The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-27
STATE OF GEORGIA,


To the superior court of said county:
Nj. j. C0lson, j. II. Colson and A. f.. Eve pre-
sent this their petition, and alege as follows:
First. Each of your petitioners is Il citizen of
said state and resident in said county.
Second. Your petitioners desire that them
selves and such other persons as may hereafter
be assoc ated with them in that behalf, and
their successors and assigns, be incorporated
and become a body polite by the laws of said
state, under the corporation name for the pur-
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 "Ihe 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, and the object of
their association, is merchandising whole
sale and retail dealers in hardware, in buying
and selling, and barter and exchange, for profit
and pecuniary gain to themselves. of all such
articles, wares and merchandise, of every char
acter and nature. which are sold or 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
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 lines of
business aforesaid for profit, hire or commits
sion.
Fifth The capital stock of said corporation
shall be five thousand $4,000 dollars, divided
INTO shares of one hundred ($l00) 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
ganiZation 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
lZatlOn, at a regular meeting on vote of three
fOurths go of the stock to raise the capital
stock to, not exceeding finally, fifty thousand
(S50O0O dollars.
Sixth. The domicile of sad 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 board of five 90 directors, selected by the
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 i'll 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 said 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 SUI
pervlslon and control of all employees engaged
by the company and who shall act as treasurer
of said company.
Eighth. Said corporation shall have power
and authority to make and enforce bylaws for
IuC .SONCl VI us uleluDeIS anu directors.
and the creation and government of officers.
servants and agents when not in 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 poW-
ers which belong to a 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-
Identification of its acts required to be I'M
der seal, common seal, the impression whereof
shall
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 may have the
power TO receive i'll payment for stock subscrip-
| lions real or personal property necessary or
useful in the operation of its business
Twelfth. Your petitioners desire that they
| incorporated and have succession as a body pol-
itic under said corporate name and with the
I corporate powers privileges and duties herein
before set out, for the term of twenty (2O) wears
| from the grant of such charter as hereby PRAYED
| for. GOODYEAR & KAY
Petitioners Attorney
Original filed i'll office July II, 1897
j. c. LEHMAN,
| Deputy Clerk Superior Court Glynn County Ga.
l, John G. Lehman, deputy clerk superior
court Glynn county, Ca, 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 FLED this day.
Witness my hand and official seal and sigma
ture upon this the 18th day of July, 1897.
Seal. j. G. LEHMAN
Deputy Clerk Superior Court, Glynn County Ga.