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under the laws of the State of Florida, under the following proposed
charter.
                    Article I
The name of the corporation shall be the "Denby Furniture Company"
and its principal place of business will be in the City of Gainesville
Florida with power to establish branch offices and places of business
elsewhere in the State of Florida.
                    Article II
The general nature of the business to be transacted by said
corporation shall be to buy and manufacture furniture and other
goods of like kind, and to sell the same either for cash or on
installment of deferred payments thereon, and also to carry on a
general undertaking business and to manufacture, buy and sell
such articles as are essential or necessary for the conducting of such
business.
                    Article III
The capital stock of said corporation shall be fifteen thousand
($15,000.00) Dollars, divided into one hundred and fifty shares
each of the par value of one hundred Dollars.  Twenty five hundred
dollars of the capital stock shall be paid in cash, and the balance
may be paid in labor, property or services at a just valuation to be
fixed by the board of directors.
                    Article IV.
The corporation shall exist for a period of ninety nine years.
                    Article V.
The business of the corporation shall be conducted by a president 
a Vice President, a Secretary treasurer and general manager and a
board of three directors.  The office of Secretary and Treasurer and
General Manager may be held by the same person.  The directors
shall be elected by the stockholders at a meeting to be held on the
first day of January,  1912, and annually thereafter, and such
directors shall elect the officers of the Company, and until the
first election the following shall conduct the business of the Company.
     H.E. Charpia          President
     J.W. Charpia          Vice President
     W.J. Denby            General Manager, Secretary, and Treasurer
And H.E. Charpia, J.W. Charpia and W.J. Denby shall constitute
the first board of directors.
                    Articles VI
The highest indebtedness or liability to which this corporation
shall at any time subject itself shall be fifteen thousand Dollars.
                    Article VII
The names and residences of the incorporators of said corporation
with the amount of stock subscribed for by each are as follows
     W.J. Denby          Gainesville   Florida     12 1/2 shares
     H.E. Charpia        Rosewood      Florida     11 1/2 shares
     J.W. Charpia        Rosewood      Florida      1 share
                    H.E. Charpia
                    J.W. Charpia
                    W.J. Denby
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 2 January 2011
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