The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF I'M
FLORIDA NATAL HAY ASSOCIATION

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The undersigned and their associates asso-
! ciate themselves together as badly corpor-
| ate under and in vrture OF the laws OF the
State Of Florida governing agricultural and
horticultural associations. and do adopt the
followings articles ~ Incorporation
4 Article !
| The name Of this association shall be
Florida Natal Hay Association.
| Article H.
Tho nurnose Of this association shall be.
| and il shall have the powers following, towit :
To plant cultivate and harvest crops OF any
! kind and character upon the lands OF the
| association. and Of its members. living and
| being in the state Of Florida and 10 market.
sell and dispose Of said crops TO the best ad
vantage of its members.
To plant. cultivate and harvest crops Of
natal hav upon the lands OF the association.
and of IFS members. living and heine in the
county ~ fernando and In adjacent counties.
in the state of Florida and 10 martet. sell and
dispose ~ said crops to the best advantage OF
its members.
To hnv own. hold MORTGAGE. cucumber sell.
transfer and convey any real and nersonai
rronertv receeearv for tho advancement ~
the purposes If this association ww'h the
object ~ Sn"rrnr and niarirr Eve Thousand
acrce ~ LAND IN publication for the successful
onpration ~ co-onc-ative farnrq: AND such
fur'hor lands rs he deem"d advisable.
To own lease ono~atc and o'hcr"iee MANAGE
real and nnrsorai rrnnortv fnr the advance
HIN. 20 III ,,orosts 20 ;4s members
To hwy or othorvisc sernre i've thousand
acres ~ land in townshins t~entv-tvo snd
tu.entv-thrnc rance snventeen. townships
twnntv-t,rn and t,rantv- three. ran"e ei"h'nen,
and tornehins t'rentv-two and twe"tv-fhree,
r,or;do =, the rate os
~ H"r"and" STATE "' ''"''"'' ~ NV
,wentp- five dollars rer acre. aud to resell the
in
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w" '"' H., o,oroiI,. nre
n"""'t' "'' naod 20 Good
h"''"p W. ' -. for crons
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MAY have SION "'"' w.
l,'eiross as nay b" """"s'"Nc q" ~ n'"p'NcN'
within or without ~" go" I" florn',
erf'"'" w
The tern' ~ associate corporate existence
shall he nftv wears
hr'i"'e Y.
Tive Poard of niro"'n~s of th'3 Asencia' ton
ehail c"neist of not lcea than frn more
than Reioon rrorphers f"n ~ whom shan v"
tho ofecnrs 80 Tho acooc'n.ion which ofa"ns
shall he nrnednnt viro nrnsi"ent, seira''rv
+rnor,,rnr aud unnn-aI tho re-,o'nno
DIRECTORS "a 10 e'nc,ed s~om the mn"h"-e in
tho folloriru mnnrnr. WHOM any rornrnr'ent
section NJ LAND ehau have five more m""
hprs or owrers ~ for.v tracts thav
shall he entitled 70 on" d'"""'"r' "h"" 81 me
lands owned nv the association IN any gov
eminent ser''on have been sod a"d 30 MOI
r"mnriee comn'"'" e""t"n CO.." 'r'"''""'' s'"-
t'on NAV io'" "''h Nh" n"'r"st frnc''N"a' 500"
ton In the election OF d'rec'or " he'n' me
intention that each six h"ndr"d and for'V
acres ~ 'and shall be representation on the
hoo-d Of directors.
Until enouuI, lands have been sold to pro-
vide for additional mpr,hers of the Poard az
DIRECTORS the BOARD shall consist of the Ave
officers Of the association above nared: addi-
tional members to he added as the land is
taken IN nv me p"rchnserS
Pending the establioh~ent of this assoria-
tion and its opera,,on thereafter In the scope
intended tho fo''o,v'nU nnrsons shall he d're"
tors aud ehou hold tho resnnrtive owce desiu
mated President Herhert 7. nra"e. whose
residence 10 Iate,and Florida: vico -preede"t,
W Ncpao. whose residence IL Tallahassee
Florida rin,d Secretary Ceorre Sou'hard
whose rce'do-cn Ia pno'o"d '""-''"' m~"""-
rror G. " CLAYTON whose residence Is Lake.
land Florida and Field Nana"or. rr"d w
pouc whose residence IL Tate'nnd Fior'"a =
who shall serve untii the first nnnral nicotine
~ the association sad annual meetings 10 he
bn,d nm tho third Tuesday in the month os
, January, AVID WITH their Successors ha'" hee'
elected ard shall have duly accounted ofece, or
until Successors are duly qualified for the di-
rcctors herein namna who shall first serve,
Article VI.
The voting mower Of this ASSOCIATION shall
he nredjco,cd Inv tho nrrher NJ orres NJ ,ord
owned by a member opera,ed bv the associa-
ton. nv giving 10 him or her one vote for
each acre Of land. and new members shall
have the r,rht 10 vote In matters concerning
tho association IN like manner as other mem
hers aud upon like terms and conditions and
,ha,, shu h Il, Al, roenoo,s 90 ,ho o.ma
status
New members shall he admitted automatical-
! IL upon the pIacinp in the care Of this asso.
| ciation az their lands or hy purchase from this
| association Of lands within the heretofore de
scr;hed areo held or 10 he held by this as
soc,,tio,
Article VII.
The msmhors Of ,h,s ossoo,.,,,n s,,u haze
diy,sble or asri,a,i,a r,r.,s In ,,a.,a,"i 80,
er,y % th,s .ssa,,a,,or as ar,,a, W. , ,.'.
| Of the state ~ FIorida nrov,ded bnwavsr