The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-04

tiers patent Of The Security Corporation"
j. c. WILLIAMS
l. PRESCOTT
A. X ERICKSON
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
THE SECURITY CORPORATION
The Undersigned and their associates nere-
by associate themselves together as Q BODY
corporate under and In virtue Of the laws
Of the State Of Florida governing general cor
porations, and 90 adopt the following Articles
ARTICLE D.
The name Of the corportion Is the Security
Corporation. and its principal place Of bus
mess shall be in the Town Of Lakeland, Flor
ida, and it shall have offices in such other
places as the business OF the corporation shall
require, to be determined by act OF the Board
Of Directors and thereafter appropriately
made Of record.
The general nature OF the business or bus
inesses Of the corporation shall be-, ana II
shall have the powers following, TO wit:
To subscribe TO, buy and in any manner
acquire, to hold and own. TO trade, transfer,
sell and in any manner dispose OF, STOCK IN
any other corporation, bonds, MORTGAGES. OF
other manner Of securities; and 70 invest or
hold as trustee or otherwise, money.
To buy and sell or in other proper way Sc
cure and dispose OF, and to improve, manage,
develope or otherwise 6eal with, real and
and TO invest. pledge, cucumber or mortgage,
real or personal property held In any man
ner.
To deal In, import, export, purchase. man
ufacture, acquire, sell, mine, quarry, con-
centrate, smelt. reduce, distill, treat, extract,
refine, prepare, or produce in any manner
whatsoever, by any process whatever, any SUD
stance whatever, simple, complex, compound
whether mineral, animal, vegetable, metallic
wooden, chemical, or In any physical condi-
ton, solid, liquid or gaseous;
To receive and hold franchises for any pur-
pose; ana to acquire or undertake the whole
or any part Of the business, property, assets
or liabilities OF any individual, partnership or
company carrying on any business which this
corporation is authorized to carry on, and
to issue paid up shares or bonds or both FOR
the payment Of the purchase price thereof
ARTICLE III.
The authorized capital of this corporation
shall be five thousand dollars, divided into
fifty shares Of the par value Of one hundred
dollars 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
incorporators, or by the directors at meet
ing called for such purposes. Property, labor
or services, may be also paid for with capi-
tai stock at just valuation OF such property,
labor or services, to be fxed by the directors
of the corporation at meeting called Tor
such purposes.
The capital stock of this corporation may
at any time hereafter be increased OF de-
creased as provided by the laws Of the State
/ of Florida.
ARTICLE w.
The period Of corporate existence shall be
perpetual and unlimited.
! The business Of the corporation Is TO be
conductet by board Of not less than three
or more than five directors, a president,
vice president, treasurer and secretary.
The following persons shall constitute the
Board Of Directors, to wit: ]. C. Williams, l..
Prescott and A. X Erickson, and the officers
shall be-:
]. c. williams, President
| l. Prescott, Vice-President.
| A. X. Erickson, Treasurer and Secretary.
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 January Of each
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount of indebtedness or IL
ability which this corporation can at any
time subject itself to shall be five hundred
thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VII.
Il The names and addresses Of subscribers and
the number Of shares subscribed, is as follows
J. c. Williams, Lakeland, Fla, shares.
/. Prescott, Lakeland, Fla, 2 shares.
A. X. Erickson Lakeland, Fla, 2 shares.
WITNESS the hands and seals Of the re-
spective Incorporating subscribers this tenth
day of July. A. D.. 1915:
J. C. WILLIAMS, (SeaD
l. PRESCOTT. tseaD
A. x. ERICKSON. (Seal)
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF POLK
, Personally appeared before me, the under
signed authority, ]. C. Williams, I. Presuoti
and A. X Erickson, to me well and person.
ally known, who being first duly sworn, &C.
knowledged that they signed the foregoing ar.
l tlcles Of incorporation for the uses and pur.
, poses therein set forth.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my
, hand and affixed my official seal this tenth
day Of July, A. d. 1916.
! tSeal) 3. W. THOMSON,
Notary Public
: My commission expires February s, 1919.
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