The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-18
PETITIONS ron INCORPORATION.

STATE OF GEORGIA, cHHTaNM
COUNTH.-To the Superior Court of said
County: The petition of w. w. Williams
son, w. j, Watson, J. M. Dixon, j. II.
Levy A. II. Fawcett, w. J. Lindsay and
j. A. @. Carson. respectfully shows:
]. That they desire. for themselves,
their associates, SUCCESSORS, and assigns,
to be Incorporated under the corporate
name and style Of:
MILITARY INTERSTATE ASSOCIA-
TlON OF SAVANNAH.
II. That the object of their association.
and the particular business they propose
TO carry on is as follows: To inaugurate
and conduct, periodically, in Chatham
county, Georgia, competitive drills rife
matches, shotgun tournaments, and other
prize contests, accompanied with displays
OF fireworks amusements, and enterfain-
ments, for the purpose of attracting peo-
pie TO, and advertising Savannah with the
right to derive income from gate receipts,
sales OF privileges, entrance fees, and
from other sources, and to this end, to
own, buy sell, lease, mortgage, and en-
cumber property, both real and personal.
necessary for the purposes Of said assoc
ciation to enter into. carry out. and per-
form, contracts and obligations relating
TO said business: to receive donations in
money, or in property, and to do all acts
and things whatsoever, necessary and
proper for the furtherance of said business.
III. That the principal place of doing
Chatham County, Georgia.
Nv. That the amount of capital TO be
enuployeu Dy peutlOueIh, VIII De the sum
of eleven thousand ($1l00O dollars; said
capital stock to be increased at the or
ganization meeting. If desirable, to a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand (Sz5-
900 dollars, and after the organization
meeting, to be increased at any time, at
the will OF the board Of directors, to sum
not exceeding one hundred thousand
~l0OO0O dollars, and to be decreased, at
any time, at the will of said board to a
sum not less than the amount fixed at the
organization meeting; the capital stock to
be divided into shares Of one hundred ($fO0)
dollars, each, and to be paid in, as stated
in the subscription agreements heretofore.
or hereafter made. by the subscribers to
said stock.
V. In addition to the above. petitioners
further ask, that said corporation be em-
powered, as follows: To accept and re-
ceiVe property real or personal, or both, in
payment of subscriptions to it's capital
stock, at such value as may be agreed
upon; to borrow money for corporate pur-
obligations therefor, securing the same by
collateral, or by deed, mortgage, or other
lien on its property, as may be deemed ne
cessary by its board of directors; to make
bylaws not Inconsistent with the laws OF
the lands to have, and employ agents. tn
have a corporate seal. and generally to
have, enjoy, and exercise all the powers
incident TO corporations, under the laws OF
Georgia.
Wherefore, Your petitioners pray that
they, and their associates, successors, and
assigns, may be incorporated, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, under said corporate name
of twenty l2O) years with privilege Of re-
newal at the end of said term
GARRARD, MELDRIM * NEWMAN.
Attorneys for Petitioners
Filed in office. this 18th day of Febru-
ary 1896.
EMILE A GRoDoT,
Dep. Clerk, s. G. c. c., Ga.