The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-09
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT


Notice is hereby given that on No
vember Both, 1916, the undersigned
will apply to Hon. P. M. Trammell,
Governor of Florida, at Tallahassee,
the Capital, for Letters Patent incor-
porating us, our associates and sue
cessors into 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.
G. M. WEEKS
j. r. WEEKS
L. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
We the undersigned hereby agree 20
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-
lTION.
First.
The name of this Corporation shall
be The Weeks Mercantile Company.
Its principle places of business shall
be at Lakeland and Winter Haven,
Florida and elsewhere as may be de-
termined by the Board of Directors,
with its principle offices at Lakeland,
Florida.
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 I'm.
lder separate management or as
branches of other stores for the sale
of general merchandise. goods, wares,
commissary supplies, drugs, hardware
drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertiliz
ers, produce and meats, either whole
sale or retail at such places as may
thereafter be determined.
Third
To establish, buy, own, operate and
control any garage, livery and sales
lstables, 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, ant
control property both real, persona
and mixed, and to mortgage, pledge o.
dispose of the same according to law
To take over, purchase or acquire tn
, stock, bonds, charter, patent rights
letters patent, property and good will
of any other person, firm or corpora
IfiDv ~ <hiC CnrpnrofiOn
To make and enter into and pei
form contracts for any lawful purpos
for unlimited amounts. To make an
lexecute, issue, endorse, discount an
= lhypothecate promissory notes, bills o
8 exchange, negotiable or transferabl
: instruments or evidence of indebted
) ness.
{ Fifth
|, The amount of Capital stock author
Lied shall be Fifteen Thousand Dollar
divided into One Hundred and FIT
Shares of the par value of One HUI
dred Dollars each. Said stock may
issued, purchased and paid for wit
money, labor or other services c
t property to be hereafter determined
: agreed or accepted by the Board
9 Directors.
k Sixth
e The term for which this Corporate
n shall exist shall be perpetual and u
4 limited.
u Seventh
The business of this Corporate
- shall be conducted by President. or
person, Secretary, one person, an
a Treasurer, one person. and a Boar
e of Directors, to be composed of M
k less than three stockholders. The
# shall all be elected annually at tt
annual meeting Of the Shareholder
(which annual meeting shall be held G
e the Second Tuesday in December
J. each and every year.
Until the first annual meeting of II
% said Shareholders in December, 49,
. the business of said Corporation sha
s be conducted by the following stoc
p holders who shall hold the said offic'
v until their successors are elected al
: qualified: C. NJ Weeks, President,
r. Weeks, Secretary, l.. B. Week
Treasurer. The Board of Directo
Is shall be composed of c. M. Weeks,
r. Weeks and l.. B. Weeks.
Eighth
The highest amount of indebtedne
to which this Corporation shall at al