The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-10

FUTCH COMPANY
The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together as body corporate under and by
virtue Of the laws Of the State of Florida gov
ernins general corporations, and do adopt the
following Charter.
The name Of the corporation shall be the
GENTRY-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 United States.
article II
The general nature Of the business or bust.
nesses. to be transacted by the said corpora
tion 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-rlghts to any article, and tn 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
Iof merchandise and personal property wheth-
err named specifically in this charter or not
to own and operate hotels and sanltariums
to acquire and deal in generally all kinds OF
commercial paper, secured or unsecured; to
own and operate any kind Of mandatory
whether set up in this charter specifically or
rot; TO 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
cident to dealing in, owning acquiring, SELL
Ing and disposing Of real estate; to hold stock
in other corporations; to borrow money: 10
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
tltn shall be ten thousand dollars $50, 600 0O).
divided into one hundred shares OF the par
value Of one hundred dollars ($10OO0) each
The capital stock may be paid in cash, prop
efty. 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 a
valuation Of such property, labor or services
to be fixed by the directors Of this corpora
ton.
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 bu 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 DeFSOnS shall cOnStitutp the Roard NJ
Directors to-wlt:
]. II Gentry, L. NJ Futch and F. G. Futch,
and the officers Of the corporation shall be as
follows
], H. Gentry, president
f. G. Futch, vice president
L. M. Futch, secretary and treasurer.
The above named officers shall hold the said
Offices 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
ton 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 1925, 100000.
ARTICLE VII
The names and residences Of subscribers and
the number Of shares subscribed, Is as fol-
lows:
J. II Gentry, Lakeland, Florida, 40 shares
f. G. Futch, Lakeland, Florida. 40 shares.
l.. M. Futch Lakeland Florida, l share
Carrie Gentry, Lakeland Florida. l share,
In witness whereof the respective inc0rpor
ators have hereunto set their hands and seals
this Sth day Of May A. D. 1918
J. II. GENTRY. tSeal
F. G. FUTCH. tseal
L. NJ. FUTCH tSeal
CARRIE GENTRY tSeal)
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF POLK, SIS:
Before me, the undersigned authority. per
sonay 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 they
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 18th day Of
May, A. n. 1918.
ADELAIDE F. ROGERS
Notary Public.
MY commission expires March 18th, 1921.
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