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posed corporation under the laws of the State of Florida
of which company the following shall be the articles of in-
corporation.  This notice is given pursuant to the require-
ments of the State of Florida and the articles of incorpora-
tion have been filed with the Secretary of State and are
given below.
                    W.R. Thomas
                    C.W. Chase
                    E.E. Voyle

                    Article I.
     The name of the corporation shall be W.R. Thomas
Real Estate Company, and its principal place of business
shall be in Gainesville, Alachua County Florida, but
it may establish offices, and agencies at other places
within the State of Florida.
                    Article II.
     The general nature of the business to be transacted by
the corporation is to deal in, buy, sell, lease, and mort-
gage real estate and personal property subdivide and
lay out tracts of land - and improve the same, lay out
and operate sewerage, build and erect, houses and
buildings of every description, conduct a naval
stores business, operate saw mills, collect rents, and act-
as-agent for parties owning land or property, sub-
scribe for, purchase, receive, own, hold, sell, and dis-
pose of stocks, shares, bonds, securities, as obligations of
other corporations wherever located, buy and sell, lease
own and use machinery and appliances, supplies and
personal property of whatever nature necessary for the
carrying on of the business, and this corporation shall
have 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 corpo-
rations for profit under the laws of the State of Florida.
                    Article III.
     The amount of the capital stock of said
company shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars, divided
into five hundred shares each of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars to be paid in as follows, forty per
cent in property at a just valuation to be fixed by
the directors of said company at a meeting called for
that purpose, ten per cent in cash and forty per
cent to remain in the treasury to be disposed of
in such manner as the directors may designate.
                    Article IV.
     The term for which this corporation is to exist
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 12 October 2010
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