The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-28
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS PATENT

LETTERS PATENT
Notice is hereby given that on No
vember Goth, 1916, the undersigned
will apply to Hon. P. NJ. Trammell,
Governor of Florida, at Tallahassee,
the Capital, for Letters Patent incor
porating us, our associates and sue
cessors into a 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.
c. NJ. WEEKS
j. r. WEEKS
L. B. WEEKS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
We the undersigned hereby agree 20
associate ourselves together and be
come body polite and corporate un.
der the General Corporation laws Of
the State of Florida and adopt the fol
lowing ARTICLES OF INCORPORA-
TION.
The name of this Corporation shall
be The Weeks Mercantile Company.
It's 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 it's principle offices at Lakeland
Florida.
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,
drygoods, clothing, millinery, fertiliz.
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, or
any other legitimate business of any
and all natures whatsoever.
Fourth
To acquire, own, rent, lease, and
control property both real, personal
and mixed, and to mortgage, pledge or
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 and
execute, issue, endorse, discount and
hypothecate promissory notes, bills of
exchange, negotiable or transferable
instruments or evidence of indebted
ness
! The amount of Capital stock author
! lied shall be Fifteen Thousand Dollars
divided into One Hundred and Fifty
Shares of the par value of One Hun
dred Dollars each. Said stock may be
issued, purchased and paid for with
money, labor or other services OF
property to be hereafter determined
agreed or accepted by the Board OF
Directors.
: Sixth
The term for which this Corporation
shall exist shall be perpetual and un
limited.
| Seventh
I Tho hncinnSc nf thic rnrnnro ion
shall be conducted by President, one
i person, Secretary, one person. ant
Treasurer one person, and a Boart
of Directors, to be composed of no
less than three stockholders. They
shall all be. elected annually at the
annual meeting of the Shareholders
which annual meeting shall be held OF
the Second Tuesday in December O
each and every year
Until the first annual meeting of thu
said Shareholders in December, 1911
the business of said Corporation shall
be conducted by the following stock
holders who shall hold the said office,
until their successors are elected ant
qualified: c. NJ. Weeks, President, J
z. Weeks, Secretary, l.. B. Weeks
treasurer. Inc BOARD OIL Director
shall be composed of G. NJ Weeks, j
r. Weeks and l.. B. Weeks.
Eighth
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which this Corporation shall at an
time subject itself shall be Thirt
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, 100 shares.
j. r. Weeks. residence Lakeland
Florida, 25 shares.
L. B. Weeks, residence Lakeland
! Florida. 25 shares.
IN WITNESS HEREOF We hav
hercunto subscribed our names and a
fixed our seals this the 25th day of o,
tober A. d. 1916.
c. NJ. WEEKS (Seal