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Ancient Records
Incorporation Book No 1
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          Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State 
          of Florida at Tallahassee the Capital this the 15th
(seal)    day of April  A.D.  1905
                    H. Clay Crawford
                         Secrtary of State
Filed for Record April 17th 1905  Recorded April 19th 1905
                    S.H. Wienges     Clerk

State of Florida }
Alachua County   } On this 11th day of April A.D. 1905 personally
appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the State of Florida
at Large B.R. Colson who after having been duly sworn deposed
and said that he is the Secrtary and Treasurer of the Alachua
County Abstract Company and that more than ten percent
of the Capital Stock of said company has been subscribed
for and paid into the Treasury of the said company in cash
before the date hereof
                                  B.R. Colson
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and date aforesaid
                    Lucile Hennington
     (seal)         Notary Public State of Florida
                    My Commission expires Feb 14 1909
Filed April 17  1905     Recorded April 19 1905
                    S.H. Wienges     Clerk

Williams Company
                    Letters Patent
          The State of Florida
     To all whom these Presents shall come Greeting;
Whereas J.R. Williams  J.W. Collins and H.N. LeRoy, on the
Eighth day of March  A.D.  1905 filed in the Office of the Secretary
of State a proposed Charter of a corporation to be Known as
                    Williams Company
with a capital of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars for the purpose
of buying and selling all Kinds of merchandise supplies
machinery and personal property buying, selling mortgaging
and leasing real estate, advance and loan money on lands
and personal property and this corporation shall have the
power generally to do and perform, have hold acquire and
enjoy all other property powers and things, as shall be
incident necessary or expedient for the conducting the necessary
operation of the business, and generally to be vested and have
all the powers granted or which may be hereinafter granted
to corporations for profit under the laws of the State of Florida
and have published due notice thereof and have otherwise complied
with the Statute of such case made and provided.
Therefore the State of Florida hereby incorporates the above
named persons their associates or successors into a body
politic and corporate in deed and in law by and under
the said name of Williams Company and grants unto them
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 5 October 2010
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