Alachua County Clerk of the Court Seal Alachua County Clerk of the Court
J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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Incorporation Book No 1
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The board of directors shall elect the officers of the company the
President and Vice President shall be elected from among the
board of directors.  Until the first election and until their successors
shall be qualified the following officers and directors Shall conduct
the business of the Company:  W.R. Thomas, President, W.M. Dale
Vice President, E.E. Voyle Secretary and Treasurer, and W.R. Thomas,
W.M. Dale and E.E. Voyle shall constitute the first Board of Directors
                    Article VI
The highest indebtedness or liability to which this corporation
can at any time subject itself is Fifty Thousand Dollars
                    Article VII
The names and residences of the incorporators of said corporation
and the Subscribers of Stock thereof with the number of Shares
Subscribed for by each are as follows
     W.R. Thomas     Gainesville  Florida     30 Shares
     W.M. Dale       Gainesville  Florida     10 Shares
     E.E. Voyle      Gainesville  Florida     10 Shares

State of Florida }
Alachua County   } Before me personally appeared W.R. Thomas
W.M. Dale and E.E. Voyle to me well known and known to me
to be the persons who subscribed the foregoing and Severally
acknowledged before me that they Subscribed the Same
In Witness Whereof I have set my hand and affixed my official
Seal this 12th day of Dcember  A.D.  1904 in said Alachua
County
                    (seal)               H.C. Denton
                                         Clerk Circuit Court
                                         per S.H. Wienges  D.C.

State of Florida             }ss
Office of Secretary of State } I, H. Clay Crawford, Scretary of State
of the State of Florida do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the Charter of the Gainesville Company
as of file and recorded in this office
                    Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
(Seal of the State) State of Florida at Tallahassee the Capital this the
(of Florida)        Twelfth day of January  A.D.  1905
                                         H. Clay Crawford
                                              Secretary of State

State of Florida } Before me personally appeared E.E. Voyle to me
Alachua County   } well known who being first duly Sworn Says
that he is the Treasurer of the proposed Corporation The
Gainesville Company and that ten per cent of its capital
Stock has been Subscribed and paid
Sworn to and Subscribed before       }
me this 5th day of January  A.D.  1904}  E.E. Voyle
     (sal)           S.H. Wienges    }
                     Clerk Cir Court }
Filed for Record January  13th  1905
Recorded January 13th  1905
                     S.H. Wienges     Clerk
                     pr M.S. Cheves     D.C.
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 28 September 2010
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