The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-08-13
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
PATENT

signed, will apply to the Honorable Sydney !.
Cats governor Of the State Of Florida, at his
Office at Tallahassee, on the 9Th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1919, for letters patent Of the fol-
lowing articles Of Incorporation, incorporating
the POLK COUNTY INVESTMENT COM
PANY.
W. R. MILLER. MRS T. H. SIMMONS
JAS. THOMAS. MRS. w. F. L. DUKES.
j. g. Gulon MRS. s. L. BIGHAM.
W. c. DANIELS GEORGE ROSS.
]. W. CANADY A. ]. COUNCIL.
CHAS. CLAYTON. FRANK GRAHAM
JOHN MADDOX CHAS .MCNAIR.
JAMES E. ROBINsON.A, BRADLEY.
c. ]. LITTLE. SAM HAMILTON
]. L. PHILLIPS. JOHN JACOBS.
ARTICLES OF Incorporation OF THE
POLK COUNTY INVESTMENT
COMPANY
The undersigned hereby associate them
selves together for the purpose Of becoming
incorporated under the General Laws Of the
State Of Florida, and Acts Amendatory there
Of and supplementary thereto. under and by
virtue Of the following articles Of incorpora-
ton.
ARTICLE l.
The name Of this Corporation shall be POLK
COUNTY INVESTMENT COMPANY; and its
principal place Of business shall be at Lake
land, Polk county, Florida, but the said Cor
poraton shall have the right to own, operate,
establish places and do business at any other
place or places as the Board Of Directors shall
deem II necessary.
ARTICLE H.
The purposes for which this Corporation Is
formed are to own, operate, run and manage a
general investment company; to acquire by
purchase or otherwise real estate; to hold, i'm
prove, lease, rent, manage, SELL or otherwise
cucumber or dispose Of real estate to acquire,
hold, mortgage, or dispose Of property real,
mixed or personal to own, hold, sell, and deal
in stocks, bonds and any and all other OBJ
legations OF private or public Corporation; to
acquire, pledge, hold or sell, negotiate or 9TH
erwise dispose Of notes and other negotiable
securities; to own, operate, lease or dispose OF
plants, mills, shops, factories. mines, hotels,
motion picture shows, amusement parks, whole
sale or retail mercantile drug, commercial
educational or Industrial establishments: to
buy and sell timber lands or the timber thers-
on; to cut or buy and sell cross-tes, to ac-
quire by purchase or otherwise to maintain
and operate tram roads or railroads and the
necessary equipment therefor and to be used
thereon; to operate taxicabs and other con-
veyances for hire and to do any and all things
necessary or incidental to the proper opera
ton or management Of a general investment
company.
ARTICLE III.
The term for which this Corporation shall
exist shall be ninety-nine 1897 years.
ARTICLE ~.
The amount Of capital stock of said corpor-
alton shall be fifteen thousand dollars divided
into one hundred fifty shares Of the par value
Of $4,000 each.
The stock Of said Corporation shall be paid
Tor In cash, real or personal property, labor or
services at such valuation as may be fixed nv
the Board of Directors at a meeting called for
that purpose. The capital stock may be in
creased from time to time as provided by law
ARTICLE V.
The business Of said Corporation shall be
conducted by a President, First Vice presi
dent, Second Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer, and an Assistant Secretary
and Board Of Directors to consist Of not
less than three ~ nor not more than thlrtee
13l. Any two or more Of said Offices nav
be held by one and the same person.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
said Corporation shall be held at the princl.
pal office Of said Corporation at lakeland
Polk County, Florida, on the 3rd Monday IN
September In each and every year. Until the
FIRST annual meeting to be held on Sept 18th
1919, the business Of said Corporation shall b.
conducted by the following named officers:
w. R. Miller, President
James Thomas First Vice President
]. s. Guion. Second Vice President.
w. c. Daniels. Secretary.
Charles McNair, Treasurer.
Sam Hamilton, Assistant Secretary.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
G. ]. Little, Chairman. ]. W. Canady.
J. 5. GUI0N. W. R. Miller.
J. f. Robinson. W. C. Daniels
John Jacobs. George Ross
James Thomas
ARTICLE SIX
The highest amount Of Indebtedness tn which
this Corporation shall at any time become
liable shall not exceed s25 100000.
ARTICLE VII.
The names and residences of the nareoro
subscribing to the stock Of said Cornoratjon
with the amount Of capital stock suhscrIhsJ
by each are as follows:
William R. Miller Lakeland, Florida Ok sba-o,
John Maddox, Winter Haven Florida q shares
J. 5. Guion, Lakeland Florida 2 shares
George Ross. Lakeland. Florida shares
c. ]. Little, Lakeland, Florida shares
w. c. Daniels, Lakeland, Florida shares
Sam Hamilton, Lakeland Florida sbaros
A. ]. COUNSEL Lakeland, Florida Sbs.ss
NJ noT piSt, LdNsianu' Florida shares
NJ . a. S', Lakelana, Florida shares
W. F. L. Dukes, Lakeland. Florida sbs.os
Chas McNair Lakeland, Florida sbares
John Jacobs, Lakeland, Florida sbsre
A. Bradley, Lakeland, Florida s sl,sre
Frank Graham, Lakeland, Florida / sbsre
]. L. Philips, Lakeland, Florida sbsro,
James Thomas, Lakeland, Florida sba.sS
Chas CLAYTON, Lakeland Florida shose
]. w. Canady, Lakeland Florida .hsus
In witness whereof we, the ahova naa.ts
subscribers have hereuto set oiIr he,as 1
seals, this End day Of August 1919 anu