The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-29

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
INVESTMENTS. INC.
associate themselves together as body cor
porae under and in virtue of the laws Of
the State OF Florida governing general corpor-
ations. and do adopt the following articles
Of Incorporation.
Article l.
The name Of the corporation is Investments
Inc. and its principal place of business shall
be in the City OF Lakeland Florida, and II
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 II.
The general nature Of the business or bust
nesses Of the corporation shall be. and II
shall have the powers following. to-wt:
To deal In. import, export, purchase, manu-
facture, acquire. SELL mine, quarry, concen-
trate. smelt. reduce, distll. treat. extract. re-
fine. prepare or produce in any manner what.
soever, by any process whatsoever. any sub
stance whatever. simple. complex, compound
whether mineral, animal, vegetable. metallic
wooden, chemical, or in any physical condi
tion, solid. liquid gaseous
To operate any business enterprise;
To incorporate or rehabilitate businesses OIL
enterprises whether Incorporated or not
To receive and hold franchises for an!
purpose;
To acquire or undertake the whole or an,
part OF the business, property. liabilities o
assets Of any individual, partnership or com
pany carrying on any business which the com
pany Is authorized to carry on. and to issu
paid-up shares or bonds or both for the pay
ment Of the purchase price thereof;
To acquire by purchase. concession, ex
change, lease otherwise, and to construct
erect operate, hold, maintain and manage al
offices, warehouses, factories, stores shops de
potts. machine shops and other structures an
erections necessary or convenient for tn
carrying on of its business. and all othe
property, real or personal, necessary usefu
| for the carrying on Of any OF the purposes q
| the company, and to lease, sell or otherwis
dispose Of the same
To buy and sell or in other proper way sc
cure and dispose Of real and personal prop
erty:
| To invest, pledge cucumber or mortgage
real or personal property held in any manner
| To cover assets or any operation Of the con
pany by mortgage, and issue bonds again!
the same of character and denomination
be determined by the board of directors
To sell, improve. manage. develop, exchang
lease, dispose Of. turn to account or otherwis
deal with all or any part Of the property an
rights Of the company;
To sell, improve. manage. develop. cxchang
lease dispose Of, turn to account otherwis
deal with real and personal property Il
others as agent.
To invest or hold as trustee or otherwis
money;
To subscribe to. buy and in any manner a.
iqulre. to hold and own, to trade. transfer. sc
and In any manner dispose Of, stock in al
nth hnnhs tnrtu nth
manner Of securities.
To do all any of the above things
principal, agent contractor or otherwise, ar
either alone or In conjunction with others I:
Notwithstanding the foregoing and wtho
limiting OF effecting the scope thereof, to do q
matters and things and carry on all busine
which may in any way flow from the objec
for which incorporation is sought. or whit
may be necessary, convenient or advantageo
TO do or perform with a view to carrying
or charging the scope and intentions of 4
company
Article ~.
The authorized capital Of this corporate
shall be five thousand dollars, divided In
: fifty shares Of the par value Of one hundr
/ dollars each.
The capital stock shall be paid in cas-
property, labor or services. or by either
any. at a just valuation to be fixed by the |
corporators or by the directors at meeti
: called for such purposes. Property. labor
!. services may be also paid for with capt
stock at a just valuation OF such proper
labor or services. to be fixed by the directt
Of the corporation at meeting called for su
: purposes.
The capital stock Of this corporation may
I any time hereafter be increased or decreas
| as provided by the laws Of the State
Florida.
Article ~
The period of corporate existence shall
perpetual and unlimited.
Article v.
The business Of the corporation is TO be CO
Quoted by board Of not less than three
= more than five directors, president vic
president, a treasurer and a secretary
The following persons shall constitute
board of directors, to-wit A. Y. Erickson, y.
a Williams and Z. w. Thomson; and the offic,
shall be:
7. c. Williams. president
y T. W. Thomson, yice-president and treasur
A. Y Erickson, secretary.
Pending until the regular annual elect
G Of directors and officers by the stockholde
which said regular annual election shall
held on the first Tuesday after the seco
y Monday in January Of each and every year
Article VI.
The highest amount OF Indebtedness or VI
n
subject itself to, shall be one million dollars
Article WI.
F, The names and addresses OF subscribers a
the number OF shares subscribed. Is as follow
A. Y, Erickson. Lakeland, Florida----2 shat
J. C. Williams, Lakeland Florida-----2 shat
L. W. Thomson. Lakeland Florida----2 shat
WITNESS the hands and seals OF the
spectve incorporating subscribers this 81,
day Of April. A. D. 1916
A. X. ERICKSON Use,
i J. c. WILLIAMS Use:
f. W. THOMSON tSei
. STATE OF FLORIDA,
COUNTY OF P0LK-SS.
Personally appeared before me. the undo
signed authority. A. Y. Erickson. J. c. W
liams and +. W. Thompson. to me well a
personally known, who being first duly swol
acknowledged that they signed the foregoi
Articles of Incorporation for the uses and pu
poses therein set forth.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
hand and affixed my official seal this 9TH d
OF April A n. 1916
tSeal A, ]. HoLwoRTHY.
Notary Publ
, MY commission expires Aug. 10. 1916.
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