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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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Incorporation Book No 1
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A ballot was then taken for Mayor and the
following persons received the votes set opposite 
their names:-
                    H.F. Brooker     24 votes
And H.F. Brooker was thereupon declared the
mayor elect, having received a majority of the votes
cast.
A ballot was then taken for Alderman, and the fol-
lowing persons received the votes set opposite their
names:-
     W.A. Lindsey     24 votes          O.N. Sanders     24 votes
     A.W. Smith       24 votes          C.J. Fletcher    24 votes
     C.C. Doke        24 votes

And W.A. Lindsey,  A.W. Smith,  C.C. Doke,  O.N.
Sanders and C.J. Fletcher were thereupon declared the
Aldermen-elect, having received a majority of the
votes cast.  A ballot was then taken for town
Clerk, and the following persons received the votes
set opposite their names:
                    B.F. Williams     23 votes
And B.F. Williams was thereupon declared Town Clerk
elect having received a majority of the votes cast.  A
ballot was then taken for Marshall, and the fol-
lowing persons received the votes set opposite their names
                    L. Yancy          14 votes
                    J.P. Watson       12 votes
And L. Yancy was thereupon declared the marshall elect
having received a majority of the votes cast.
I Town Clerk of the Town of Trenton, Alachua County,
Florida do hereby certify that the foregoing is a fair
and complete transcript of the proceedings of the meet-
ing held on the date aforesaid, and at the time and
place aforesaid, to select officers and organize a
municipal government for the Town of Trenton.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Town of Trenton,
Florida, this 12th day of December  A.D.  1908.
                                  B.F. Williams
                    (Town seal)        Town Clerk
Witness the hands of the Mayor and Aldermen of the
Town of Trenton, Florida, this 12th day of Decem-
ber  A.D.  1908.
                                  H.F. Brooker,     Mayor
                                  O.N. Sanders
Attest: -                         C.C. Doke
(Town seal)     B.F. Williams     C.J. Fletcher
Town Clerk of the Town            A.W. Smith
of Trenton, Florida               W.A. Lindsey
                                       Aldermen
     Filed Dec. 17,  1908.     Recorded Dec. 23,  1908.
                S.H. Wienges     Clerk
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 9 December 2010
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