The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-03


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
PENIRSULAR INVESTMENT CORPORATION |
The undersigned and their associates here
by associate themselves together as a body
corporate under and in virtue Of the laws OF
the State Of Florida governing general cor
purations. and do adopt the following ar
ticles Of Incorporation:
ARTICLE
The name Of the corporation is PENINSU-
LAR INVESTMENT CORPORATION, and its
principal place Of business shall be in the
city OF Lakeland. Florida. and it shall have
offices in in such other places as the busi
ness of the corporation shall require, to be
determined by act Of the board Of directors
and thereafter appropriately made Of record.
ARTICLE II
The general nature OF the business or bust
nesses Of the corporation shall be. and 1t
shall have the powers following, to-wit:
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
SOeyer. by any process whatever, any sub
stance whatever. simple, complex. compound,
whether mineral animal, vegetable, metallic.
ton, solid, liquid or gaseous;
To acquire, own, plant and operate, nurs-
cries for the propagation and sale Of trees,
plants and shrubs; to acquire, own, maintain
anG operate, groves, orchards, farms and gar
sens for the growing and sale of agricultural,
horticultural and floral products; to manufac-
ture buy and sell, lumber lathes, shingles,
| barrels, boxes and crates. and barrel, box,
crate and building material. fertilizer and
fertilizer materials; to manufacture and trade
In juices and extracts and other food PROF.
ucts from fruits and vegetables to manu-
tacure, buy, sell. erect and construct ma
chimes and machinery; TO acquire, construct,
maintain and operate electric light and power
plants, gas plants water works, ice plants,
Vold storage plants and refrigerator plants. for
| subtle and private use; to acquire construct.
maintain and operate, iTrigating plants, heat
hing plants, rice mills, oil mills, sugar mills,
/ fiber factories, fruit and vegetable canneries
and factories, ana deal in the products there
| ut to dig, mine. quarry, dredge and remove,
phosphate rock, soft phosphate or pebble pros
phate earths clays marls rock, gravel min
eral. oils and other clay, fertilizer, paint, oil,
or mineral bearing substances, and to trade
therein. and to manufacture and trade IN
products therefrom; and to trade in general
merchandise
/ TO establish by purchase lease. charter or
any other manner of transaction, and to MAIN
tain ant operate, tramway or tramways,
railway or railways, vessels or other means
Of navigation, and any other manner OF
transportation necessary or convenient Tor ne
calculation Of the purposes OF this corpora
ton. but not for public use.
| To establish, maintain and operate, IN any
state or country, plant or plants Tor me
| transformation of inaoluble Bhosphate INTO
soluble phosphate. and the union Of phoi-
phate with any other element or elements, or
combination OF elements. where admission
NAV properly be had under the laws OF such
state country. ..."
To acquire by purchase, concession. ex-
change. lease or otherwise, and to construct,
,nIH int nj
offices, warehouses. elevators, factories, stores
shops, mills, machine shops, power plants, de-
pots wharyes boats, vessels. rolling stack,
hotels lodging houses, houses CT amusement,
| commissares, and any other structures anu
erections necessary or convenient Tor Inc car
rying on OF its business. and all other prop
| erty real or personal, necessary or useiul LOT
the carving on OF any OF the purposes OF the
degeneration, and to lease. sell or otherwise
dispose Of the same.
| To acquire undertake the Whole OF any
mart OF the business, property, liabilities "
| assets OF any individual, partnership OF GOT
poration carrying on any business winch Tue
company Is authorized TO carry on, ana 70
issue paid up shares bonds or both Tor the
payment OF the purchase price tnereW; anu
to subscribe to, buy ard in any manner ac-
uure or hold and own, to trade uahsief'
sell and In any manner dispose OF, stock III
other corporations, bonds, mortgages, or DINER
manner OF securities
To receive and hold franchises for any pnr-
pose,
To invest pledge. cucumber or mortgage,
real or personal property held in any man
ner: to cover assets any operation OF the
rorporation by mortgage, anG issue bohuS
against the same of character ana denoml-
nation to be determined by the board OF d.
rectors. -.
10 sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange
isease. dispose of, turn to account, or other
wise deal with all any part OF the properly
and rights of the corporation,
To sell improve, manage, develop, eX-
change. lease, dispose of. turn TO account OF
otherwise deal with real and personal prop
erty for others as agent,
To invest or hold trustee, or otherwise
money. ~
TO do all or any Of the above things as
principal. agent. contractor or OTHERWISE anu
either alone or in conjunction with others
Notwithstanding the foregoing and without
limiting or efecting the scope thereof to DO
all matters and things and carry on all Dust
,,aes Which may in any way flow from me
obiects for which incorporation is sought. or
(which may be necessary convenient or aG-
yantageous to do or perform with view to
rarrying on or enlarging the scope and in
Hentions of the company
ARTICLE III
The authorized capital Of this corporation
shall be two million dollars, divided into
twenty thousand shares of the par value or
one hundred dollars each;
The capital stock shall be paid In cash.
lnropertv. labor or services, or by either or
any. at just valuation to be hxed by the III
'corporators or by the board Of directors at a
meeting called for such purposes, Property,
labor or services may be also paiG for with
!, ronitaI stock at q Just valuation OF such