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Articles of Incorporation of Wilson Company.
We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together for
the purpoe of forming and becoming a body corporate under
the laws of the State of Florida, and do hereby make, adopt,
declare, and subscribe the following as the Articles of our Incor-
poration:
                    Article 1-
The name of this corporation shall be Wilson Company, and
its place of business shall be Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida
but such branch offices and places of business may be estab-
lished elsewhere as the directors may from time to time determine.
                    Article 2-
The general nature of the business to be conducted by this com-
pany shall be to buy and sell any and all kinds of merchan-
dise at wholesale or retail; to buy, sell, mortgage or lease
realty and personal property; to do a general mercantile and con-
tracting business and to exercise such powers as shall be
necessary for and incident, to the conducting of said business
or businesses.
                    Article 3-
The capital stock of the company shall be $50,000.00 di-
vided into 500 shares of $100.00 each.  $30,000.00 to be
paid up in cash before commencing business and the re-
maining two hundred shares to remain in the treasury of the
Company and sold by said company at not less than
$100.00 per share, for cash as the by-laws may direct.
                    Article 4-
The corporation shall continue and have full power to ex-
ercise its corporate franchise for ninety-nine (99) years
after the commencement of its corporate existence.
                    Article 5
The business of this corporation shall be conducted by a
president, a secretary and treasurer, a manager and four
(4) directors.  The directors may be increased by the by-laws
to any number not exceeding six (6).  The Secretary shall be
elected by the stockholders at the annual stockholders
meeting held in Gainesville, Florida, at the principal place of
business of the corporation on the first Tuesday in January
of each year, beginning in the year  1910.  The other offi-
cers shall be elected by the directors immediately after
the stockholders meeting.  The first annual meeting shall
be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1910, and until
the first election of directors and officers the following shall
be the officers of the corporation:
     President                 C.A. Colclough;
     Vice President            J.D. Stringfellow;
     Secretary and Treasurer   W.R. Thomas;
     Manager                   J.D. Gardner,
     Directors:  C.A. Colclough,  J.D. Stringfellow  W.R.
Thomas, and J.D. Gardner.
               
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 27 December 2010
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