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     In accordance with the requirements of the laws of
the State of Florida, we, the undersigned, desiring for ourselves
our associates, and successors, to form and be incorporated as a
corporation, do hereby make, adopt, declare and subscribe the follow-
ing proposed charter:

Article 1-  The name of this corporation shall be "Trenton
Electric Light Company." and its place of business shall be
at Trenton, Alachua County, Florida, but such branch offices,
and places of business may be established elsewhere as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Article 2 -  The general nature of the business to be transacted
shall be the buying, selling and manufacturing electric light
and power, ice, gas, lumber, timber, shingles and generally, all
kinds of manufactured articles, the buying, selling, storing and
furnishing of water for any and all purposes; the buying and selling
of goods, wares, and merchandise of all kinds; the buying, selling
leasing or mortgaging of real estate and personal property; and
to exercise such powers as shall be necessary for and incident to the
conducting of said business.

Article 3-  The amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall
be $10,000.00, divided into one thousand shares of the par value
of ten dollars each, payable in full in cash, or in property at a
just valuation to be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Article 4-  This corporation shall exist for a period of ninety nine
years from the commencement of its corporate existence.

Article 5-  The business of this corporation shall be conducted by a
President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of
not less than three nor more than eleven Directors.  The officers of
Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one and the same person.
The Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders at the
annual stockholders' meeting held at Trenton, Florida, at the
principal place of business of the corporation on the first Tuesday
in January of each year, beginning in the year 1912.  The
other officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors immediately
after the stockholders' meeting in January, 1912, and until the
first election of the Board of Directors, the following shall be the
officers of the corporation, who are to conduct the business or
businesses of said corporation:  O.N. Sanders, President; J.S. Hardee
Jr. Vice President; H.F. Brooker, Secretary and Treasurer; L.R.
Weeks, W.E. Bell, J.B. Stockman, W.L. Lancaster and R.H. Jones
Board of Directors.

Article 6-  The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to
which the corporation can at any time subject itself shall
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 5 January 2011
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