CERTIFICATIONS Exhibit 31(a)
I, Thompson S. Baker II, certify
that:
| 1. | I
have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc.; |
| 2. | Based
on my knowledge, this 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 report; |
| 3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this 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 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)) for the registrant and have: |
| a) | designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls to be designed under our supervision, to 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) | 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 |
| c) | disclosed
in this report any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s
most recent fiscal quarter 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: August 3, 2016 /s/Thompson
S. Baker II
Chairman, President
and Chief
Executive Officer
