The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-08
PETITIONS FOR INCoRPoR4TI0I

STATE OF GEORGIA, CHGTGic2II
CoONFY.-To the Honorable, the SIM
rior Court of Said County: The peti+io1 -
Charles A. Stone and Edwin s W W. Of
OF the city of Boston, state OF Ms.
chusetts, and George ]. Baldwin Of %o
county or Chatham, state of Georgia 10
spectfully sheweth:
That they and such persons as tbe, ma.
associate With them desire to become IN
corporated and be and exist as BODY nj.
ltlc under the laws of the state of Georgia
with the name and for the objects ana
exercising the rights, privileges ana
powers, as follows:
Section l. The corporate name and stvla
OF this corporation shall be the EDISON
ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CON.
PANH OF SAVANNAH" by which mana
it shall be known, contract and be con-
tracted with, sue and be sued.
sec. z. The said company shall exist for
the period of twenty (2O years from
the date OF its Incorporation, and shan
have the privilege of renewal at the ex.
piration of said period.
Sec. g. The principal place of businas,
OF said company will be in Chatham
county, Georgia, but said company shall
have the right TO establish branch offices
in such other places within the state NJ
Georgia, or the United States, as ts
board of directors may from time to tins
determine.
Sec. 4. (a) The amount of capital stock
to be employed by said corporation actual.
ly to be paid in will be the sum of One
Hundred Thousand ($100, 0OO Dollars. di.
vided into shares of One Hundred (s1O0
Dollars each, of which all may be com.
mon stock, or a part common and a part
preferred as may be determined by the
board of directors; and the company shall
have the privilege of increasing its cap
ital stock from time to time in the dis
erection of the board of directors to any
sum not exceeding Five Hundred Thou
sand (S500.0O0) Dollars.
OBJ Subscriptions may be made to the
stock of the company in money, labor,
services or property.
Sec. 5. The objects of said corporation
and the particular business which the
company proposes to carry on are:
(a) To do a general business in the man.
ufacture, production, purchase and sale
or lease of power in any form, and for use
in any manner or for any purpose by
means of electricity, gas, steam, water
compressed air or otherwise, by any pro-
cess or method now known, or which may
hereafter be known.
% To do a general business in lighting,
heating and ventilating, and in manufac-
turing by use of electricity, gas or other
power, by any process or method now
known, or which may hereafter be known.
(c) To do a general business as a dis
tributor of power in any form, either by
or through wires, pipes, storage reservoir,
conduits or otherwise.
Cd To do a general business in the pur-
chase sale or leasing of machines, appa-
ratus, Instruments, appliances, materials
and supplies of al kinds appurtenant to
it's business.
Sec. 6. Said corporation shall have the
following powers:
Ia The right and authority to purchase
or lease and own real estate, and to pur-
chase, lease or build, own and operate
power plants and factories, with all ap-
purtenances incident to the same in Chat
ham county, and at such other places in
Georgia or the United States, as may be
determined by it's board of directors, and
the same to sell, lease or mortgage, or
otherwise dispose of.
CD The right and authority to construct
own and maintain on and through the
lanes and streets of municipalities per-
mission from the proper authorities hav-
ing first been obtained, wires, pipes ana
or conduits and storage reservoirs for the
transmission or storage and distrlouuoh
of power light and heat.
(c) The right and authority to buy, SELL
and or lease, patents and processes Tor
use in the manufacturing or TRANSMISSION
of power.
Cd. The right and authority to SELL
lease, assign or transfer its stock prop
erty and franchises to, or TO consolidate
the same with those of any other company
chartered for similar or kindred purposes
or to purchase, lease, consolidate VIM
absorb, and merge into itself the STOCK,
property and franchises of any other sScp
company; and TO issue and use its bones
and stock for the purpose of paying ana
exchanging the same for, or retiring sly
bonds or stock issued by 1t, or such omer
power company so merged. purchased Or
n Uvff fn 70
lied by its charter, and to secure uo
same, in case of bonds, by a mortgage@
deed of trust upon the entire propeIue'
so mer id and consolidated.
(e). The right and authority to borrow
money or incur debts, and to evidenceB
indebtedness by coupon bonds, or olsg
obligations in writing. and to secure uo
same by deeds of trust or mortgages
and on all its properties and franchise.
81. The right and authority to buy ana
sell and own stocks, bonds and other g
curities whether national, state mum
cipal or corporate.
(g). The right and authority 10 ha's
a corporate seal and TO make bylaws, an
to prescribe in said bylaws the pao
where the stockholders and directors my
respectively hold their meetings, ana
lowance to vote at such meetings
proxy, the officers of the company 'hs4
titles and their term OF office.
(h). The right and authority 10 exelce
and enjoy in addition 10 the powers hels
inbefore set out, all other powers and Ply.
Leges incident 10 private corporations ~
business purposes as are prescribed "
the laws OF Georgia.
Wherefore. your petitioners pray y.
they and their associates may be inoS
porated under the name aforesaid FOR S
period and purposes aforesaid, ana W.
the rights, privileges and powers ai0'''
said.
CHARLES A. STONE
EDWIN $. WEBSTER
GEO j. BALDWlN
hereby certify that the foregoing ~
true copy OF the original petition ioI
corporation filed In the clerks once
the sunerior cotrt ~ Chatham county tlP