The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR
LETTERS PATENT

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply to the Governor Of the State OF
Florida. at Tallahassee, on the 18th day OF
February. A. ID. 1916, for Letters Patent in
cooperating the Peoples State Bank of Lake
land under the following proposed charter.
the original OF which is now on file in the
office OF the Secretary Of State Of the said
State of Florida
Witness our names this fourth day of jan
uary, A. ID. 1916.
W. T. OvERsTREET.
II. NJ COWLES,
JOHN l.. FOUTS,
j. C. WILLIAMS.
H. NJ COLE,
GEO. C. BARTON.
PROPOSED CHARTER OF PEOPLES STATE
BANK OF LAKELAND. FLORIDA -
The undersigned incorporators hereby asso-
cate themselves together for the purpose Of
becoming Incorporated and forming a corpora
ton under and by virtue of the Laws Of the
State Of Florida. with and under the follow.
ing proposed charter:
The name Of the corporation shall be the
Peoples State Bank Of Lakeland, and its place
OF business shall be in the city OF Lakeland,
in the county Of Polk, and State Of Florida.
u.
The general nature Of the business to be
transacted shall be that of general Banking
business with powers incident thereto, as pro-
'iuSu W INV oe"tuteS VI iio St"to VI Hioiiuo.
The amount Of the capital stock Of said cor
poration shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars, to
be DIVIDED into FIVE hundred shares of the
par value Of One Hundred Dollars t$lOO)
each, to be paid in cash.
~.
The term for which said corporation shall
exist shall be one hundred years.
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| The business of said corporation shall b.
| conducted by the following officers:
A president, one or more vice-presidents,
| board Of five directors, a cashier. and such
other officers and employees as the corpora
may appoint subordinate officers and employ
ees, with such powers. duties and terms Of
office as they may prescribe, or as may b,
provided by the bylaws. not inconsistent will
the banking laws.
holders at each annual meeting All othe
officers and employees shall be elected an
nually by the Board Of Directors. The an
nual meeting Of the stockholders shall be he,
on the first Monday. January in each year.
VII.
Until the officers elected at the first annua
meeting Of the stockholders shall be qualified
the business Of said corporation shall be con
Quoted by the following named officers:
w. T. Overstreet President; John L. Fouts
First Vice President; H. NJ. Cowles, Cashie,
and John l. Fouts. w. T. Overstreet. J. {
Williams. h. NJ. Cowles and George c. Bar
ton. directors.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness or othe
liability to which the said corporation shal
at any time subject itself shall be Unite
and defined in Section 2712. OF the Genera
Statutes of the State Of Florida
! Tha md ~ tha ,hccr hor
and the amount Of capital stock subscribe
by each, are as follows:
7 Name Residence. No Of Share
, w. 7. 0verstreet. Lakeland. Fla--------50
, John L. Fouts. Mulberry Fla.-----------25o
II. NJ Cowles, Lakeland. Fla---------- 30
j. C. Williams. Lakeland. Fla---------- so
H. NJ. Cole Lakeland. Fla--------------
Geo. c. Barton, Lakeland. Fla---------- 10
STATE OF FLORIDA,
! County OF Polk.
Before me, the undersigned Notary Public
D and for the State of Florida at Large, pc
sonally appeared W. T. overstreet John
Fouts H NJ Cowles J. C. williams H.
Cole and Geo. C. Barton. all TO me W,
- known. and known to me to be the individual
!, described in and who executed the foregoil
b proposed Charter Of the Peoples State Bal
e of Lakeland. and each being duly swori
severally acknowledged that he executed I
same for the uses and purposes therein e
pressed
j. In witness whereof. I have hereunto
y my hand and AFFIXED my notarial seal II
p ith day of January, A. D. 1915.
E. W. THOMPSON,
!, Notary Public, State of FloriC
:, My commission expires February s, 1919.
IL Tallahassee. Fla. January I. 10
'e The name Of Peoples State Bank Of Lal
", land is hereby approved.
' w. V. KNOTT.
1910 COMPTROLLER Of the State of Flori,