The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-07
PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE GENTRY

FUTCH COMPANY
The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together as body corporate under ana by
virtue of the laws Of the State of Florida gov
erninc general corporations, and do adopt me
following Charter
The name of the corporation shall he the
GENTRY -FUTCH COMPANY, and lis prlhcl'
pal place Of business shall be IN Lakeland,
Polk county, Florida but it may establish
branch places of business in other places IN
the United States
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 10 own or lease and
operate manufactures OF collins and caskets
and all other equipments or articles for the
buryng Of the dead; to lease or own and
operate manufactures for the purpose OF max,
ing vaults; to acquire and own cemeteries; 10
own or lease and operate hospitals and am
bulances to hold, buy, purchase or contracs
the patent rights to any article and to manu-
facture said articles; to buy and sell all ar
ticles 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-
err named specifically In this charter or not;
to own and operate hotels and sanitariums
to acquire and deal in generally all kinds OF
commercial paper, secured or unsecured to
own apd operate any kind OF mandatory
whether set up in this charter specifically or
rot; 10 own and operate any business whether
specifically set up in this charter or not: to
sell and dispose Of any or all Of the assets Of
the said corporation to own, lease, purchase.
or otherwise secure, real property and sell
and dispose Of same for cash or on time, and
to deal generally in real estate and do all
such things as are necessary, proper and in
cdent to dealing in, owning, acquiring sell
Ing and disposing Of real estate; to hold stock
in other corporations; to borrow money; %
incorporate, rehabilitate business or enter
prises, whether incorporated or not; to sue
and be sued and to do all things allowed or
procured to be done by the laws Of the State
OF Florida governing corporations for profit
ARTICLE III
The authorized capital stock Of this corpora.
tlon shall be ten thousand dollars ($10, 900 00)
divided into one hundred shares Of the par
value OF one hundred dollars 100000, each.
The capital stock may be paid in cash. prop
city, labor or services, or by either Of them.
at valuation to be fixed by the directors at
meeting thereof Property, labor or services
may be also paid for with capital stock at
valuation of such property, labor or services
TO be fixed by the directors Of this corpora.
ton
ARTICLE Nv
The period Of corporate existence shall be
unlimited and perpetual
ARTICLE V
The business Of the corporation shall be con-
Quoted by Board Of not less than three nor
more than five directors president. vice
president, secretary and treasurer; any
two OF the above offices 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 If
Directors to-wit:
]. II, Gentry, L. NJ Futch and T. G. Futch
and the officers Of the corporation shall he as
follows:
J, II. Gentry, president
f. G. Futch, vice president
L. NJ Futch, secretary and treasurer.
The above named officers shall hold the said
offces until the regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders OF this corporation, which shall
be held on the last Monday of June, A. d
1918. AT the same meeting the annual cleo
tion OF officers shall take place, and The an.
nual meeting OF stockholders and the annual
election of officers shall be held on the last
Monday in June, thereafter,
ARTICLE vi
the highest amount of Indebtedness or liza
bility which this corporation can at any time
subject itself to, shall be twenty five thousand
dollars 1926, 900 O0).
ARTICLE VII
The names and residences of subscribers and
the number Of shares subscribed is as fol-
lows
J. i. Gentry, Lakeland. Florida. 40 shares
+. G, Futch, Lakeland, Florida, 40 shares
h. NJ Futch, Lakeland, Florida | share
Carrie Gentry. Lakeland, Florida. | share
In witness whereof the respective incorpor
ators have hereunto set their hands and seals
this Sth day of May, A. d. 1918.
J. II. GENTRY. tSeaD
+. G. FUTCH. fSeaO
l., NJ. FUTCH (SeoN
CARRIE GENTRY (Seall
STATE OF FLORIDA, "'
COUNTY OF POLK, IS
Before me, the undersigned authority per.
sonally appeared J. II. Gentry, F. G. Futch L.
NJ. Futch and Carrie Gentry to me well and
personally known to be the persons who signed
the foregoing notice of proposed charter, who
severally acknowledged before me that thew
signed the same for the uses and purposes
therein set forth and expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this nth day Of
May, A. D. 1918. N"' -
ADELAIDE f. ROGERS
Notary Public.
My commission expires March 18th 1921
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