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

VemDer SUN, 1910, the unueTSleHeu
will apply to Hon. P. NJ. Trammell,
Governor of Florida, at Tallahassee,
the Capital, for Letters Patent incor-
porating us, our associates and sue
cessors into a body polite and cor
porate under the following ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION the original
hereof being now on file in the office
lof the Secretary Of State.
c. NJ WEEKS
]. r. WEEKS
L. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
We the undersigned hereby agree 20
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 The Weeks Mercantile Company.
It's principle places of business shall
be at Lakeland and Winter Haven,
Florida and elsewhere as may be de-
termined by the Board of Directors,
with its principle offices at Lakeland,
Florida.
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 eXpedlent
in the management of said business.
4 or
der separate management or as
branches of other stores for the sale
of general merchandise goods, wares,
commissary supplies, drugs, hardware,
drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertillz-
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.
f 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
ton. or of this corporation.
: To make and enter into and per
1 form contracts for any lawful purpose
4 for unlimited amounts. To make and
q execute. issue, endorse, discount and
!, hypothecate promissory notes, bills OF
= exchange, negotiable or transferable
- Instruments or evidence of indebted
y ness.
= Fifth
The amount of Capital stock author
lied shall be Fifteen Thousand Dollar
n divided into One Hundred and FIT.
4 Shares of the par value Of One Hun
dred Dollars each. Said stock may b
- issued, purchased and paid for wit
ia money labor or other services o
ID property to be hereafter determined
a agreed or accepted by the Board Q
" Directors.
leJ Sixth
RI The term for which this Corporatio
IN shall exist shall be perpetual and III
Of limited
Seventh
O. The business of this COrpOratio
Of shall be conducted by President, on
" person, a Secretary, one person, an
III a Treasurer, one person. and Boar
bill of Directors, to be composed of nc
H. less than three stockholders. The
r. shall all be elected annually at tn
IS annual meeting of the Shareholder
be which annual meeting shall be held o
r. the Second Tuesday in December {
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting of tn
IS said Shareholders in December, 19l
~ the business of said Corporation sha
ty be conducted by the following stocl
holders who shall hold the said office
until their successors are elected an
ne qualified: G. NJ. Weeks, President,
ne r. Weeks, Secretary, L. b. Weeks
Dy Treasurer The Board of Director
shall be composed of G. NJ Weeks,
d. r. Weeks and l.. b. Weeks.
Eighth
n The highest amount of indebtedness
to which this Corporation shall at an
!, time subject itself shall be Thirt
- Thousand Dollars.
Ninth.
''s The names and residences of tn
: subscribing incorporators and tn
amount of stock subscribed for b
:, each is as follows:
- c. NJ Weeks, residence Lakeland
- Florida, 100 shares.
= J. r. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, 25 shares.
l.. B. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, % shares.
I'd IN WITNESS HEREOF We hav
hereunto subscribed our names and a
fixed our seals this the 25th day of Or
tober A. d. 1916.
C. NJ. WEEKS tSeal
i ]. r. WEEKS (Seal
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