Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-31
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PETITION FOR INCORPORATION

GTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM Country
- TO the Honorable the Superior Court Of
SAID County: The petition Of LOUIS PLESS
GUSTAVE RANGER. SIMON FATMAN and
LOUIS RANGER respectfully showeth that
they desire for themselves and such other per
sons as may be hereafter associated with them
to b9 lncorpof ated under the corporate name
and style of THE SAVANNAH STOWAGE
AND PRESS COMPARY;" that the object OF
their association and the particular business
they propose to carry on is to load and I'M
load, to charter, hire, coNtract for and dispatch
ships and other vessels, and to stow the cargoes
or the sane; TO do general Stevedoring busf-
ness; to compress and to stow cotton, mer-
chandise and all other articles, and to store cot
ton, merchandise and all other articles aud to
forward the same; to purchase any patent or
other rights, or licenses under any patent which
may be deemed necessary and proper for the
business of said company; to contract for and
build and sell machinery or any apparatus
proper for said business and to use the same,
and generally TO do all other things necessary
and proper for the furtherance of said bust
ness.
That the amount of capital employed by
them actually paid in will be the sum of one
hundred thousand (S1G0,000) dollars, and they
desire the privilege of increasing their capital
stock from time to time in the discretion OF
the Board of Directors to any sum not exceed
ing seven hundred thousand dollars ($700, 600,
and that 1t may be provided in the charter that
any stockholder who shall fail or refuse to pay
the amount OF his subscription for stock or any
pdib Nllulu tOUJ Sixty Qayb &IteF Tho
same is required to be paid, shall forfeit to the
corporation his said stock and all previous pay
ments thereon.
That the place of doing business OF said cor
poration will be Chatham county, said State,
with the principal Office in the city of Savan-
nah, and that they desire to be Incorporated
as aforesaid for the term of twenty (20) years,
with the privilege Of renewal at the expiration
or sa time, with power in said corporation to
purchase, Own, lease or rent lands, buildings,
easements, wharves, cotton or other presses,
patents or rights Hereunder, machinery and
other real and personal property of every and
any kind whatsoever, which IL may find neces-
sary or convenient in carrying on said bust
ness, and to sell or convey the same or any
part thereof and reinyest as it may deem
proper, to have a corporate SEAL to borrow
money, TO sue and be sued in the said corpor-
ate name, to contract for value and be con-
tracted with. to make bylaws not inconsistent
with the laws Of this State or the United States,
and to have, enjoy and exercise all other cor
porate powers and privileges incident to pTi-
vate corporation for business purposes as pre-.
scribed by the laws OF Georgia.
Wherefore. your petitioners pray that they
ana their associates may be Incorporated for
the purposes aforesaid under the said corporate
aforesaid.
And your petitioners will ever pray, etc
GARRARD & MELDRIM,
Solicitors for Petitioners
Filed in Office ard recorded January I'D, 1881.
JANIS X. p. CARR,
Jan24-M5t Deputy Clerk s. G. q. G.