The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-08

| Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
VIII apply to the Honorable Sidney j. Cats,
Governor Of the State of Florida. on the 25th
Gay OF June A. D. 1918, for Charter for the
|GENTRYFuTCH COMPANY, under the fol.
lowing proposed Charter:
J. ii. GENTRY,
F. G. FUTCH.
L. VI. FUTCH.
| CARRIE GENTRY
PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE GENTRY.
FuTCH COMPANY
| The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together as body corporate under and by
virtue OF the laws Of the State Of Florida gov
erning general corporations, and do adopt the
following Charter.
ARTICLE
The name Of the corporation shall be the
lGENTRY-FUTCH COMPANY, and It's princi.
pal place Of business shall be IN Lakeland.
Polk county, Florida, but 1t may establish
branch places Of business In other places in
The general nature Of the business or bust.
nesses to be transacted by the said corpora.
ton shall be as follows:
To own and operate general undertaking
and embalming business; to own or lease and
operate manufactures OF collins and .caskets
and all other equipments or articles for the
burying OF the dead; to lease or own and
operate manufactures for the purpose Of max
ing vaults; to acquire and own cemeteries to
own or lease and operate hospitals and am
balances; to hold, buy. purchase or contrac.
the patent, rights to any article, and to manu-
facture said articles; to buy and sell all ar
tices, either wholesale or retail necessary or
incident to general undertaking and en-
balming business; to buy and sell or manu- ..
facture FOR the purpose Of selling. and to deal
IN either wholesale or retail any and all kinds
Of merchandise and personal property. wheth-
er named specifically in this charter or not |;
to own and operate hotels and sanita rllims !.
10 acquire and deal In generally all kinds Of
commercial paper, secured or unsecured: to
own and operate any kind Of mandatory
"nether set up In this charter specifically or
rot 10 own and operate any business whether
speclncaliy SET up In this charter or not; to
sell and dispose Of any or all Of the assets Of
tne sald corporation; to own, lease, purchase.
or otnerwise secure, real property and sell
ana dispose OF same for cash or on time, and
10 deal generally In real estate and do all
such Things as are necessary, proper and in
cldent to dealing In, owning, acquiring, SELL
Ing ana disposlng OF real estate; to hold stock
IN other corporations; to borrow money; 10
incorporate, rehabilitate business or enter
prlses, Whether incorporated or not; to sue
ana De SUED and 10 40 all things allowed or
procured to be done by the laws OF the State
OF FLORIDA governing corporations for profit
ARTICLE III
Ihe authorized capital stock OF this corpora :
tlon snail be ten thousand dollars ($l0, 0OO.0O).
divided into one hundred shares Of the par
yalue OF one hundred dollars ($lO0.O0) each.
The capital stock may be paid In cash, prop
eiv, laDor or services, or by either OF them.
| at valuation to be fixed by the directors at
meeting Thereon Property, labor or services
may be also paid for with capital stock at a
valuation OF such property, labor or services
to be fixed BY the directors OF this corpora
ton
ARTICLE Nv
me period OF corporate existence shall be
unlimited ana perpetual.
ARTICLE
| me business OF the corporation sinai! be con-
Quoted by Board OF not less than three nor
more than nVe directors; president. Vice
president. secretary and treasurer; any
two or the above onices may be held by one
person IN addition TO being member OF the
Eoard OF Directors. save that the president
shall not be also the vice president The fol.
lowing persons shall constitute the Board Of
Directors to-wlt
| J. II. Gentry L. M. Futch and F. G, Futch
ana the officers OF the corporation shall be as
FOLLOWS:
| J. II. Gentry, president
| F. G. Futch, Vice president
| i. M. Futch, secretary ana treasurer
| The above named officers shall hold the sale
offices until the regular annual meeting OF tht
stockholders or this corporation, which shall
be held on the last Monday OF June, A. ID
1918. AT the same meeting, the annual cleo
ton OF officers shall take place, and the an,
nual meeting OF stockholders ana the annual
election Of officers shall be held on the last
Monday In June, thereafter.
ARTICLE vi
The highest amount OF Indebtedness or la