have otherwise complied with the statute in such
case made and provided.
     Therefore, The State of Florida hereby incorporates the
above named persons, their associates and successors
into a body politic and corporate in deed and in
law by and under the said name of City Investing
Company and grants unto them full authority
to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation
for the purpose above stated, in accordance with
their said charter and the Laws of this State.
     In Witness Whereof, These presents
have been attested with the Great Seal and signed
and countersigned by the Governor and Secretary of
State of the State of Florida, at Tallahassee, the
Capital this the fifteenth day of January,  A.D.  1912.
                    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 15th day of
January,  A.D.  1912, 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.
                    Chas A. Faircloth,
                    J.W. McDowall,
                    J.M. Fennell.

In accordance with the requirements of the Laws
of the State of Florida, we, the undersigned, de-
siring ourselves, our associates and successors
to form and be incorporated as a corporation
do hereby make, adopt, declare and subscribe
the following proposed charter.
Article I.  The name of this corporation shall 
be "City Investing Company," and its place
of business shall be at Gainesville, 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 II.  The general nature of the business
to be transacted shall be the buying, selling
and trading exchanging, leasing, mortgaging
and pledging real estate, shares of stock, and other
personal property; and to exercise such
powers as shall be necessary for, and
incident to, the conducting the business
of investing and trading in any and all