twenty ninth day of September  A.D.  1904
                    W.S. Jennings
                         Governor
                    H. Clay Crawford
                         Secretary of State.

Notice of Application for Letters Patent
Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day
of Septermberr  A.D.  1904 the undersigned will apply
to his Excellency William S. Jennings, Governor
of the State of Florida, for letters patent on the
Charter proposed accompanying this notice.
                         F.E. Williams
                         C.A. Williams
                         L.N. Pearce
                         J.C. Bishop
                         A.R. Williams

Under and pursuant to the requirements of the
Statutes of the State of Florida, We the undersigned
F.E. Williams, C.A. Williams, L.N. Pearce, J.C.
Bishop and A.R. Williams desiring for ourselves
our associates and successors to form and be
incorporated as a Corporation, for Carrying on the business
of banking, do hereby give notice that we shall apply
to the Governor of the State of Florida for letters patent.
     The Proposed Charter is as follows:
                    First.
The Corporate Name of said Corporation shall be
"The Bank of Alachua" located and having its principal
office and place of business where its operations 
are to be Carried on, at the town of Alachua in
the County of Alachua and State of Florida.
                    Second.
The purposes and object for which this
Corporation is organized and the business
to be Conducted by said Corporation is a
general banking business; the discounting
and negotiating of promissory notes, drafts
bills of exchange and other evicences of debt;
receiving deposits, buying and selling exchange,
coin and bullion; loaning money on personal
and real security; to hold, purchase and convey
real estate for all purposes now or hereafter to
be allowed by law, and generally to do all things
necessary and proper for Carrying on said business
and for these purposes to have and to possess
all the rights, benefits, privileges immunities
incident to, and given under the laws of this State
to all Corporations of such character.
                    Third.
The amount of the Capital stock of said Corporation