The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
THE SECURITY CORPORATION

The undersigned and their associates oere-
nv associate themselves together as pooy
corporate under and in virtue OF ne ia
Of the State of Florida governing general c9r
porations, and 90 adopt the following Arucie'
OF Incorporation:
The name Of the corporuon Is tne oscul,y
Corporation, and its principal place VI r1os.
mess shall be in the Town OF LAKELAND TIL
ida. and It shall have offices in such otne,
places as the business Of the corporation snal,
require to be determined by act OF tne Doai i,
of Directors and thereafter appropriately
made of record.
The general nature of the business or Dus-
inesses Of the corporation shall be, ana
snail have the powers following, to VIII:
| To subscribe to, buy and in any manner
| acquire, to hold and own, TO uaue' uansiV -
sell and in any manner dispose OF, STOCK IN
any other corporation, bonds, MORTGAGES, ~
other manner of securities; and 10 invest OF
| hold as trustee or otherwise, money.
| To buy and sell or in other proper way Sc
cure and dispose Of, and to improve, manage,
deyelope or otherwise Geal with, real ana
personal property. either as principal or agent
| and to invest, pledge, cucumber or morlsase'
| real or personal property held IN any man
ner
To deal IN, import, export, purchase, man
ufacture acquire, sell, mine, quarry, con-
| centrate smelt, reduce diStill, treat, extract,
| refine prepare, or produce in any manner
whatsoever, by any process whatever, any SUP
stance whatever, simple, complex, compou ny
whether mineral, animal, vegetable, metallic,
wooden, chemical, in any physical condl-
ton, solid, liquid or gaseous;
To receive and hold franchises for any pur-
pose; ana to acquire or undertake the whoie
or any part of the business, property, assets
or liabilities of any individual, partnership or
company carrying on any business which TINS
corporation is authorized to carry on, and
to issue paid up shares or bonds or both Tor
the payment Of the purchase price thereof
ARTICLE III.
The authorized capital OF this corporation
shall be five thousand dollars, divided into
Nifty shares of the par value Of one hundred
dollars each.
The capital stock shall be paid in cash,
property, labor or services, or by either or
any, at a Just valuation to be fixed by the
incorporators, or by the directors at meet
ing called for such purposes. Property, labor
or services, may be also paid for with capt.
tai stock at a just valuation OF such property
labor services, TO be fixed by the directors
Of the corporation at a meeting called fol-
such purposes.
The capital stock Of this corporation may
at any time hereafter be increased or de-
creased as provided by the laws Of the State
Of Florida
ARTICLE w.
The period Of corporate existence shall BIZ
, perpetual and unlimited.
ARTICLE v.
IHe DuSlueSS Vi Iut COTpOTdIOu IL 10 W
conducted by board Of not less than thre,
or more than five directors, president,
vice president, treasurer and a secretary.
The following persons shall constitute thu
Board Of Directors, to wit: ]. c. Williams, l
Prescott and A. X. Erickson, and the officer
shall be:
]. c. Williams, President
l. Prescott, Vice-President.
A. y. Erickson, Treasurer and Secretary.
pending or until the regular annual election
| or directors and Officers nv the Stockholders
which said regular annual election shall b.
held on the third Monday in January of eacl
and every year.
ARTICLE vi.
The highest amount of indebtedness or Ii
ability which this corporation can at an
time subject itself to shall be FIVE hundre
thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VII
The names and addresses Of subscribers an
9 the number Of shares subscribed, is as follows
j. c. Williams, Lakeland, Fla, shares.
l. Prescott, Lakeland, Fla. 2 shares.
A. \. Erickson, Lakeland, Fla, shares
WITNESS the hands and seals of the re
spective Incorporating subscribers this tent
day OF July, A. D., 1916.
: ]. c. WILLIAMS, (SeaD
= l. PRESCOTT, (Seal
A. X. ERICKSON (Seal
: STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF POLK
: Personally appeared before me. the unde,
r signed authority, J. C. Williams l. Prcsuo
and a. \. Erickson. to me well and person
: ally known, who being first duly sworn A.
knowledged that they signed the foregoing Al
tcles OF Incorporation for the uses and mn,
4 poses therein set forth.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set m
4 nan 5snu ana anlxed my OFFICIAL seal this tent
(seaD w. THOMSON.
Notary Public
MY commission expires February 8, 1919
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