The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-23

Dorating 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
Of the Secretary of State.
c. M. WEEKS
]. R. WEEKS
l.. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATED
We the undersigned hereby agree 20
associate ourselves together and be
come 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.
Its 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 expedient
in the management of said business.
To establish and operate stores un.
der separate management or as
branches of other stores for the sale
of general merchandise goods, wares,
commissary supplies, drugs, hardware,
drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertiliz-
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.
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.
form contracts for any lawful purpose
for unlimited amounts. To make and
iac,
hypothecate promissory notes, bills Of
exchange, negotiable or transferable
instruments or evidence Of indebted.
ness.
The amount of Capital stock author
lied shall be Fifteen Thousand Dollars
divided into One Hundred and Fifty
Shares of the par value of One Hun
Idred Dollars each. Said stock may be
issued, purchased and paid for with
money, labor or other services or
property to be hereafter determined,
agreed or accepted by the Board Of
Directors.
The term for which this Corporation
shall exist shall be perpetual and un-
limited.
The business of this Corporation
shall be conducted by President, one
person, a Secretary, one person, and
a Treasurer, one person, and Board
of Directors, to be composed of not
less than three stockholders. They
shall all be elected annually at the
annual meeting of the Shareholders
which annual meeting shall be held on
the Second Tuesday in December Of
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting Of the
said Shareholders in December. 1916
the business of said Corporation shall
be conducted by the following stock
holders who shall hold the said offices
until their successors are elected and
qualified: C. M. Weeks, President, ].
R. Weeks, Secretary, L. B. Weeks,
Treasurer. The Board of Directors
shall be composed of c. NJ. Weeks, ].
r. Weeks and l.. B. Weeks.
Eighth
The highest amount of Indebtedness
to which this Corporation shall at any
time subject itself shall be Thirty
Thousand Dollars.
Ninth.
The names and residences of the
subscribing incorporators and the
amount of stock subscribed for by
each is as follows:
C. NJ. Weeks. residence Lakeland
Florida, 100 shares.
j. r. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, % shares.
L. B. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, 25 shares.
IN WITNESS HEREOF We have
hereunto subscribed our names and af-
fixed our seals this the 25th day of Oc-
tober A. d. 1916.
C. NJ. WEEKS (SeaD
]. r. WEEKS (SeaD
l.. B. WEEKS (SeaD
STATE OF FLORIDA
POLK COUNTY
l hereby certify that before me, a
Notary Public. personally appeared
C. NJ. Weeks, ]. R. Weeks and L. B.
Weeks, who each acknowledged the
execution of the foregoing ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION for the uses
and purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS MY HAND and official
seal at Lakeland, Florida, this the
25th day of October A. d. 1916.
EPPES TUCKER, Jr. (Seall
official Seal Notary Public