Letters Patent
The State of Florida
To All Whom These Presents Come, Greeting:
     Whereas, Charles W. Morse, Jeremiah Cashman, John Cash-
man, and George Doig, on the thirty first day of December
A.D. 1904, filed in the office of the Secretary of State a proposed
charter of a corporation to be known as Gainesville Gas &
Electric Power Company with a capital of One Hundred Thous-
and ($100,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of the manufacture
and the sale of gas, fixtures, and appliances; the generating
and selling of electric current for lighting, and power pur-
poses; also, the sale of electric fixtures and appliances and 
the manufacture, and sale of ice; and have published
due notice thereof, and have otherwise complied with the
statute in such case made and provided;
Therefore, the State of Florida hereby incorporates the
above named persons, their associates and successors into
a body politic and corporate in deed and in law by and
under the said name of Gainesville Gas & Electric Power
Company, and grants unto them full authority to exercise
the powers and privileges of a corporation for the purpose
above stated, in accordance with their said charter and
the Laws of this State.
In Witness Whereof, These presents have been attested with
the Great Seal, and signed and countersigned by the Governor
and Secretary of State of the State of Florida, at Tallahassee,
the thirty first day of January  A.D.  1905.
                                         N.B. Broward
     (seal)                                   Governor
                                    H. Clay Crawford
                                         Secretary of State

                    Notice of Application for Charter, Etc.
Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of January  A.D.
1905 the undersigned will apply to his Excellency, the Goveror
of the State of Florida, for a charter of the corporations proposed
below, in accordance with the statutes in such cases made
and provided.
This the 26th day of December  A.D.  1904.
                    Charles W. Morse,
                    Jeremiah Cashman,
                    John Cashman,
                    Geo. I. Doig.
[written ACROSS the margin of the documents above:]
See page 148 for affidavit of John Cashman Treasurer of Gainesville Gas and 
Electric Power Company

               Articles of Incorporation
                         of
               Gainesville Gas & Electric Power Company
                    Article I
The name of this corporation shall be Gainesville
Gas & Electric Power Company, the place of business
Gainesville, Florida.
                    Article II.