The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-27
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT

40, Jul dSSOcldleS anu sue
cessors into body polite and cor.
porate under the following ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION the original
nereof being now on file in the office
OF the Secretary of State.
c. NJ. WEEKS
]. 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 un-
der the General Corporation laws of
the State of Florida and adopt the fol-
lowing ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
TON.
First.
The name of this Corporation shall
be PLANT CITY MERCANTILE COM
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 expedfent
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
Icommissary supplies, drugs, hardware
ldrygoods, clothing, millinery, fertile
ers, produce and meats, either whole
sale or retail at such places as may
hereafter be determined.
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
land all Latures whatsoever.
Fourth
To acquire, own, rent, lease, anC
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 an(
execute, issue, endorse, discount an(
|hypothecate promissory notes, bills o
exchange, negotiable or transferable
instruments or evidence of indebted
ness.
The amount of Capital stock author
lied shall be twenty-five Thousand
Dollars divided into Two Hundred ant
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 un
| limited.
Seventh
| The business of this Corporation
shall be conducted by President, on
person, Secretary, one person, ant
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 Of
/ the second Tuesday in January o
each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting here
of in January, 1917, the business o
said Corporation shall be conducted b.
the following stockholders, who shall
hold the offices respectively unit
their successors are elected and qua
lifted: C. NJ Weeks, President, ].
Weeks, Secretary. l.. B. Weeks, Treas
urer. The Board of Directors shall b
lcomposed of, G.. NJ. Weeks, ]. h
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.
Ninth.
The names and residences of tn
subscribing incorporators and tn
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 hav
hereunto subscribed our names and a
fixed our seals this the 25th day of o.
tober A. d. 1916.
C. NJ. WEEKS (Seal
]. r. WEEKS (Seal
Z. B. WEEKS (Seal
STATE OF FLORIDA
POLK COUNTY
| hereby certify that before me,
Notary Public, personally appeare
IC. NJ. Weeks, ]. r. Weeks and L.
Weeks, who each acknowledged tn
} ayacution of the foregoing ARTICLE