The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-19
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.

STATE OF GEORGIA-County of Glyhn.
To the Superior court Of said county:
The petition of Lester Duryea E. A. Silvera,
w. b. Robinson, Jr., and w. f. Anterior, all
OF said state and county, respectfully shows,
That they desire, for themselves and such
other persons as may hereafter be associated
with them, to be Incorporated under the name
and style Of 1.-THE EMPIRE LUMBER AND
INVESTMENT COMPANY"
II.
That the object Of said corporation is the
pecu mary gain Of its members; and it, special
objects are, to do lumber and general timber
business; to buy and sell articles of merchandise
and to buy own. lease and operate turpentine
farms and to do general naval stores bust
ness; and TO buy, hold, sell aud improve lands.
III
That the principal Office of said corporation
shall &c the city Of Brunswick, in said county
of Glynn, with the right to establish branch
OIL es or agencies in other counties of said state
and in other states.
That the capital stock of said corporation
shall be FIVE thousand dollars, devided into
fifty shares of the par value of one hund1 ed
dollars each; that the capital stock may be
paid for in real or personal property, at a
valuation to be fixed by the Board of Directors
OF said corporations that petitioners desire the
ii ht, by maj ority vote of the shareholde j,
to increase the capital stock, from time TO ii o.
v.
That, upon the granting of this application.
your petitioners, or a ma jOrIty of them, shall
have the right to open books of sub9cri ptiOn
for the capital stock of said corporation, and,
after said fifty shares Of stock have be n sub
scnbed for. to call a meeting of su n share
holders for the purpose OF accepting charter
ana erecting organization of the company,
with right to begin bu-iness wien ten per
cent. of the capital stock has been p-id in.
That the officers Of taid company shall be a
President, Vice President Secretary an /
Treasurer, and such other officers as the share
holders or Board of Directors may deem neces-
sary, who shall be elected by the Board of
Directors; that the Board of Directors shall
consist of not Jess than four nor more than seven
shareholders, who shall be elected by the:share-
holders
That the shareholders shall have the right to
fix and PR scribe bylaws, rules and regulations
for the government of the corporation or to
delegate this authority to the Board of Direct
orS.
That, under such corporate name and style,
your petitioners desire the right to contract
aud e contracted with; to sue and be sued; to
buy and sell property; to borrow money a ID
secure the same as the Board of Directors may
desire; to have and use a common seal, and to
change the same at pleasure; AMI ge orally to
have all the rights privileges and powers IN
cdent to- granted and given SINH ar corpora
ti1ns under the laws of GeOrBia,
TX.
That there shall be no individual liability
upon the part OF any shareholder of the cor
pOro tion except such amount as may be due by
such sh4r- holder as unpaid subscription for
stock OF shares in said corporation.
X.
Tn at thew desire to he incorporated under
said name and style ofTHE EMP Ire LUMBER
AND INVESTMENT COMP ANY, with all the
rights, privileges and pc vera prayed for here
in, for period of twenty years, with privilege
of renewal at the expiration of that time.
AND petitioners will ever pray.
+. +, TWITrY
Atty. At Law For Petitioner.
STATE OF GEORGIA.-County of Giynn.
F.! l hereby certify that the above and foregoing
1 application for Incorporation, by the petition
ers therein named of THE EN- LIE K
! AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, was filed in
! the office OF the clerk of the Superior Court Of
said county on this the 18th day OF October, A
ID 1871.
Ell. DU BIGNON.
| clerk s. c., Glynn County, Ca