The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-14
PETITIONS FoR INCORPORATION,

CTATE or GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM.
- To the Honorable, the Superior Court OF
said county.
The petition Of HERMAN MYERS, JOHN ].
CAST, WILLIAM GARRARD and p. w.
MELDRIM, showeth: That they desire.
! for themselves and such other per.
| sons as may he hereafter associated with them,
| to be incorporated under the name and style OF
| THE SAVANNAH ELECTRICAL COMPANY.
That the object OF their association and the par
ticular business they propose to carry on is the
| establishment Of general burglar alarm and
district telegraph service, by means of electrL
cal apparatus and machinery; to own, LEASE
use, control and operate local telegraph llnes
and wires; to receive and transmit, or to cause
to be transmitted local te egraph meSSag q; to
construct, build, conn ct, operate, rent, hire,
sell and lease Geographic wires and connections
for the private Of other parties and persons;
TO establish, maintain and OPP rate for hire, a
general system of district messenger telegraph,
for the delivery of personal communications,
notes. messages, errands parcels and the like to
manufacture, hold, own, use, enjoy, possess,
buy let hire sell or lease every description and
manner Of electrical devices, apparatus ma
chinery, patent or invention, and generally to
do al other things necessary and proper for the
furtherance OF said busine 8. That the amount
Of capital stock to be employed by them is to be
the sum Of Fifty Thousand (oJ0.OO0) DO liars, OF
which the sum OF Ten Thousand $4,000 dol
lars, being twenty go per cent? per cent, has
been actually paid IN; and they desire the privi-
lego of increasing the capital stock of said COM
pany to any sum from time TO time, IN the dis
cretion Of its Board of Directors, not to exceed
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (S250,00O
dollars.
That the place Of doing business Of said cor
poration will be the coun Of Chatham, in
said state, with the principal Office in the city
of Savannah
That they desire to - incorporated for the
term Of twenty 800 years, with the privilege OF
renewal at the expiration of said time.
That they may have power 10 purchase, own,
lease, rent. use and enjoy all lands, buildings,
easements franchises electrical apparatus, de-
vices, machinery, patents and inventions and
other real and personal property, and to sell,
mo tgage, lease, rent hire, sub-let or convey
the same, or any part thereof and to reinyest
the proceeds, or any part thereof, at pleasure;
20 have a corporate seal; to borrow MONEY and
issue obligations or bonds therefor; to sue $nd
be- sued in and by said corporate name; to enter
into contracts; TO maxi bylaws not incOnsist-
ent with the laws OF the land; and 10 have, use
and enjoy all other corpo ate powers aud priv
ileges incident to private corporations for busi-
ness purposes as prescribed by the laws Of
Georgia
WHEREFORE, Your petitioners pray that they
and their associates may be Incorporated for the
purposes afo e said, under said corporate name.
for the term and with all the powers aforesaid.
And your petitioners will ever pray. etc, etc,
GARRARD & MELDRIM,
Petitioners Attorneys.
Filed in office and recorded this end day OF
Dec 1853. JAMES K Z. CARR,
Clerk s. O. G. c.