The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
THE SECURITY CORPORATION

THE CUhfUnAIIOH
The Undersigned and their associates oere-
by associate themselves together as BODY
corporate under and in virtue OF the laws
Of the State of Florida governing general cor
porations, and co adopt the following Articles
of Incorporation .pr,c,r
The name of the cOrportion is the security
Corporation, and its principal place OF DuS-
mess shall be in the Town OF Lakeland Fior-
ida and it shall have offices in such other
places as the business of the corporation shall
REQUIRE to be determined by act OF the Board
of Directors and thereafter appropriately
ARTICLE II.
The general nature Of the business or bus
inesses of the corporation shall be, ana IL
snail have the powers following, to wit:
To subscribe to- buy and in any manner
acquire to hold and own, to trade, transfer
sell and in any manner dispose of, stock In
any other corporation, bonds, mortgages, or
other manner Of securities; and to invest or
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 deal with, real and
personal property, either as principal or agent
and to invest, pledge, cucumber or mortgage,
real or personal property held in any man
ner.
| To deal IN, import, export, purchase, man
ufacture, acquire, sell, mine, quarry, con-
centrate, smet, reduce distill, treat, extract,
| refine, prepare, or produce in any manner
whatsoever, by any process whatever any sub
| stance whatever, simple, complex compound
whether mneral animal, vegetable, metallic,
wooden, chemical, or In any physical condi-
| ton, solid liquid or gaseous;
To receive and hold franchises for any pur-
pose; and to acquire or undertake the whole
| or any part Of the business, property, assets
| or liabilities Of any individual, partnership or
| company carrying on any business which this
corporation is authorized to carry on, and
| to issue paid up shares or bonds or both for
the payment Of the purchase price thereof
| ARTICLE III.
The authorized capital Of this corporation
shall be five thousand dollars, divided into
| fifty 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 OF
any. at a Just valuation to be fixed by the
incorporators, or by the directors at a meet
ing called for such purposes. Property, labor
or services, may be also paid for with capi-
! tai stock at just valuation Of such property
labor or 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
ARTICLE ~.
The period OF corporate existence shall be
perpetual and unlimited
| ARTICLE v.
The business Of the corporation is to be
conducted by a board Of not less than three
or more than FIVE directors, a president q
vice president, treasurer and a secretary.
The following persons shall constitute the
Board OF Directors, to wit: ]. c. Williams,
Prescott and A. X Erickson, and the officers
shall be:
! ]. C. williams, President
I, Prescott Vice-President.
| A. Y. Erickson, Treasurer and Secretary.
pending or until the regular annual election
| OF directors and officers nv the Stockholders
which said regular annual election shall b.
held on the third Monday in January Of eaci
and every year.
The highest amount OF indebtedness or IL
ability which this corporation can at an,
time subject itself to shall be FIVE hundred
thousand dollars.
ARTICLE WI.
The names and addresses Of subscribers ana
the number Of shares subscribed, is as follows
]. c. Williams, Lakeland, Fla, shares
l. Prescott Lakeland, Fla shares,
A. x. Erickson, Lakeland, Fla, shares.
WITNESS the hands and seals Of the re
spective Incorporating subscribers this tentl
day Of July, A. D.. 1915.
j. c. WILLIAMS, (SeaD
!. PRESCOTT ISeal
A. Y ERICKSON. tSeaI
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF POLK
Personally appeared before me, the under
signed authority, j. c. Williams, l. Presuot
ana A, y. Erickson, to me well and person
any known, who being first duly sworn. &C
hhoWiedged hat they signed the foregoing ar
ucles OF incorporation for the uses and pur
poses therein set forth.
IN witness whereof, l have hereunto set m
hand and affixed my official seal this tent
tSeaD E. w. THOMSON
Notary Public
y My commission expires February & 1919