Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-22
geaal Aptifes.

CTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
y To the Honorable the Superior Court Of
said county:
The petition of w. D. WAPLES. S. ].
WHITESIDE and j. B. DUCKWORTH, respect
fully sheweth:
That they desire for themselves and for such
other persons as may be hereafter associated
with them to be Incorporated under the name
ana style of
THE CENTRAL STORAGE AND WHARFAGE
COMPANY.
That the object of their association and the
particular business they propose to carry on is
to construct, lease, rent, control and maintain
in Chatham county, Ga. real estate, ware
houses grain elevators, and other store houses
for the keeping and storing of cotton grain
merchandise and all other articles, or person
atty, and to charge compensation therefor; to
carry on a general warehouse, wharfage
storage, forwarding and stowage business; to
receive, care for, forward, and deliver or
stow ali articles entrusted to them; to advance
upon same while so stored sums of money; to
load and unload, charter, hire, contract for and
dispatch ships, and other vessels. and to stow
cargoes of vessels, by hand or machinery: to
do general stevedoring business, and gener
orally TO do all other things necessary and pro
per for the furtherance of said business.
That the amount of capital employed by
them actually paid in will be the sum of
Tweuty Seven Thousand Dollars (S2g, ,O0Ol and
they desire the privilege of increasing the mi.
tai stock of said Company to any ,,,,, srd,
tlme TO Time IN sue discretion - its Roard Of
Directors not exceedinS we Hnndrod TbonS-
id auH goIiaIs o.: % J. and that 1t may be pro-
sd9 stu9u "a Id charter that any stock holder who
sn'' Iail or refuse to pay the amount of his
subscription for stock or for any part thereof
within sixty (60) days after the same is re-
quired to be paid, shall forfeit to the corpora
ton his said stock and all previous payments
thereon.
That the place of doing business OF said cor
poration will be Chatham county, said State,
with the principal office ia the city of Savan-
nah, and that they desire to be Incorporated as
aforesaid for the term of twenty (20) years.
with privilege of renewal at the expiration of
said time, with power to purchase, own, lease
or rent lands, buildings, easements, Wharves,
machinery, patents and other real and person
al property, and to sell, mortgage, sublet or
convey same or any part thereof, and to rein
vest aG pleasure; to have q corporate seal; to
borrow money, and issue obligations or bonds
therefor; to sue and be sued in said corporate
name; to enter into contracts; to make by
laws not inconsistent with the laws of the
land, and to have, enjoy and exercise all other
corporate powers and privileges incident to
private corporations for business purposes, as
prescribed by the laws of Georgia.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that they
and their associates may be Incorporated for
the purposes aforesaid, under the said corpo-
rate name, for the term and with all the pow
ers aforesaid.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
GARRARD & MELDRIM,
Solicitors for Petitioners.
Filed in Office and recorded December 7th
1881. JAMES K. p CARR,
DeDutY Clerk s. c. O. O.