The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-09-09
Notice Of Intention to Apply for Letters
Patent.

sociates apply to- the Governor of tn
State of Florida, at his office in the Cap
itol Building of said State, at the City o
Tallahassee, Florida, for Letters Patent
Incorporating them, their associates anC
successors, into a body corporate, under
the name of PUNTA GORDA INVEST.
MENT COMPANY TO have and to be
vested with the powers and authorities
enumerated in the proposed Articles OF
| Incorporation following, which are here
| by adopted by us, under the Statutes OF
the State of Florida, with relation to cor
poratiOns for profit,
j. MIIELL (SeaD
]. T. SKIPPER (SeaD
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
PUNTA GORDA INVESTMENT
COMPANY.
Article l.
NAME
The name of this corporation shall be
PUNTA GORDA INVESTMENT COM
PANY. Its principal place of business
shall be in Punta Gorda, Florida 1t is
given authority to establish branches,
oranch offices agencies and places of
business at such other places in the State
OF Florida, or elsewhere, as the Board of
Directors may from time to time deter
mine.
Article H.
NATURE OF BUSINESS.
The general nature of the business or
businesses to be transacted by this cor
poratlon shall be as follows: To pur-
chase, hold, acquire, invest in, sell, as
sign, mortgage, or pledge, promissOry
notes, pllIs OF exchange, bonds and
mortgages on real and personal property,
or upon franchises. rights and privileges;
To subscribe for, purchase, hold and aC-
cept, assign. sell, transfer or pledge
shares OF capital stocks, and bonds and
securities or evidences of Indebtedness
issued or created by any other corpora
tlon; and as such owner of such stocks
TO exercise all the rights, powers and
privileges of ownership to the same in
jiueht, as natural persons might do, in
;ludlng the right to vote the same
To purchase, lease acquire. hold main /
am improve and SELL convey, mortgage I
n otherwise dispose of real estate and .
1eFs0hai property, or any interest there
H. 10 purchase, acquire hold. improve,
eII, convey, mortgage or otherwise dis !
'ose OF horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, .
'oats or other Hvestocks, or any inter- /
st therein
70 act as agent for persons, firms or
Operations In the purchase, sale or con-
rol of real estate or personal property:
0 act as agent and broker for persons
rms or corporations in any manner
whatsoever And in general, it shall
ave ana enjoy all such other rights and
flVlieges, in addition to those enumer-
ted, as are given to corporations for
roht organized under the laws of Flor
Ia me enumeration of any specific
over or business herein shall not be
ef any other legal power or privilege of
MS corporation
Article III.
CAPITAL STOCK S
me capital stock of this corporatiOn
lall be Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
'Z5, O0O.OO) to be divided into two hun
.eu my shares OF the par value of One !
Die in cash or in property, stocks, bonds.
ia securities, labor or services at#a
ISL valuation therefor to be fixed by the
GARD of Directors of this corporation AT
meeting called for that purpose.
Article W
TERM. 9
TINS corporation shall have a perpetual n
tstence, subject to dissolution in the =
amer and for any of the purposes pro- T
ded by law.
Article V. +
OFFICERS. il
The business of this corporation shall b
conducted by the following officers, to- r
|: A PRESIDENT, one or more Vice d
4 Secretary and q Treasurer
ut the same person shall be eligible to
Id the two latter offices) and a Board u
Directors of not less than five nor o.
lre than nine in number e.
! ne othcers of this corporation shah ,
20.
date Of their election, and until their =
'pectiVe successors are elected and 10
Allied OF
The persons who are to conduct the "
slhess OF this corporation as it's tenn VI
'ary officers and until the officers are
cted ana qualified at the first regular "a
elton are: IN
+. NJ Cooper. President. ~
j. Mizell, Vice President -
J. L. skipper, Secretary & Treasurer 81
he llrst meeting for the pcrfecting the -
aLlzation and attending to such other
'iness as shall then be considered, shall
held on the 28th day of September,
o. The annual meeting of the stock lal
ders shall be held on first Thursday IS
December of each and every year, be- tlf
ming with the year 1920 ca
Article VI. f %i
LIABILITY De
he highest amount of indebtedness or an
1nty to which this corporation can at oh
time subject itself is One Hundred da
'usahd Dollars (S100, 900 00). the
Article VII tic;
ames and residences and subscriptions o oS'
Cooper, Punta Gorda, Florida. thi
dizell, Punta Gorda, Florida, o.
e,., 10 shares
= pp'f' uita Ioroa, FLORIDA, BY
WITNESS WHEREOF we, the said -
operators. have hereunto set our
is and affixed our seals, this the 10th \
of August, A. d. 1920 wi
F. M. COOPER (SeaD No
]. MIZELL (Sesn Ger
j. L. SKIPPER (SeaD plic
TIE OF FLORIDA, anc
MY OF DE SOT0 the
hereby certify that before me. a IN
Try Public of the State of Florida, a.
3naliy appeared F. NJ Cooper, ]. thn
IL. and ]. E. Skipper, to me known .ne
known to be the individuals des- n aa.
ID IN and who subscribed their names 10 ~
orda Tn,a S p1oPo so chaIteF OF run day
owledged that they executed the pro- this
Charter for the purposes therein a.
essed. on
my hand and official seal at
a Gorda. DeSoto County, Florida. Rv
the 10th day of August A. D. 1929.
EDWARD WOTITZKY, -
, Notary Public. Is
commits SiOn EXPIRES Eehv 17tb !