The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-18
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT

the Capital, for Letters Patent lncOr-
porating 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. NJ. WEEKS
j. R. WEEKS
L. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
We the undersigned hereby agree to
associate ourselves together and be-
come body polite and corporate I'M
der the General Corporation laws of
the State of Florida and adopt the fol
lowing ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
,TION.
First.
The name of this Corporation shall
be PLANT CITY MERCANTILE COM
PANY.. lbs principle places Of bust
ness shall in Plant City and also in
Lakeland, Florida and elsewhere as
may be determined by the Board of
Directors, and it's principle offices
shall be in the City Of Lakeland, Flor
Ida
Second.
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, fertliz-
ers, produce and meats, either whole.
sale or retail at such places as may
hereafter be determined.
I 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, OF
any other legitimate business Of any
and all natures whatsoever.
Fourth
To acquire, own, rent, lease, and
control property both real, persona
and mixed. and to mortgage, pledge OF
dispose of the same according to law
To take over, purchase or acquire thu
stock, bonds, charter, patent rights
letters patent, property and good will
of any other person, firm or corpora
ltion, or of this corporation.
To make and enter into and pei
form contracts for any lawful purpos
for unlimited amounts. To make an,
execute. issue, endorse, discount an
hypothecate promissory notes, bills @
exchange, negotiable or transferabl
instruments or evidence of indebted
ness.
I Fifth
The amount of Capital stock autho
| lied shall be Twenty-Five Thousan
! Dollars divided into Two Hundred an
fifty shares of the par value Of On
Hundred Dollars each. Said stoc
may be issued, purchased and paid fC
with, money, labor or other services {
property to be hereafter accepted, d
termined or contracted by the Boar
of Directors.
Sixth
The term for which this Corporate
\ shall exist shall be perpetual and III
\ limited.
Seventh
The business of this Corporate
shall be conducted by President, OF
person, Secretary, one person, al
| a Treasurer, one person, and Boal
of Directors, to be composed of nj
less than three stockholders. The
shall all be elected annually at Il
annual meeting of the Shareholde
which annual meeting shall be held {
the second Tuesday in January
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting her
of in January 1917, the business
said Corporation shall be conducted
the following stockholders, who she
hold the Offices respectively UNI
their successors are elected and gu;
flied: C. NJ. Weeks, President, ].
| Weeks, Secretary. l.. B. Weeks, Tres
urer. The Board of Directors shall
composed of, G. M. Weeks, j.
Weeks and l.. B. Weeks.
| Eighth
The highest amount of indebtedne
to which this Corporation may at al
time subject itself shall the Fiji
Thousand Dollars.
Ninth.
The names and residences of h
subscribing incorporators and Il
amount of stock subscribed for
each is as follows:
Fl C.. NJ. Weeks, residence Lakelan
Florida, $50 shares.
: j. r. Weeks, residence Lakelan
Florida, so shares.
III L. B. Weeks, residence Lakelan
Florida, so shares.
II IN WITNESS HEREOF We ha'
hereunto subscribed our names and {
fixed our seals this the 25th day of Q
tober A. d. 1916.
c. M. WEEKS (Sea
:. ]. r. WEEKS (Sea
Z. b. WEEKS (Sea
lSTATE OF FLORIDA
| POLK COUNTY
il | hereby certify that before me,
| Notary Public, personally appear,
tic. NJ. Weeks, ]. r. Weeks and L.
al Weeks who each Acknowledged ri