The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR
LETTERS PATENT

Noticc is hereby given that the undersigned
viii apply to the Governor of the State of
Florida, at Tallahassee on the 18th day of
February. A. d. 1916 for Letters Patent in
cooperating the Peoples State Bank Of Lake
land under the following proposed charter.
the original OF which is now file in the
Office OF the Secretary If State of the said
State Of Florida
Witness our names this fourth day of jan
uary, a. d. 1916.
w. T. OvERSTREET,
Ii, NJ. C0WLEs.
JOHN l.. FOUTS,
J. G. WILLIAMS,
II. NJ. COLE,
GEO. c. BARTON
PROPOSED CHARTER or PEOPLES STATE
BANK OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA n
The Undersigned incorporators hereby asso-
ciate 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:
Inc 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.
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The general nature of the business to he
transacted shall be that of a general Banking
business with powers incident thereto, as pro-
vided by the Statutes of the State of Florida
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The amount Of the capital stock of said cor
poration shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars. 10
be divided into five hundred shares of the
par value of One Hundred Dollars (SlOO)
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 be
conducted by the following officers;
president, one or more vice presidents, a
board of five directors, cashier. and such
other onicers and employees as the corpora
ton may authorize. The board of directors
may appoint subordinate officers and employ.
eeS' with such powers. duties and terms Of
Office as they may prescribe, or as may be
provided by the bylaws not inconsistent with
the banking laws.
The directors shall be elected BY the stock
holders at each annual meeting All other
ohicer5 and employees shall be elected an
nually by the Board Of Directors The an
hual meeting OF the stockholders shall be held
on the first Monday. January in each year.
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Ontl the Officers elected at the first annual
meeting OF the stockholders shall be qualified.
the business of said corporation shall he 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. 7. Overstreet. J. c.
Williams, h NJ Cowles and George c Bar
ton. directors.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness or other
liability to which the said corporation shall
al any time subject itself shall be as limited
aud defined in Section 2Tl2, of the General
statutes Of the State of Florida
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The names and residences Of the subscribers
ana the amount OF capital stock subscribed
by each, are as follows
Name Residence No. of Shares
". T. overstreet. Lakeland, Fla-50
John L. Fouts. Mulberry Fla--25o
H. NJ Cowles. Lakeland. Fla- 90
= e Williams, Lakeland. Fla- so
H. NJ. Cole, Lakeland, Fla so
leo. G Barton. Lakeland. Fla------- 10
STATE OF FLORIDA,
County Of Polk
Before me. the undersigned Notary Public in
and for the State Of Florida at Large per-
soEGily appeared w T. overstreet Jobn I
Fou,s, H. NJ. Cowles, ]. c. Williams, II. NJ
toie and Geo. c. Barton, all to me we'll
known and known to me TO be the individuals
described in and who executed the foregoIrg
proposed Charter of the Peoples state panl
Of Lakeland. and each being duly sworn
severally acknowledged that he executed the
same for the uses and purposes therein ex-
pressed
Ia witness whereof, I have hereunto set
NY hand and affixed my notarial seal this
SIN day Of January. A. D. 1916.
, e. W. THOMPSON,
Notary Public, State Of Florida
NY commission expires February 8, 1919.
Tallahassee. Fla, January Z, 1916,
The name Of Peoples State Bank of Lake
and, is hereby approved
W. v KNOTT,
'ste Comptroller Of the State Of Florida