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Incorporation Book No 1
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                    Article V
The business of this corporation shall be conducted by a President
a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of Three
Directors. the office of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by
the same person.  The Board of Directors Shall be elected by the
Stockholders at the meeting to be held on the first Monday in
June 1905 and annually thereafter.  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  J.R. Williams President  J.W. Collins Vice
President  H.N. LeRoy Secretary and Treasurer, and J.R.
Williams  J.W. Collins and H.N. LeRoy 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 Ten 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:
     J.R. Williams          Alachua Florida          21 shares
     J.W. Collins           Alachua Florida          19 shares
     H.N. LeRoy             Alachua Florida          20 shares

State of Florida }
Alachua County   } Personally on this day before me a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State
appeared J.R. Williams  J.W. Collins and H.N. LeRoy 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 hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal this 4th day of March  A.D. 1905 in said Alachua
County
                    (seal)             E.E. Bell
                                  Justice of the Peace

          State of Florida          }ss
          Office Secretary of State }
     I H. Clay Crawford Secretary of State of the State of Florida do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the charter of the
Williams Company as of file and recorded in this office
     Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State
     of Florida at Tallahassee the Capital this the 14th
     day of April A.D. 1905.
     (seal)                         H. Clay Crawford
                                    Secretary of State
Filed April 18 1905     Recorded April 20th 1905
                                    S.H. Wienges     Clerk
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 5 October 2010
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