The morning news., 1888-06-20
PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION.


CTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
- the Honorable the Superior Court of said
county:
The petition of Augustus a. Guerard, John
II. NJ. Clinch, George J.. Cope, John NJ Gllerard,
Alfred H. Hartrdge, Henry II Gilmer, Edward
NJ Green, John O. Rowland. and william NJ.
Low, respectfully represents that the General
Assembly of said State, by an act entitled IAN
act to incorporate the Savannah Gas Light
Company and the Augusta Gas Light Com
pany, approved December II, 1919, did enact
That Thomas Purse. Thomas NJ. Turner, Rich
ard X, Cuyler John F. Posey, Francis $. Bar
tow, Robert r. Griffin. Edward Padelford, John
W. Anderson, William B. Hodgson, William G.
Daniel Joseph s. Fay, and John Mallery, and
their associates and SUCCESSORS, shall be and
they are hereby Incorporated. made and de-
clared a body polite and corporate, In deed and
In law, by the name and style Of the Savannah
Gas Light Company" with all the powers,
privileges and rights In the said act declared,
mentioned and conferred
The said act declaring among other things
That the said corporation shall have full power
and authority 10 manufacture, make and soil
gas, TO be made OF rosin, coal, OIL turpentine,
or any other materials, and to furnish such
quantities Of gas may be required in the city
Of Savannah for lighting the streets, stores and
buildings there situate, and for other purp ses;
to lay pipes or other conductors for conducting
gas through the streets, alleys lanes aud squares
Of the city Of Savannah Aforesaid Provided
such streets, alleys lanes and squares shall be
left in good condition as they we're at the
time Of laying such pipes or other conductors;
and also 10 erect such buildings and to hold such
real aud personal property as may be requisite
to carry on the business Aforesaid" and that
this act shall continue in force for twenty
years.
That the said General Assembly, by another
act, entitled IAN act TO amend an act to incor-
porate the Savannah Gas Light Company and
the Augusta Gas Light Company, approved
December u, 1919" and approved December l8,
1862. lid enact "That the said Savannah Gas
Light Company il hereby authorized 20 increase
the capital stock of said company to the sum OF
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars"
That the said the General Assembly, by an
other act, entitled IAN act TO amend an act 70
Incorporate the Savannah Gas Light Company
and the Augusta Gas Light Company approved
December ID, 1919, and an act amendatory
thereof, assented to December 49, 1852, y and ap-
proved February II, 1859, did enact, That the
act entitled an act TO incorporate the Savannah
Gas Light Company and the Augusta Gas Light
Company, approved December IL, 1649, and an
act amendatory thereof, assented to December
l3, 1852, shall continue In force twenty years
from the expiration Of the time limited for the
operation of the act first above referred TO by
tie terms (sthj eighth section Of said act so far
as relates TO the said Savannah Gas Light Com
pany."
Your petitioners further represent that tho
said act and the amendments thereof have since
the time when they were respectively approved
as aforesaid continued 10 be and are now in
force, but win expire on December IL, 1889.
That your petitioners are the President and
Directors or tine SalG the Savannah bnA lslHnL
Company and the Successors OF the corporators
mentioned IN the said act, approved December
ID, 1910, and that they desire for themselves,
their associates and SUCCESSORS, that the charter
granted TO the said the Savannah Gas Light
Company, according TO the provision OF the said
several acts OF the General Assembly. may be
renewed for the further term Of twenty years
from the time when the same will expire under
the limitations Of the acts aforesaid.
That the objects OF said corporation, as well
as the particular business 1t proposes TO carry
on. the corporate name and the amount OF capi-
tai actually paid in, are particularly stated in
the acts Of the General Assembly aforesaid, and
which are hereby referred 10, and the place OF
doing business is the city of Savannah, In the
county of Chatham aud State OF Georgia.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that the said
the Savannah Gas Light Company shall be and
remain Incorporated, and vested with all the
estates, rights, powers and privileges by the
said several acts of the General Assembly OF
Georgia granted and secured aud with the
powers common TO all corporations, and with
the power 10 dispose OF It's property. for the
term of twenty (20) years from the expiration OF
the time limited for the operation Of the said
several acts JOHN NJ GUERARD,
Petitioners Attorney.
Petition for renewal Of charter filed in office
and recorded this 18th day Of May, 1888.
Isl JAMES X. p. CARR,
Clerk s. c., G. G.