Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Charter and by-Laws of the Florida State Historical Society
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that they did on the 28th day of October, A, D. 1921, file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Volusia County, State of Florida, a pro posed charter for a corporation not for profit, to be incorporated under the name of Florida State Historical Society: that the char acter and object of said corporation shall be to further interest in the history of the State of Florida; to form a library devoted to Florida history; to acquire and preserve historical documents and memorabilia and collections of any sort referring to Florida; to foster research in early records; to publish results of such re search; to render accessible scarce historical material by fac - simile or reprint; to discover, produce and preserve whatever relates to the topography, cartography and antiquities of Florida; and to engage in any other proper activity; to be able and capable as a body corporate to have, hold and enjoy all chattels, lands and tenements not to exceed in value Fifteen Thousand Dollars (exclusive of library and antiquities), and to acquire the same by gift, donation or purchase, and the power at all times to dispose of the same, in a manner authorized by law and subject only to the approval of the Circuit Judge of V olusia County, Florida, where the law so requires; and the undersigned intend to apply to the Honorable James W. Perkins, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Volusia County, Florida, for a charter incorporating them, their associates and successors as a body politic, under the corporate name aforesaid. In accordance with the said proposed charter now on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Stateof Florida. Said application will be made to said Judge on the 29th day of November, A. D. 1921. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
