The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-20
STATE OF GEORGIA,


To the superior court of said county:
Nj. j. COlson, }. 7. Colson and A. II. Eve pre-
sent this their petition, and al'ege as follows:
First. Each OF your petitioners Is q cltHen OF
said state and resident in said county.
Second. Your petitioners desire that thcm-
selves and such other persons as may hereafter
be assoc lated with them in that behalf, ana
their successors and assigns, be Incorporated
and become y body polite by the laws of said
state under the corporation name, for the puI-
poses, with the powers and to be governed as
hereinafter mentioned.
Third. The name of said corporation for the
chartering of which this petition is presented,
to be The COlsOn Hardware Company"
Fourth. The particular business which said
corporation shall transact, and which petit
TONERS propose for themselves and their associ-
ates and successors to carry on. engage in and
do. under said corporate name, ana the object of
their association, is merchandising as whole
sale and retail dealers i'll hardware. in buying
and selling, and barter and exchange, for profit
and pecunlary gain to themselves. OF all such
articles, wares and merchandise. of every char
acter and nature. which are sold OF kept for
sale at retail or wholesale, by city or country
hardware and supply merchants; and also to
buy and sell rights under letters patent. COM
monty called patent rights, covering inventions
and discoveries in the manufacture and use of
any of the articles and things, which said cor
pOration may deal in, and with the power to
act as commission merchant, factor, broker,
warehouseman or agent in any of the liues of
business aforesaid for profit, hire or commits
sion.
Fifth. The capital stock of said corporation
shall be five thousand $4,000 dollars, divided
into shares of one hundred (Sl00j dollars each,
which is ready to be paid in upon the grant and
acceptance of the charter As prayed for hereby,
and the opening OF subscription books and or
ganlZatIOn OF the company under it; with the
right, however, to the shareholders at any time
or times, and fl ON time to time. after its organ
ization, at regular meeting. on a vote of three
fourths CD of the stock. to raise the capital
stock to, not exceeding finally, fifty thousand
(S50,000) dollars.
Sixth. The domicile of sa ID corporation shall
be Glynn county, Georgia and its chief office
and place of business shall be in the city Of
Brunswick therein.
Seventh. Said CORPORATION shall be governed
by a board of five % directors. selected Inv In.
shareholders, one of whom shall be chosen
president, another of whom shall be secretary
of said corporation; the selection of president
and secretary TO be made by the shareholders at
the time of electing directors; and said board of
directors shall meet regularly ON the first Mon
day in January of each year: but the president
may at any time call directors or stockhold-
ers' meeting. The stockholders shall select at
the time of organization under the charter, and
at each annual meeting thereafter, some person
from among their number, who shall act as
general manager OF sad corporation, and who,
in the matter of purchase and sale of goods. re-
ceipt and disbursement of money and the or
binary and usual conduct of the business shall
have the management of the same and the su-
pervision and control of all employees engaged
by the company and who shall act as treasurer
of said company.
Eighth. Said corporation shall have mower
and authority to make and enforce by-iaWs Tor
the government of its members and directors,
and the creation and government of officers
servants and agents Whenn not i'll conflict with its
charter or the laws of the land.
Ninth. Said corporation may contract and be
contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be
implicated, and exercise generally all the now
ers which belong to corporation under the
law, and which are not hereby sought to be
abridged, or which shall not be by its charter
when granted denied; and to have, for the au-
thentcatlon of its acts required to be I'M
der seal, common seal,th impression whereof
shall be the corporate name.
Tenth. Your petitioners request that said
corporation may have power to borrow money
for carrying on its business, and secure the same
by mortgage, and the right to buy and own real
estate under the rules of law in this state
Eleventh. That said corporation NAV have the
power to receive in payment for stock Subscrip-
tons real or personal property necessary or
useful in the operation of its business
Twelfth. Your petitioners desire that they
ana their associates, successors and assigns be
incorporated and have succession as body mol
corporate powers, privileges and duties herein
before set out, for the term of twenty (20 wears
from the grant of such charter as hereby PRAYED
for. GOODYEAR 81 KAY
Petitioners Attorney,
Original filed in office July r. 1897.
j. c. LEHMAN,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court GIynn County. Ga.
court Glynn county, Ga certify that the forego-
ing is true copy of the application of Nj. j.
COlSon and Others for charter of record in This
office and filed this day
Witness my hand and official seal and sigma
ture upon this the 18th day of July, 1897.
Seal j. c. LEHMAN
Deputy Clerk Superior Court. Glynn County, Ga.