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<DESCRIPTION>CEO CERTIFICATION
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CERTIFICATIONS                                                  Exhibit 31(a)

I, Thompson S. Baker II, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Patriot Transportation
Holding, Inc.;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this annual report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
4.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)	designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls to be designed under our supervision, ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
b)	designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)	evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosures controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)	disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal annual that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial report; and
5.	The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)	all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
b)	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.

Date: December 7, 2011                        /s/Thompson S. Baker II
                                              President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer
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