charter of the Phifer and Morris 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 twenty-eighth
day of September, A.D. 1907.
(seal) H. Clay, Crawford
Secretary of State
Filed Jan 2, 1908, Recrded Jan 3, 1908,
S.H. Wienges, Clerk
State of Florida }
Alachua County } Before me personally came W.O. Morris who
being duly sworn says he is the Treasurer and Secretary of the
Phifer and Morris Company a corporation etc. and that Ten per
cent of the Capital stock of said corporation has been subscribed
and paid. }
Sworn and Subscribed to before }
me this January 2nd A.D. 1908 }
(seal) Evans Haile Notary Public } W.O. Morris
State of Florida at Large }
My Commission Expires Feby 11th 1909}
Filed January 2nd 1908 Recorded Jany 3rd 1908
S.H. Wienges Clerk
By M.S. Cheves D.C.
L E T T E R S P A T E N T - S T A T E O F F L O R I D A.
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TO ALL WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME - GREETING.
WHEREAS, Perry M. Colson, Willis W. Colson and Barney R. Colson on the eighteenth day
of November, A. D. 1907, filed in the office of the Secretary of State a proposed charter of a
corporation to be known as the
CO L S O N F A R M I N G C O M P A N Y
WITH A CAPITAL OF TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars, for the purpose of to buy, sell
option, mortgage, lease, rent, cultivate, improve, plat, subdivide, auction and deal in and
and for itself and for others on commission all kinds of real and personal property
to buy, sell, raise, improve and deal in all kinds of live stock and all and every kind
of farm products; to borrow or lend money, its credit or the credit of others, with or with-
out security; to subscribe for, purchase, receive, own, hold, sell and dispose of stock
shares, bonds, securities or, obligations of individuals or other corporations wherever
located; to buy, sell, lease, own and use machinery and appliances, supplies and personal
property of whatsoever description, to collect, discount and assign securities or other
obligations payable or transferred to it either before or after maturity; to buy and
own its own shares on any terms whatsoever, and to have power generally to do and per-
form, have, hold, acquire and enjoy all other property, powers and things as shall be
incident, necessary or expeident for the conducting the necessary operations of the
business, and generally to be vested with and to have all power granted which may be
hereafter granted a corporations for profit under the laws of the State of Florida, and
have published due notice thereof, and have otherwise complied with the statutes 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 corporate in deed |