The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-31
PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE GENTRY
EIIICA EnMPANX

i. NJ FUTCH.
CARRIE GENTRY.
PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE GENTRY
FuTCH COMPANY
The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together as body corporate under and by
:lrtue 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 lie the
GENTRY -FuTCH COMPANY, and lis prlnci-
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.
ART1CE II
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 tina
burying of the dead to lease or own and
operate manufactures for the purpose of max
ing vaults; 10 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 tu manu-
facture said articles; to buy and sell all ar
tcles, 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 sanitariums
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 10 own ana operate any business whether
specincally set up in this charter or not; to
sell ana dispose OF any or all OF the assets OF
the said corporation; to own, lease, purchase.
or otherwise secure, real property and sell
ana dispose OF same Tor cash or on time, and
to deal generally in real estate and do all
sucn Things as are necessary, proper and In
cldent to dealing In, owning, acquiring, SELL
Ing ana dlsposing or 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 90 all things allowed or
procured to be done by the laws OF the State
OF FLORIDA governing corporations for profit.
ARTICLE III
me authorized capital stock OF this corpora
tlon snail be ten thousand dollars $50 900 OO),
dlvlded into one hundred shares OF the par
value OF one hundred dollars (S10OO0) each.
The capital stock may be paid In cash, prop
eIty, labor or services, or by either OF them.
at valuation to be fixed by the directors at
a meeting mereof. property, labor or services
NAY be also paid for with capital stock at
to be liked by the directors OF this corpora
ton.
ARTICLE ~
The period OF corporate existence shall he
unlimited and perpetual.
ARTICLE
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
BOARD 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:
J. H. Gentry. L. NJ. Futch and F. G, Futch,
and the officers OF the corporation shall be as
follows:
j. H. Gentry, president.
+. 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
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