The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-14
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FH0FusE0 CHAHTEH Of #lNTEH NAVE
FRUIT COMPANY

PROPOSED cnARTEE OF WINTER HAVEN
FRUIT COMPANY
Tbs unaerstsnea snrorparxfors hereby Esso-
essts theaselses tssssaeT for the purpose q
state q Florida with the following proposed
ChAra<r.
Article l.
The name Of said corporation shall Be Winter
Hasen Fruis Company. and rs principal piaee
Of business shall be located In Winter Haven.
Florida. but IL may establish ranch offices
anywhsrs In the unfted States Of Amartca.
Article u.
tue purpose for which this corporation Is
organized Is 20 coudurt . general real estate
business; TO buy. own. scqulre, cultivate. de-
veIop and Otherwise deal In and mortgage.
|, sell. consey and otherwise dispose Of real
estate and personal property Of any and all
kinds whatsoever: to erect houses and build
inss and sell and dispose q same 70 own
and cultivate grange and citrus fruit groves
and manage same. either for themselves OF
others; to buy, sell. and deal in all kinds Of
citrus fruits and farm produces; 70 own and
operate stock farms: 20 act a. general and
Lscai commission merchants and conduct pro
dure brokeFags business. 10 manufacture into
the finished product any and all kinds Of raw
materials 70 own. operate and conduct hotels
packing houses and warehouses 20 borrow and
loan money 70 own and operate wholesale and
retail stores for the purpose Of disposing OF
any and all kinds Of personal property: and
to do any and all such acts as are legitimate
and not prohibited BY the laws Of the State
Of Florida and this Charter
ARTICLE ~.
the am0unt Of capital stock Of the said
corporation shall be eighty thousand dollars
1880 .oe0l 10 b divided into eight hundred
shares Of the par value Of One Hundred Dol
lars tsi0ee0l each. 10 be paid for In cash or
in labor and services as a Just and fair val
uatioa to be AIRED By the stockholders Of said
-
Article ~.
The term for which this corporation shall
exist shah be perpetual.
Article v.
| The business Of this corporation shall be
conducted b. the following officers Presi-
DENT vies-Frssinent; ana Secretary and
Treasurer; and such other officers as may
from time to time be deemed necessary. The
officers Of said corporation shall be elected
| annually, TO serve for a term Of one (l) year,
/ by the stockholders Of the corporation, at an
election to be held on the first Monday In
July Of each year, The following persons shall
be The officers Of this corporation and con-
duet the business thereof until those elected
at the first annual meeting Of the stockholders
shall be elected and qualified: @. NJ. Clayton.
President; d. o. Rogers. Vice President; w.
r. overstreet. Secretary and Treasurer.
| Article vi.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness or liza
bility to which this corporation can al any
time subject itself shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dsilars.
| Article WI
/ The names and residences Of the subscribing
ineorporators, and the amount OF capital stock
subscribed for by each, are as follows:
Name Residence Shares
tC NJ Clayton, Lakeland, Fla----------4o0
W. r. 0serstreet. Lakeland. Fls----------3ss
D. o. Rogers, Lakeland. Fla ----------one III
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the said incor-
porstors have hcreunto set their hands and
seals this ssh day Of May. A. D. 1915.
| c. NJ CLAYTON tSeal)
| w. T. 0vERsTREET (Seai)
| d. o. ROGERS tseal)
STATE OF FLORIDA.
COUNTY OF POLK.
| I Hereby Certify. that before me. the under.
signed authority. personally appeared C. NJ
Clayton, w. T. 0verstreet, and d. o. Rogers