The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-13


GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY. TO
the Honorable the Superior Court Of said
county. The petition OF the Commercial
GuauO Company, "A corporation respect-
fully showeth that It was Incorporated
under the laws Of said state by an or
der Of the honorable superior court OF
Chatham county, on the twentieth COD
Your petitioner further showeth that
under and by virtue OF the laws Of said
state 70 is DESTROYS Of amending its said
charter as follows: Article i. section ],
the corporate name and style Of this asso-
citation shall be the Commercial Guano
Company by which 1t shall be known,
as well as sue and be sued. II shall exc
list from this date for the period Of TWEEN
" 90 years, with the privilege OF renew
al al the expiration Of said time, and its
dOmiclle ls hereby fixed In the city of 5a-
vannah, with the privilege of establishing
branch offices In this state or in any STATE
OF the United States.
Sec. 2. The objects Of said corporation
and the particular business it proposes to
carry on shall be 10 mine. manufacture,
and deal i'm phosphate rock and other
minerals IN this state and other states OF
the United States; TO manufacture, pur-
chase and sell in this state or other states
OF the United states sulphurc acid, SUI
per-phosphates, fertilizers and chemicals
of every kind and description used or
employed I'm the manufacture of fertiliz-
ers by any process now in use or which
may hereafter come INTO use; 70 build,
own and operate oil mills in this state
and other states, and to buy and sell the
products or the same; 10 construct, own,
operate, lease or buy tram-Ways TO be
used In connection with its manufacture
ing or mining operations; to buy, sell ana
deal IN cotton or other products in this
state and other states, and to own, main
tain and run warehouses, farms, and
stores IN this state and other states
Sec. 3. The capital OF this corporation
shall be sixty thousand 100000 dollars
divided into six hundred (G00) shares OF
one hundred dollars each, and said capi-
tai may from time to time by the vote
and In tho discretion OF the board Of d.
rectors. be increased to any sum not ex-
ceeding FIVE hundred thousand G500,00O
sec. 4. In addition to the corporate pow
ers and privileges incident to private cor
porations for business purposes as are
prescribed by the laws Of Georgia, said
CORPORATION shall have the power 70 buy
own, or lease lands, and TO buy, own, con-
struct or lease buildings, factories,
wharves easements, machinery, patents
processes bonds, stocks, and other real
and personal property, and to sell, mort
gage, sub-let pledge, or convey the same
or any part thereof, and to re-invest at
pleasure In this state and other states; to
have a corporate seal; to borrow money;
to Issue IT'S notes, bonds, or other obli-
cations and to secure the same by deed
mortgage or pledge to make bylaws, not
Inconsistent with the laws of this state
and OF the United States, including tns,
right IN said bylaws to name the places
wherein the stockholders or executive
board of said corporation shall meet, and
to confer the privilege of voting by prox-
les at all meetings, whether Of directors
or OF stockholders to have such officers
and board and committees as said cor
poration may decide, with such terms OF
office as it may prescribe
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
its said charter may be amended as afore-
said, with all the powers and privileges
as aforesaid.
And your petitioner. will ever pray, etc.
CHARLTON, MACKALL e. ANDERSON
Attorneys for Petitioner.
Petition filed in office this May q. 1896.
EMILE A. GRADOT,
Deputy Clerk. S. G. G. c., Ga.