The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-01-09
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION

Florida, on the Is day OF January, 1919
for Letters Patent Incorporating Bah
COCK CARRIER, FLORIDA COMPANY
as a Corporation under the Laws of the
State of Florida, under following propos-
ed Charter, the provisions of which are
hereby accepted and the original Char
ter is on file in the Office of the Secretary
State at Tallahassee. Florida.
Article 1.
The name of this Corporation shall be
BABCOCK-CARRIER, FLORIDA COM
PANY, and the place of business of said
Corporation shall be Punta Gorda of the
County of DeSoto in the State of Flori-
da, and such other places in said State
and elsewhere as may be necessary and
incident to the Corporate business.
Article 2.
The purpose for which this Corpora
ton is formed are to purchase or other
wise acquire all or any part of the bust
ness, good will, rights, property and as
sets of all kind, and assume all or any
part of the liabilities of any Corporation
Association, Partnership or person en-
gagged in any business in the State OF
Florida or elsewhere; to manufacture,
purchase or otherwise acquire, and to
sell and deal in all kinds of material
goods, wares and merchandise which
may be required for any of the purposes
of the Company's business, or which may
seem capable of being profitably used or
dealt in in connection with such bust
property and Real Estate, lease holds or
any interest therein. and to own. hold or
improve, sell and deal in the same; TO
make, accept, indorse, execute and is
sue promissory notes, bills of exchange,
bonds, debentures and other obligations
from time to time for the purchase of
property or otherwise, or for any pur-
pose in or about the business OF the
Company, and to secure the payment of
any such obligations by mortgage, pledge,
(. tNyr
purchase or otherwise, own, buy, sell
end deal in timber and timber lands, and
to buy, cut, haul, dry, and sell timber
logs, and to saw and otherwise work the
same, and to buy, manufacture or sell
lumber, bark, wood pulp and all pro-
ducts made therefrom; to produce, man
ufacture and sell turpentine, resin and
| all other naval stores of every descrip-
| tom to grow, manufacture, refine, pur-
| chase, sell and deal in sugar, molasses,
| glucose, syrup, starch, feed and such
| other products and by-products as are
| incidental thereto, and to cultivate and
grow sugar cane, sugar beets, cotton,
! tobacco, rice, wheat, rye, oats, corn
! oranges, grapefruit, alligator pears, pine
apples and any other products of the
1 earth indigenous to the locality, and tc
manufacture and prepare the same for
market, and to buy, sell, deal in and
| transport the same; to carry on the bus
! mess of raising and slaughtering cattle
and other animals, and dealing in, and
/ contracting for the purchase and sale OF
all kinds of meat products, hides, oil
| fat and other by-products arising out OF
the Strengthening of animals for food
| purposes or otherwise, or in connection
| herewith, and to manufacture buy sell
exchange and deal in the above speci-
| fed products and all other materials
used in the manufacturing of food pro-
ducts, fertilizer or any of the matters a
foresaid, as well as to carry on as prn-
cipals, Agents, Commission Merchants
or Consignees the business of buying anc
selling all kinds of live stock, and the
business of manufacturing oils, fats ant
| tallows, glue, bones or any of the ma
terials used in the manufacturing of thu
products therefrom; to purchase, take
lease or otherwise acquire any mines
mining rights, and any interest therein
and to explore, work, exercise, develop
and turn to account the same; to buy o
otherwise acquire, manufacture, market
prepare for market, sell, deal in an
deal with, import and export food an
products of every class and description
fresh, canned or preserved or otherwise
and all food and other preparation; (
catch, cure, can, purchase, sell or other
wise acquire, or dispose Of and deal |
/ fish and Sea food of all kind; to owl
manage, lease, charter or operate vesse
and boats of any description; to carry o
and conduct the business of storag
COlu StOIdSet lIteZiliB
ice making, and dealing in plants fs
\ such purposes; to carry on the bushes
of Hotel and Inn keepers; to acquiI
S whether by purchase. development {
otherwise, and to construct reservoir
or water towers, erect pumping ms
: chinery, laying of water mains and az
cessorios, and furnishing and sellir
Y water to Corporations and Individual
II do all and everything necessary, sui
able and proper for the Accomplishment
Y of any of the purposes or the attainmel
: of any of the objects, or the furthe
ance of any of the powers hereinbefol
!. set forth either alone or in an Associs
ton with other Corporations, Firms
: individuals, and to do any other act
acts thing or things, incidental or pc
tinent to, or growing out of. or connec
Y ed with the aforesaid business or pow
g ers, or any part or parts thereof, provit
4 ing the same be not inconsistent wi
" the Laws of Florida under which tn
Corporation is organized.
e Article 3.
The amount of the capital stock
this Corporation is s2,500,OO all of whit
Y shall be common stock. divided in
twenty-five thousand shares, (25,00D
the par value of one hundred Q00) dc
lars each.
That all of the said common capt.
stock shall be issued either for cash
for property reasonably and fairly wor
the par value of each share of stock
Y sued in exchange therefor.
Article q,
to The term of the existence of said &C
poration shall be perpetual
Article 5.
Ill The principal office of said Corpor
ton is to be located at Punta Gorda
,y DeSoto County, Florida
ST Article 6,
ty The officers through which the bu
t. ness of said Corporation is to be co
al Quoted shall be a President, Vice Pre-
tie dent, Secretary and Treasurer. and
r Board of ten Directors, and the time
he which they will be annually elected sh
v be the third Tuesday in February
ge each and every year, and that the nan
Of the Officers who shall conduct
A. business of said Corporation until The
oh to be elected at the first Annual meeti
are as follows: c. M. Carrier, Presidel
by E. " Babcock, vice-President and Ma
he rice e. Preisch. Secretary and Treasur
n And c. M. Carrier, Maurice e. Preis
he and John II. Hancock shall constit'
ON the Board of Directors for the transs
az tion Of al C0rporafp hueinpsa until