ha,
hereunto subscribed our names and q
fixed our seals this the 25th day of o
tober a. ID. 1916.
C. NJ. WEEKS (Sea
j. r. WEEKS (Sea
l.. B. WEEKS (Sea
STATE OF FLORIDA
POLK COUNTY
hereby certify that before me,