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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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and signed and countersigned by the Governor and Secretary of State of the State
of Florida, at Tallahassee the capital, this the twenty first day of November A.D. 1911
          (seal)    Albert W. Gilchrist     Governor.
                    H. Clay Crawford -      Secretary of State.
          Notice Of Intention to Apply for Letters Patent.
     Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of November A.D. 1911, the undersigned
will apply to His Excellency, Albert W. Gilchrist Governor of the State of Florida, for
letters patent on the proposed charter accompanying this Notice.
                    W.H. Jones
                    L.B. Alexander
                    M.L. Maynard - 
In accordance with 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 following proposed
charter.
I.  The name of the Corporation shall be the "Jones Maynard and Jones Company" and its
place of business shall be in the City of Alachua, Florida, but such branch
offices and places of business may be established as the Board of Directors might at any
time decide.
2.  The general nature of the business to be transacted shall be the buying
and selling of merchandise of any and all descriptions, cotton either in lint or
seed, real estate, also the leasing and mortgaging of any of the above named
things, and any and all powers that may be necessary for the conducting
of a general merchandise business, or the handling of cotton, real estate or
personal property.
3.-  The amount of the Capital stock of said corporation shall be twenty
five thousand dollars divided into two hundred fifty shares of the par value
of One hundred dollars each, payble in full in cash, or in property or
services at a just valuation to be fixed by the Board of Directors.
4-  The corporation existence shall be perpetual.
5-  The business of this corporation shall be conducted by a President, a Vice
President and a secretary and Treasurer and a board of not less than three
directors.  The Offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same person.
The Board of Directors shall be elected by the Stockholders meeting to be
held in Alachua Florida the first Tuesday in January of each year.  All
the officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors.
The first annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first
Tuesday in January  A.D.  1912.  The following shall constitute the officers
of the Corporation until the first meeting of the stockholders, W.H. Jones
President  L.B. Alexander Vice President  M.L. Maynard  Secretary and 
Treasurer and the three named above shall constitute the first board of
directors.
6-  The  highest amount of indebtedness that this corporation can
at anytime subject itself shall be fifty thousand dollars.
7-  The names and residences of the subscribers and the amount of
capital stock subscribed for each are as follows.
W.H. Jones          Alachua   Fla          65 shares
L.B. Alexander      Alachua   Fla          40 shares
M.L. Maynard        Alachua   Fla          45 shares

Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 7 January 2011
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