The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-14

b. 1915. NFoR LETTERS PAtEr,osn
aPENlNsULAR INVESTMENT Cohr'"N'
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ARTICLES or INCORPORATION W
prnInslILAR INVESTMENT c0hPOhAiloN
The undersigned and their associates hel
nv associate themselves together as = 49,
corporate under and In virtue OF he Is"s
the State Of Florida governing genera
porations, and do adopt the foiio"ihE
ticies Of incorporation
~ha n,ua NJ the corporation is PENINSU-
LAR INVESTMENT CORPORATION ana ~
princinal Mace Of business shall be IN ue
CITY Of Lakeland, Florida. and II snah nav
offices in in such other places as the pa,l
ness of the corporation shall require, 70
determined by act Of the board Of oreesols
and thereafter appropriately MADE OF ree0iu'
ARTICLE II
The general nature of the business or busi-
nesses Of the corporation shall be, and
shall have the powers following, to-Wit;
To deal in, import. export. purchase manu-
facture. acquire. sell, mine, quarry. eoncen-
trate. smelt. reduce. distill. treat extract re-
fine, prepare or produce in any manner WnaI
soeyer. by any process whatever, any SUD
stance whatever, simple, complex, compound
whether mineral. animal. vegetable, metaliie'
wooden chemical, or In any physical eohoi-
tion, solid. liquid or gaseous
| To acquire, own, plant and operate, nurs-
cries for the propagation and sale Oh trees'
plants and shrubs; to acquire, own. MAINTAIN
and operate. groves, orchards, farms ana gar
dens for the growing and sale Of agricultural
horticultural and floral products; to manufac-
call frsunf 81
barrels boxes and crates, and barrel, poA,
crate and building material, fertilizer ana
fertilizer materials; to manufacture and uade
lin Juices and extracts and other food proc
ucts from fruits and vegetables; TO manu-
facture, buy, sell, erect and construct ma
chimes and machinery TO acquire, construct
maintain and operate, electric light ana power
plants gas plants, water-works, ice plants
cold storage plants and refrigerator plants ioi
public and private use; 70 acquire, construct
maintain and operate, irrigating plants, heat
5ng plants. rice mills, oil mills, sugar mills
fiber. factories, fruit and vegetable cannerie'
and factories ana deal In the products there
Of TO dig. mine, quarry, dredge and remove
phosphate rock soft phosphate or people phoS
phate, earths, clays, Warls, rock, gravel nun
eral oils, and other clay, fertilizer, paint, OIL
or mineral bearing substances, and to trad
ltherein, and to manufacture and trade
products therefrom; and to trade in genera
merchandise.
To establish, by purchase, lease, charter o
any other manner Of transaction, and to main
tain and operate, tramway or uamways
railway or railways, vessels or other mean
Of navigation, and any other manner 0
Transportation necessary or convenient for Il,
eifectuation Of the purposes Of this corpora
, ltion, but not for public use
To establish, maintain and operate, in an
state or country. a plant or plants for Tia
TRANSFORMATION Of inaoluble phosphate int
soluble phosphate, and the union OF pho
,phate with any other element or elements, Q
combination Of elements, where admissio
may properly be had under the laws Of sue
state or country.
To acquire by purchase, concession, ex
change, lease or otherwise, and to constrnc
erect, operate, hold, maintain and manage, a
. offices, warehouses, elevators, factories, store
! shops, mills machine shops, power plants. dt
pots. wharyes, boats. vessels, rolling stncl
hotels, lodging houses. houses Ct aiausemen
: commissaries. and any other structures an
erections necessary or convenient for the cal
rying on Of Its business, and ell other pro-
erty, real or personal. necessary or useful 4
, the carrying on Of any of the purposes Of d
corporation, and to lease, sell or oLnerwl'
| dispose Of the same.
. To acquire or undertake the whole or m
part Of the business, property, liabilities
: assets Of any individual, partnership or CO..
/ 'porstion carrying on any business which U
!. company is authorized to carry on, and
issue paid up shares or bonds or both for u
3 payment Of the purchase price thereof; ar
) to subscribe to. buy and in any manner a
y lQuire, or hold and own, TO trade, transfe
sell and in any manner dispose Of. stock
lother corporations, bonds, mortgages, or 9th
. manner Of securities.
9 To receive and hold franchises for any pu
a Ipose
To invest, pledge, cucumber or mortgag
real or personal property held in any ma
D ner; to cover assets or any operation Of d
a corporation by a mortgage. anG issue bon
. against the same OF character and demon
: nation to be determined by the board Of
rectors.
q To sell, improve, manage, develop, exchanl
aease, dispose Of. turn to account or othe
y wise deal with all or any part Of the proper
!. and rights Of the corporation.
To sell, improve, manage, develop, e
o change, lease, dispose OF, turn TO account,
4 otherwise deal with real and personal pro
. lerty for others as agent.
To invest or hold as trustee, or otherwii
7. money.
q To do all or any Of the above things
{ erinclpal, agent, contractor or otherwise a
. either alone or in conjunction with others. ,
= Notwithstanding the foregoing and witho
limiting or effecting the scope thereof. to
Iall matters and things and carry on all bu
a mess which may in any way flow from
objects for which incorporation is sought,
2 which may be necessary. convenient or a
q vantageous TO do or perform with a view
carrying on or enlarging the scope and
q tentions Of the company.
!. ARTICLE III
y The authorized capital Of this corporate
shall be two million dollars, divided 81
twenty thousand shares OF the par value
a one hundred dollars each:
n The capital stock shall be paid In CO,
property. labor or services, or by either
u any. al q Just valuation 10 be fixed By the
.corporators or by the board Of directors at
n meeting called for such purposes. Proper
I, labor or services may be also paid for W
4 capital stock at . Just valuation Of 81
n property. labor or services, to be fixed by
IT board Of directors at a meeting called
= such purposes.
The capital stock Of this corporation m
u at any time hereafter be increased or
creased as provided by the laws Of the ST
q Of Florida.
ARTICLE ~
3 The period OF corporate existence shall
:" perpetual and unlimited.
ARTICLE V
The business Of the corporation Is to