The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-21
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT

@ANOoisi O1t1A lloIN Lie OIlSlud1
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 a body polite and corporate I'M
der the General Corporation laws of
the State of Florida and adopt the fol-
lowing ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
TON.
The name of this Corporation shall
be PLANT CITY MERCANTILE CON-
PANY.. Its 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,
J drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertiliz
ers, produce and meats, either whole.
sale or retail at such places as may
thereafter 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 Latures whatsoever.
Fourth
To acquire, own, rent, lease, and
control property both real, personal
and mixed, and to mortgage, pledge OF
dispose of the same according to law
To take over, purchase or acquire the
stock, bonds, charter, patent rights
letters patent, property and good will
of any other person, firm or corpora
ton, or of this corporation.
To make and enter into and per
form contracts for any lawful purpose
for unlimited amounts. To make ant
Ihypothecate promissory notes, bills o
Exchange, negotiable or transferable
instruments or evidence of indebted
ness.
Fifth
The amount of Capital stock author
lied shall be Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars divided into Two Hundred an,
fifty shares of the par value of On
Hundred Dollars each. Said stool
may be issued, purchased and paid TO
with money, labor or other services o
property to be hereafter accepted, de
termined or contracted by the Boar
of Directors.
Sixth
The term for which this Corporation
shall exist shall be perpetual and ur
limited.
Seventh
The business of this Corporation
shall be conducted by President, on
person, Secretary, one person, an
a Treasurer, one person, and a Boar
of Directors, to be composed of no
less than three stockholders. The
shall all be elected annually at tn
annual meeting of the Shareholder
which annual meeting shall be held O
the second Tuesday in January @
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting here
of in January, 1917, the business Q
said Corporation shall be conducted b
the following stockholders. who shal
| hold the offices respectively unit
their successors are elected and qua
flied: C. NJ. Weeks, President, ]. +
Weeks, Secretary. l.. B. Weeks, Treas
urer. The Board of Directors shall b
composed of, C. M. Weeks, ]. +
Weeks and L. B. Weeks.
Eighth
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which this Corporation may at an
time subject itself shall the Fift
Thousand Dollars.
The names and residences of tn
subscribing incorporators and tn
j amount of stock subscribed for b.
each is as follows:
C. NJ. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, $50 shares.
: ]. r. Weeks, residence Lakeland
Florida, so shares.
L. B. Weeks. residence Lakeland
Florida, so shares.
IN WITNESS HEREOF We have
hereunto subscribed our names and af
fixed our seals this the 25th day of DC
tober A. ID. 1916.
c. NJ. WEEKS (Seal,
j. r. WEEKS (Seal
L. B. WEEKS (Seall
STATE OF FLORIDA
POLK COUNTY
! | hereby certify that before me, q
Notary Public, personally appeared