Charter of the W.R. Thomas Real Estate Company as
filed and of record in this office.
     Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the 
State of Florida at Tallahassee, the Capital, this the
thirty first day of January  A.D.  1906.
     (seal)         H. Clay Crawford
                    Secretary of State

State of Florida     }
     Alachua County  }
                      Before me personally appeared
E.E. Voyle, to me well known who being duly sworn
says:  I am the Treasurer of the "W.R. Thomas Real
Estate Company" of Gainesville, Alachua County Florida
and that Ten per cent of its Capital Stock has been
subscribed and paid.
     Sworn to and subscribed       }
before me this 6th  day of February }
A.D.  1906                         }     E.E. Voyle     (seal)
     (seal)         A.E. Voyle     }
Notary Public of State of Florida  }
-at Large     My Commission expires}
October 6th 1909.                   }
Filed Feb. 8, 1906.     Recorded Feb 9, 1906
                    S.H. Wienges,     Clerk


                    Letters Patent -- State of Florida
To All Whom These Presents Shall Come Greeting:
     Whereas, It appears that the East Florida Telephone
Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the
State of Florida by a vote of its stock at a meeting held
for that purpose on the 11th day of December  A.D.  1905
duly called as provided by law adopted a proposed
amendment of its charter, as follows:
     Resolved, That Article VI of its charter be amended
so as to read as follows:
                    Article VI
     "The highest indebtedness or liability which the cor-
poration can subject itself is fifty thousand dollars."
     And Whereas a certificate under the common
seal of the corporation of the said proposed amend-
ment adopted as aforesaid was duly filed in the
office of the Secretary of State, and due notice and
publication thereof has been made in proper form
and it appearing that the proposed amendment
will be beneficial and lawful and not injurious
to the community, and is in accord with the purposes
of the charter, the same is therefore approved.
     Whereupon The State of Florida Hereby Grants
unto the said East Florida Telephone Company, full
authority to exercise the powers and privileges of such
corporation under and in accordance with its