The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
ADJUSTMENTS INT

AMUSEm6Nlo. Nv
The undersigned and their associates hereby
associate themselves together as a body cor
porate under and In virtue Of the laws OF the
State OF florida governing general corporations
and do adopt the following articles OF incor-
noratlon
The name OF the corporation is AMuSE-
MENTS. INC. and its principal place OF bust
ness shall be in the City OF Lakeland, FLOR
ida. and II shall have offices In such other
places as the business OF the corporation shaii
require, to be determined by act OF the Board
Of Directors and thereafter appropriately made
Of record
ARTICLE IT,
The general nature Of the business or busl.
nesses Of the corporation shall be. and II shall
have the powers following, towit:
To operate and conduct places Of amuse-
ment OF any kind and character for profit;
To enter into any arrangement with any
authority, municipalities, local or Otherwise
which NAV seem conducive to the corpora
tion's objects and to obtain from any such
authority any rights, privileges or conces-
sions which the corporation may think desir.
able to obtain and to carry out exercise ana
comply with any such arrangements, rights,
privileges and concessions
To acquire or undertake the whole or any
part Of the business, property, liabilities or
assets Of any individual, partnership or COM
pany, carrying on any business which the cor
poration is authorized to carry on. and 10 IS
sue paid up shares or bonds or both Tor the
payment Of the purchase price thereof;
To acquire by purchase, concession, ex-
change lease or otherwise, and to construct,
erect operate hold. maintain and manage all
Offices warehouses, stores, shops, theaters'
amusement parks. boat houses, skating Kinks.
dance halls and any other structures and
erections necessary or convenient for the car
rying on Of It's business. and all other prop
erty, real or personal, necessary or useful TOT
the carrying on or any OF the purposes OF
the corporation, and to lease, sell, or other-
wise dispose OF same;
To invest, pledge, cucumber or mortgage
real or personal property held in any manner :;
To sell, improve, manage, develop. exchange,
lease dispose Of turn TO account or otherwise
deal with all or any part OF the property and
rights OF the company;
To subscribe to. buy and in any manner ac-
oure TO hold and own. to trade. transfer,
sell and In any manner dispose OF, STOCK IN
any other corporation. bonds mortgages, or
other manner Of securities;
To do all or any Of the above things as
principal agent, contractor or otherwise, ana
either alone or in conjunction with others;
Notwithstanding the foregoing and without
limiting or effecting the scope thereof. TO do
all matters and things and carry on all bust
ness which may in any way flow from the
objects for which incorporation Is sought, or
which may be necessary, convenient or ad-
yantageous 10 do or perform with view to
carrying on or enlarging the scope and in
tentons of the corporation.
ARTICLE Ill
The authorized capital Of this corporation
shall be fifty thousand dollars, divided into five
thousand shares Of the par value of ten dol
lars each.
The capital stock shall be paid in cash
property, labor or services, or by either or
any. at a Just valuation TO be fixed by the
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called for such purposes. Property, labor or
services may be also paid for with capital
stock at a just valuation Of such property,
labor or services, to be fixed by the directors
Of the corporation at a meeting called for that
purpose.
at any time hereafter be increased or de-
creased as provided by the laws Of the State
Of Florida.
ARTICLE "
The period Of corporate existence shall be
ninety five years.
ARTICLE
The business Of the corporation is TO be
or more than Ave directors; president,
vice president. a business manager, a secre-
tary, and a treasurer.
The following persons shall constitute the
Board OF Directors, to-wlt: o. c. Harris, A.
X. Erickson and J. C. williams; and the off,
GERS shall be: -
President-0. c. Harris
Vice President and Secretary-A. Y Erick.
son;
Treasurer. C, williams;
Business Manager-R DeKoyen:
pending or until the regular annual election
Of directors and officers by the stockholders,
which said regular annual election shall be
held on the third Monday in each and every
year.
ARTICLE VI
The highest amount OF Indebtedness or liza
bility which this corporation can at any time
subject itself to, shall he five hundred thou
sand dollars.
ARTICLES VII
The names and addresses Of subscribers and
the number Of shares subscribed, is as fol-
lows:
o, c. Harris Lakeland. Florida -475 shares
A. Y Erickson, Lakeland. Florida 10 shares
]. c. Williams. Lakeland, Florida shares
WITNESS the hands and seals Of the re-
spectiNe incorporating subscribers this first
day Of May. A. D. 1915.
o. c. HARRIS (Seal).
A. Y ERICKSON (SeaD.
]. c. WILLIAMS tSean.
STATE OF FLORIDA.
COUNTY OF POLK, S.
Personally appeared before me, the under
signed authority, o. C. Harris, A. Y Erick
son. J. G. Williams, and r. DeKoven. to ma
well and personally known who being frst
duly sworn, acknowledged that they signed the
foregoing Articles Of Incorporation for the uses
and purposes therein set forth
In Witness Whereof l have hereunto set nv