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Sec. 3. The said Town shall, concurrently with and in addition to the special powers and privileges
granted by this Charter, have and exercise all general powers now vested, or which may be hereafter vested,
in municipalities and their officers, under the general laws of the State of Florida, so far as such general
laws do not conflict with this Charter.

Sec. 4. The Town is hereby empowered to acquire, by gift or purchase or otherwise, and to establish,
construct, maintain and operate, for its municipal purposes, within or without its boundaries, public
properties and public utilities of all kinds, including parks, play-grounds, streets, court houses, jails, cemeteries,
baths, offices, schools, libraries, fire and police departments and stations, hospitals, asylums, poor houses, crematories,
markets, street railways, telephone exchanges, sewerage systems, waterworks, gas and electric lighting and power
plants, and ice plants, and to sell the use and products of same for profit to the people of said Town
and its neighborhood.

Commission

Sec. 5. The powers of the government of the Town, legislative, executive and judicial, are hereby
vested in a Commission, which shall be designated the "Commission of the Town of Fellsmere," subject to
distribution and delegation of such power as provided in this Charter.

Sec. 6. The Commission shall concurrently with and in addition to the special powers and privileges
vested in it by this Charter, have and exercise all powers now vested in aldermen, or town or city councils, of
municipalities under the general laws of the State of Florida, so far as such general laws do not conflict with
this Charter.

Sec. 7. The Commission shall consist of three elective Commissioners, of whom one shall be Chief
Commissioner, another Vice-Commissioner, and the other Secretary Commissioner, and the term of office of each
Commissioner shall be three years. Each Commissioner shall be a qualified individual male elector and
freeholder of the Town throughout the term of his office.

C. W. Talmadge is hereby appointed Chief Commissioner to serve until the 2nd Wednesday of February 1916,

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