and to carry on a farming business and to buy, sell
and deal in live stock and vehicles of any kind or
description, to establish, buy and conduct a general
mercantile business, to buy, sell, rent and hire any and
all kinds of merchandise, to operate stores and commis-
aries, to buy, sell and manufacture goods and wares
of all kinds, fertilizers, chemicals and fertilizing mater-
ial, and to mine and manipulate phosphates and
other minerals or deposits, to own, operate, and conduct
saw mills, and to deal in lumber and building ma-
terials and to manufacture and manipulate timber
and the products thereof, to own, operate and conduct
turpentine distilleries, cotton gins, moss and fiber
mills, to own, and operate ice and cold storage
plants and to deal in the products thereof, to own
and operate plants for the production and sale
and transmission of electricity and gas for light
heat, power or other purposes, to own and operate
water works for public or private use and to deal
in the production thereof to build and operate
tram roads or ways in connection with the busi-
ness of the corporation, but said trams or ways
not to be used as a common carrier.
To make advances or loans of money, to issue
accept, receive, collect and negotiate debts and
evidences of indebtedness and mortgages and bonds
to issue bonds of the corporation according to
law, to purchase hold and re-issue shares of its
own capital stock, to borrow money and deal
in and hold and vote shares of stock in
other corporation to make and perform and carry
out contracts of any kind for any lawful purpose
with any person, firm or corporation, to have
and enjoy all the rights and powers granted
to corporations under the laws of the State of Florida
and have published due notice thereof, and have
otherwise complied with the statute in such
case made and provided.
Therefore, The State of Florida hereby Incorporates
the above named persons, their ... and successors
into a body politic and corporate in deed
and in law by and under the said name of
     Archer Land and Improvement 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