The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-06
FOR INCORPORATION

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STATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM CorrSTv- -
- the Honorable the Superior Court of said
The petition of Augustus G.. Guerard lob
II. NJ. Chnch George L. Cope. John NJ GnArSr5
Alfred L. Hartridge, Henry H. Gilmer, Edwar3
NJ. Green, John q. Rowland, and Wiliia,, NJ u
Low, respectfully represents that the Ganara ~
Assembly of said State, by an act entitled y. al d
act to incorporate the Savannah Gas 7 al, Al
Company and the Augusta Gas Light C9mO
pany, approved December A. 1S49, did enan.
That Thomas Purse. Thomas NJ Turner Dc
ard K. Cuyler, John F. Posey, Francis Z PaI
tow, Robert H. Griffin, Edward Padeford f lar,
w. Anderson, William B. Hodgson Will, oo1 G
Daniel, Joseph S. Fay, and John Mallerv "a ~
their associates and successors, shall be az
they are HEREBY Incorporated, made and a Az
clared a body polite and corporate in deed ana
in law, by the name and style of the Saven pnH
Gas Light Company" with all the no,,ine
privileges and rights in the said act decIoratss'
mentioned and conferred. Gu
The said act declaring among other tbiro,.
That the said corporation shall have fuII ,,-ss
and authority to manufacture make and u
gas, to be made of rosn, coal, oil turnan+ir
or any other materials, and to furnish So,
Quantities OF gas as may be required in the citv
of savannah for lighting the streets storaS oII
buildings there situate and for other purn- saS.
to lay pipes or other conductors for c6ndnctio,
gas through the Streets alleys, lanes and snuSras
Oh Tue CITY OF savannah aforesaid. Provided
such streets, alleys, lanes and squares shall ~
left in as good condition as they were AZ 40 10
time of laying such pipes or other condncto nc
and also TO erect such buildings and to hold smh,
real and personal property as may be reoniSitn
to carry on the business aforesaid" and thoe
this act shall continue in force for twentw
years. "0Ny
That the said General Assembly, by anotbar
act, entitled AN act to amend an act tn incnn
porate the Savannah Gas Light COMPANY end
the Augusta Gas Light COMPANY anprora5
December IA, 1879 and approved December IA
1862 Ga enact That the said Savannah Gas
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the capital stock of said company to the sum 90
-Four Hundred Thousand Dollars VI
That the said the General Assembly nv nm
other act, entitled AN act to amend m ~ a. on,
INCORPORATE the Savannah Gas Light Comnsnv
and the Augusta Gas Light Company annr1Ta5
December II, 1S49, and an act amendatorr
thereof, assented to December -, 1862 and a5
proved February l., 1864 did enact ,',rbat ~
act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah
Gas Light Company and the Augusta Gas igbt
Company, approved December IL lS49 and an
act amendatory thereof, aSSented to Decemhar
ID, 1862, shall continue in force twenty 20,
from the expiration OF the time limited for tbs
operation of the act first above referred to 10
TIE terms (Sth) eighth section of said act 50 foy
as relates to the said Savannah Gas Light Com.
pany."
Your petitioners further represent that tba
said act and the amendments thereof have since
the time when they were respectively anproveJ
as aforesaid continued to be and are now in
force, but will expire on December H. 1880
That your petitioners are the President and
Directors Of the saic the Savannah Gas Iio6t
Company, and the successors of the cornorafors
mentioned in the said act, approved Decembar
Il, 1849, and that they desire for themselves
their associates and Successors, that the chartar
granted to the said the Savannah Gas Tiebt
Company according to the provision of the said
several acts of the General Assembly. NAV ba
renewed for the further term of twenty wears
from the time when the same will expire Under
the limitations of the acts aforesaid
That the objects of said corporation. as we'll
as the particular business it proposes to carry
on the corporate name and the amount of cani
tai actually paid in, are particularly stated in
the acts of the General Assembly aforesaid and
which are hereby referred to, and the place ~
doing business is the city of Savannah, in the
county of Chatham and 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 bv ths
said several acts of the General Assembly of
Georgia granted and secured, and with the
powers common to all corporations, and with
the power to dispose of its property. for the
term of twenty (20) years from the expirationof
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 2Sth day of May, 1888.
IL. ST. JAMES K P. CARR
Clerk S. c., C. C.