The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-08

,n Wv" ~ which is now On file in the otlce
9 ~" Sacrerary If State Of the said State
| ri Florida. at said City Of TallahaSSee' uuL
| irg rhe time required by law for the pup
IHcation of this notice.
! 0. W. EATON
A. A. LEWIS.
IT. ]. LEWIS.
I EVERETT BRYANT.
Articles of incorporation
We the undersigned hereby associate our
selves together for the purpose OF becoming
Ia body polite and corporate under anu pur-
srant to the Laws Of the State OF Flofida'
lprovdng for the formation, management, ma
Utilities and immunitieS Of corporations lhe
provisions Of which law are hereby accepted
and we hereby declare that the following
Articles of Incorporation shall constitute ana
| be the Charter Of the said corporation upon
THE issuance of Letters Patent according TO
Law.
Article l.
| The name of the corporation shall be
KATHLEEN REFRIGERATING COMPANY
Article II.
| The general office and principal place OF
hunesS of this corporation shall be in the
| City of Kathleen, County Of Polk and state
of Florida, but the Board of Directors may
establish branch officers at other places from
Article III.
The period of existence of this corporation
shall be perpetual and it shall exist perpetu-
| ally.
Article ~.
The general nature Of the business to be
transacted by this corporation shall be the
planting, cultirating, growing, producing, buy
ling, importing, selling, exporting and dealing
in oranges, lemons, and other citrus and trop-
Cal fruits strawberries, biackberrieS, dew
berries, mulberries and every other kind of
berry, and also all kinds of vegetables, and
10 carry on the business VI planters and ship
pers in all its branches to carry on and work
the business of producers, cultivators and
buyers of every kind of fruit and vegetable,
mineral or other product of the soil; to pur-
chase or otherwise acquire, manufacture, pre-
pare for market, market any such products,
and to sell, dispose of and deal in the same,
either in their prepared, manufactured Oh raw
state, and either by wholesale or retail to
operate and maintain a packing house and
canning factory for fruits and vegetables of
all kinds, and to produce buy, or otherwise
acquire and sell or otherwise dispose Of the
product of such packing and canning factory,
or factories; to do and carry on a general
packing business; to own and hold real es-
tate and buildings with the necessary machin.
cry and appliances for cleaning, dressing and
otherwise preparing such fruit and vegetables
for marketing; to preserve in cold storage and
generally deal in all kinds Of food products
OF perlshable nature or otherwise; 10 brv
sell, store, Import and export fruit, Ash hut.
ter, milk, vegetables and all kinds of food
prooucts; to carry on the business of cold
storage and warehousing and all the business
necessarily or implicitly incidental thereto !.
ana 70 further carry on the business Of gen
eral Warehouslng in all its several branches.
to construct, hire, purchase, operate and main
IAN all or any cOnveyances for the trans
Fortatlon In cold storage or otherwise by land
or by water OF any and all products, goods or
manufactured articles; to issue certificates
ana warrants, negotiate or otherwise to per-
sons warehousing goods with the company.
ana 10 make advances or loans upon the Sc
curly OF such goods or otherwise: TO manu-
iaclure, sell and trade in all goods USUALLY
oeait IN by warehouse men; to construct. pur-
chase. take or lease or otherwise acquire any
wharf, pier. dock or works capable of heinz
auVantageously used in connection with the
shipping ana carrying or other business of tht
company; ana generally TO carry on and I'm.
oel'ahe any business undertaking. transaction
Tor operation commonly carried on or undar.
taken by warehousemen, and any other husi
ness which may from time to time seem r.
Ine directors capable Of being convenient,
carried on In connection with the above n,
calculated directly or indirectly to enhanc,
'he value or or render profitable any Of IN,
company's properties or rights.
| Article V.
ING amount OF the capital stock of this cor
poIalIoh small be fifteen thousand t$l5 0OO M,
uonars' divided into one hundred and An,
SHARES OF the par value of one hrndra;
SlOoo0) dollars each. Said capital stncl VI 9,
De paid for in property, labor or services Inv" -
Just valuation to be fixed by the Incornora
TORS at meeting called for that nurnosa
| Article VI.
Inc business and prudential affairs 90 .,,
corporation shall be conducted by a poard n u
directors OF not less than three nor mora N a,
seven. nor hiore thai
Article WI.
The Annual Meeting of the stooLh,,a,
be held at the principal office of this Snal
Iloh on the Second Monday in October -, p ol",
year at ten O'Clock a. m, or as soon - .h eaci
aLler as practicable, at which meetinc , .hae
shall De elected by and from the stnnlh ,iiel
M p1alu OF directors for the ENSUING rao :,
,me Board OF Directors so elected shat, Sea ol
annleuialeiy following the adiournment 80 my NV,
amnual meeting of the stockholders ana u Sucl
sIIae ny electing from their own n,,n D,,",
TIE asnrau uenI .lce-fresidsnt, Secretary an
offices of Secrotnr,, sumo person may hold tbt
treasurer.
rho Article vlll
Inc stockholders of This oou,,
afto "' nrSt annual meeting, or as Soon tt onai
iaWs as os practicable adopt the necessary, U1 IT,
o' Vic government of this cornoro,io,' oS
Tho ,,- Article TX. ''''''o''
lhe highest amount of indebtod,oa.
t 9,1iay 10 which this corporation sbom Ut ma
Iihe De subject shall be tho s,,, at any
thousands (l5,OOOOO) dollars. O" Vi htteer
r,,.u j, Article X.
mn the 1rSt election of of,icors ~,
abS ana prudential affairs of this oo u.e ousi
,a,al pe conducted by the followi Gu.poratlor
persons: O. NJ. Eaton prosi ,dGMlhg named
Lewis, VicePresident Fl fopit A. A
atI treasurer. The said or,corS secretary
inc ~ ~ oy-l9ws until the first animal muop
M Article XII.
me names and residences NJ tbo
With LleSe Articles of Incorporotior taI, 10
stooi. I NUMBER OF shares Of M ''s.' ii
,a subscribed by each sot we capital
name, are as follows, opposite his
Name p;,
w. Eaton-----Lakeland Fla ~" Vi ShareS
II T. LOWS Kathleen. Fla ----.- q
" ,, ~. Lewis kathleen. Fla -------- "a
'INerett Brrant Kathleen. FIs ---------- IS
~ WITNESS WHEREOF Wa -
SCI our hands. this the 9Ist d,r nave ~ hereunto
Q, NJ Eaton.
\, A. Lewis.
Fl, ]. Lewis.
STATE m J. Everett BRYANT