of the State of Florida do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the Charter of the Micanopy Banking
Company as filed and of record in this office.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of
at Tallahassee the capital this the eighteenth day of
July A.D. 1906.
(seal) H. Clay Crawford
Secretary of State
Filed July 20th 1906 Recorded July 28th 1906
S.H Wienges Clerk
State of Florida }
Alachua County } Before me personally came J.D. Watkins who
being duly sworn says he is cashier of the "Micanopy Banking Company"
That fifty per cent of the Capital Stock of said corporation has been
paid into the hands of the cashier of the "Micanopy Banking Company."
Sworn and subscribed to before }
me this July 14th 1906 } J.D. Watkins
(seal) S.H. Wienges }
Clerk Circuit Court}
Filed July 20 1906 Recorded July 28 1906
S.H. Wienges Clerk
Letters Patent
The State of Florida
To all whom these presents shall come Greeting:
Whereas C.W. Chase Clarence B. Strouse J.E. Graham
and E.E. Cannon on the tenth day of January A.D. 1907 filed
in the office of the Secretary of State a proposed charter of a
corporation to be known as The American Flange Frog and
Railway Improvement Company with a Capital of Five Million
($5,000,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of manufacturing and selling
of the "Graham flange frog" and other railway appliances;
the purchase and sale of foreign and domestic patents, to buy
mortgage sell or deal in real estate and personal property;
to engage in any and all manufacturing enterprises and industries that
may be managed owned or controlled by a corporation of this character,
to conduct own manage, acquire, or operate any and every kind
and character of business that may be conducted owned managed
acquired or operated by a corporation of this character under the
laws of Florida now existing or hereafter enacted and generally to do
all things necessary and proper for carrying on said business
or to protect and advance the interest thereof, and for these
purposes to have and possess all the rights benefits privileges
and immunities incident to and given under the laws of this
state to a corporation of such character, 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 |