The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-07
NOTICE or INTENTION TO APPLY FOR
LETTERS PATENT

Notice is hereby gwen tnat the undersigned
will apply 10 the Honorable Park M. Trammell,
Governor Of the State Of Florida. at his Office
in Tallahassee, Florida, on the Goth day Of
June. A. d. 1915. for Letters Patent, incor-
porating Winter Haven Fruit Company under
the following proposed Charter, the original Of
which Is now on file In the Office OF the Sec
Rotary OF State Of Florida.
Witness our names this 9Th day Of May,
A. D. 1916
c. M. CLAYTON
W. T. ovERsTREET
D. Q, ROGERS.
PROPOSED CHARTER or WINTER haven
FRUIT COMPANY
The undersigned incorporators hereby asso-
eiate themselves together for the purpose Of
becoming Incorporated under the laws of the
State Of Florida with the following proposed
Charter
Article !.
The name Of said corporation shall be Winter
Haven Fruit Company, and Its principal place
Of business shall be located in Winter Haven,
Florida. but II may establish ranch offices
anywhere in the United States Of America.
Article u.
The purpose for which this corporation is
organized is TO conduct general real estate
business TO buy, own, acquire, cultivate, de-
velop, 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; to buy, sell. and deal In all kinds Of
citrus fruits and farm products; to own and
operate stock farms: TO act as general and
local commission merchants and conduct pro-
duce brokerage business; TO manufacture into
the finished product any and all kinds Of raw
MATERIAL to own. operate and conduct hotels
packing houses and warehouses to borrow and
loan money; to own and operate wholesale and
retail stores for the purpose Of disposlng OF
any and all kinds OF personal 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
ARTICLE ~.
The amount Of capital stock Of the said
corporation shall be eighty thousand dollars
t$s0,000l TO be divided into eight hundred
shares Of the par value Of One Hundred DOL
lars t$10000l each, to be paid for in cash or
in labor and services as a just and fair val
uation to be fixed by the stockholders Of said
corporation at any regular or special meeting
Article ~.
The term for which this corporation shall
exist shall be perpetual
Article v.
The business Of this corporation shall be
conducted by the following officers A Presi-
dent; yice-President; ana a Secretary and
Treasurer; and such other officers as may
from time TO time be deemed necessary. The
officers OF said corporation shall be elected
annually, to serve for term Of one C1l year,
by the stockholders Of the corporation al al,
election to be held on the first Monday in
July Of each year. The following persons shall
be the officers OF this corporation and con-
duct the business thereof unsi3. s:susa elected
at the frst annual meeting Of the stockholders
shall be elected and qualined; c. NJ Clayton,
President; d. o. Rogers, Vice President; W.
7. 0verstreet, Secretary and Treasurer
Article VI.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness or la
bllity to which this corporation can at any
time subject itself shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
Article WI
The names and residences Of the subscribing