The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-07

and corporate under the laws OF the
State of Florida the provisions OF
which are hereby accepted.
| The following articles shall constr
tute and become it's charter upon the
issuance of letters patent according 10
law:
The name of this corporation shall
be: MUTUAL FINANCE CORPORA
ITION.. Its principal office and place
of business shall be at Lakeland, POLK
County, Florida Other offices may
be established at other places as its
business may require.
The object and general purposes OF
this corporation is as follows:
1st. To own, operate, lease, buy,
sell, mortgage and in other ways dis
pose of all kinds of personal property
within and without the State of Flor
ida and to do any and all things nee
essary or incidental to such business.
End. To manufacture, purchase or
otherwise acquire, to hold own, mort
gage, pledge, sell, assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of, to invest, trade,
deal in and deal with, goods ware,
and merchandise, and real and per-
sonal property of every class and de-
scription; and in particular lands,
buildings, business concerns and I'M
dertakings, mortgages, shares, stocks
and bonds, debentures, securities, con-
cessions, produce, policies. book
debts, all kinds of negotiable paper,
claims, and any interest in real or
personal property, and any claims
against such property, or against any
person, company or corporation, to
carry on any business, concern or I'M
dertaking so acquired.
3rd To acquire the good will,
rights and property, and to undertake
the whole or any part OF the assets
land liabilities OF any person, firm cor
Iporation, association, society, union or
brotherhood, and to finance the same
by any plan or method permitted by
law, with full and complete power to
enter into such contracts and agree
ments consistent with law as may be
necessary to properly carry out such
purposes.
4th. To acquire, hold, use, sell, as
sign, lease grant licenses in receipt
of, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of
Letters Patent of the United States
Ior any foreign country, patents, pat
ent rights, licenses and privileges, in
Iventions, improvements and process
les, trade marks and trade names, re-
lating to or use in connection With
amy business of this corporation.
9Th. To enter into, make, perform
land carry out contracts of every ma
ture for any lawful purpose without
limit as to amount with ally person.
firm corporation or association.
9th. TO draw, to make accept, en-
dorse, discount, and issue promissory
notes, bills of exchange, warrants and
other negotiable or transferable in
struments
7th. To issue bonds, debentures or
obligations of this corporation from
time to time or for any purpose, object
or objects of this corporation, pledge,
deds of trust, or otherwise, and to
buy and sell and otherwise deal in
bonds, debentures or obligations of
any other corporation.
Sth. To purchase hold and reissue
the shares of it's capital stock
9th To have one or more offices
to carry on all or any of it's operations
and business and without restriction
or limit as to number. To purchase
and otherwise acquire to hold, own
to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise
dispose of real and personal property
OF every class and description in any
of the States Districts, Territories,
or Colonies of the United States, and
in any and all foreign countries, sub
ject to the laws of such State, District,
Territory Colony or Country. And to
do any and all things necessary to
perform and carry out the object of
this corporation.
III.
! The amount of capital stock of this
corporation shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dollars $500, 0.00) and di.
vided into ten thousand 100000
shares of the par value of Ten Dollars
! $4,000 each, to be paid for in serv-
ices, property, cash or installments as
the Board of Directors may determine.
w.
The term for which this corpora
ton shall exist shall be perpetual
V.
/ The business of said corporation
shall be conducted by the following
officers: A President, Vice-Presi-
dent, Secretary, and Treasurer. The
offices of Vice-President and Treas
urer, or Secretary and Treasurer. or
/ President and Treasurer may be held
/ by the same person. There shall al
so be a board of not less than three
nor more than seven to be fixed by