The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-05

The undersigned and their associates hereby
associate themselves together as a body cor
porate under and in virtue Of the laws Of the
State Of Florida governing general corpora
tions and do adopt the following articles Of in
corporation:
Article |.
The name of the corporation is The Cor
poration Of Florida, and its principal place OF
business shall be in the town Of Winter Haven,
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 made
Of record.
Article a.
The general nature Of the business or bust
nesses Of the corporation shall be and it shall
have the powers following, towit:
To deal in, import, export, purchase, manu-
facture acquire, sell, mine, quarry, concen-
trate, smelt, reduce, distill treat, extract, re-
fine, prepare or produce in any manner what
soevcr. by any process whatever, any sub
stance whatever, simple, complex compound,
whether mineral animal, vegetable. metallic,
wooden chemical, or in any physical cOndi-
tion. solid. liquid or gaseous:
To deal in or TO deal with, import export,
purchase, manufacture, acquire or sell ma
chinery. TOOLS appliances, apparatus. imple,
mentS materials, products, packages, recepta-
cles containers, which may be utilized or re-
posal sale. transportation, distribution OF any
articles Of manufacture, or substances manu-
featured, produced Sold purchased, acquired.
required or dealt in by the company;
To carry on any other business whether
manufacturing or otherwisel which may seem
to the company capable of being conveniently
carried on in connection with its business or
calculated directly or indirectly, to enhance
the value Of or render profitable any OF the
company's property. rights or products;
To acquire or undertake the whole or any
part Of the business, property and liabilities
or assets Of any individual partnership or
company carrying on any business which the
company is authorized to carry on, or pos
| sessed Of property suitable for the purposes
Of the company, and TO issue paid up shares
| or bonds or both for the payment OF the pur-
chase price thereof;
To acquire by purchase. concession, exchange
| lease or otherwise, and to construct, erect
operate, hold maintain and manage all offices
warehouses, factories stores, shops, depots
machine shops and other structures and cree
lions necessary or convenient for the carrying
on Of its business, and all other property
| real or personal, necessary or useful for the
| carrying on of any Of the purposes of the com
| pany and to lease. sell otherwise dispose
Of the same;
| To buy and sell or in other proper way Sc
cure and dispose Of real and personal prop
| erty;
! To lend money or credit to and to aid in any
manner any corporation whose shares, bonds Of
| other obligations are held or are in any way
guaranteed by the company and while thu
owner Of any such shares. stock. bonds o.
other obligations Of ownership thereof to exer
| else any and all voting power thereon;
| To subscribe for take up or otherwise ac
aure and hold shares of stock in any othe
company and to exercise any and all voting
power thereon:
To receive and hold franchises for any pur
pose;
| To invest pledge, cucumber or mortgage
| real or personal property held in any man
ner:
To cover assets or any operation Of the cor
| poratiOn by a mortgage, and issue bond
against the same of character and denomina
tlon to be determined by the board Of direc
| tors:
To sell or dispose of the undertakings of tn
| company or any part thereof for such consid
Grafton as the company may think fit, and II
particular for shares. debentures. or securitie
OF any other company having objects alto
gether or in part similar to those of the com
pany:
To sell. improve manage, develop, exchange
lease, dispose of. turn TO account or other
wise deal with all or any part Of the propert
and rights Of the company;
To subscribe to a majority OF the common
stock Of any banking. railroad or other cor
poration. promoted or Incorporated by this col
poraton or promoted otherwise;
To do all or any of the above things a
principals agents, contractors or otherwise
and either alone or in conjunction with others
To constitute a general agent or agents 70
any State in the Union or all OF them, b
power Of attorney or appropriate authorize
tlon in the name, place and stead of the col